Medal of Victory Page #2

and then just roll up a joint

and start smoking it.

- Jesus Christ.

- Like, on patrol.

So you ever been to Kabul there,

soldier Slapnuts?

That's on a need

to know basis, turd.

Hey, my name

is Paul Gerard, marines.

Floyd.

Army.

Yeah, all right.

So what, you getting ready to

push overseas here pretty soon?

So are you gonna be

one of those guys

that come back fatter?

What you drinking there?

Sour apple liqueur.

Rocks.

Barman!

Two sour apple liqueur, rocks.

You didn't have to do that.

But I wanted to.

It's my favorite drink.

A lamb cooked on stone,

delicious.

Sprinkle a little

gun powder on it...

I'm serious.

You'll try it.

Can you get us

another one, please?

- Okay.

- That one's on me.

Save it.

The owner comps his drinks.

All of them?

Yeah, some kind

of charity, right?

Why?

Paul here won

the medal of victory.

Come on.

Tell him about it.

Tell him about it.

Come on.

All right, all right.

Me and my 12-man team,

there was a tree line,

a creek, tree line.

We are first group

of guys across

the little creek.

I don't know

what they stepped on,

but they were killed instantly.

Heavy machine guns, RPGs,

I mean, they were just

lighting us up.

So you let off

a few rounds right away,

just to get

control your breathing.

We started putting them down,

a few guys to my left and right,

you know, their guns

stopped firing.

I looked around,

everybody was dead.

Sorry, man.

Then I ran over to one of my

buddies who carries the saw,

you know...

It had full machine gun...

Full auto.

I linked up

a couple hundred rounds

and I watched him walk away,

and I watched the path

that they walked.

I snuck up

to where the house was

and they had

no security outside.

I mean, I said, "f*** it,"

so I kicked in that door.

You know,

I just started shooting.

I ended up killing

everyone in the house.

So I'm staggering

outside the house,

and I get on the radio and I

told them, "send it heavy."

Next thing I remember,

I woke up in the hospital.

You know, I couldn't sleep.

I can't sleep.

And the funniest thing

about it is

through all of that,

they give me this,

because I didn't die.

Like it means something.

Grab it, touch it.

Touch it.

And that little piece of flair

is supposed to make

everything just a-okay.

Now, take this time

you have before you leave,

and look at yourself,

'cause you're never

coming back the same.

Here's to you.

Paul, I'm sick of this sh*t.

Get over here now.

The wife.

Yeah, I heard you,

your voice carries.

This doesn't look like you

went to the store.

Are you gonna get hit

in the other eye?

I did. I got

groceries in the car.

Are you drunk? Want to get

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