As daylight of the second day unfolds, I scan the area for any sign of our enemy, and see none.

We arise from our cover and prepare for the day, and the prospect that this day we will not be �in reserve�. There are some sore heads still from the night before.

  As I walk out onto the road I hear someone next to the truck calling me over.  �Hey Nyk! Look at this!�

I walk over to the truck and see a Nip lying crumpled on the road. It is the first Jap body I have seen here.  

�Who�s trophy is this?�

�He took him with his knife,� someone says, and points to our medic.

The medic, clearly not as shocked now as he must have been earlier, replies to no one in particular, �I don�t understand why he came to me to help him commit suicide.�

We all laugh the laugh of the nervous, and move on.

Pfc. Chet Nycum
"G" Company