Location: Near the Road - 100 meters South of the Captured Duece
Time: 0555 20 July 2000
<SSG Cutter sees the individual stand up with his hands in the air. The individual slowly comes forward. SSG
Cutter allows him to advance until he reaches about 10 meters from him. SSG Cutter then halts him, tells him to
put his hands on his head, and face away from him. The soldier complies. CPT Wolfe then moves forward to cover
the soldier. Once CPT Wolfe is in position, SSG Cutter moves forward to search the soldier.>
CPT Wolfe says "Viper 2, I got got the guy covered!" He then says to
SGT Holland "Get Down, face first! Hands on top of your head, S-L-O-W-L-Y! NOW!"
Suddenly, you hear a shout to your rear! No one really understands the shout, but it gets your attention!
Location: 100 meters Northwest of Captured Duece
Time: 0555 20 July 2000
<SGM Stewart, satisfied that the soldier was alone, collects the prisoner and moves towards the pillar of black
smoke. After about 10 minutes of moving forward (carrying his prisoner), you stumble and drop your prisoner. The
prisoner starts to moan and cough...about the same time, you spot a semi-camoflagued truck about 100 meters to
the southeast. The prisoner is starting to become louder...>
SGM Stewart decides tie up his prisoner, now that he is coming to. As SGM Stewart pulls the boot laces of his prisoner,
the prisoner comes to! The prisoner shouts something, then attempts to get away...SGM Stewart easily overtakes
him and hogties and gags him.
Location: The village of Ladek Stary (15 km West of the Captured Duece)
Time: 0555 20 July 2000
<While CPT Lee looks over Ikeman, Ikeman does the same. Ikeman notices several things right away. The flight
suit gives CPT Lee away as an aviator. Closer examination reveals that CPT Lee is a Marine...>
CPT Lee looks at the newcomer. "Hey there. Are you American? I'm Jarrod Lee, Captain, USMC. Your name tag
says you might be Ikeman, got a first name?" He then points to Van Clete. "This here's Van Clete. He
don't speak English, as far as I know. I was getting a little lonely 'cause no one spoke English around here, except
Josef. What unit were you with?"
He then turns to Josef. "What about these marauders? how many of them were there?"
SFC Ikeman gives the Captain a sideways look as he glances him over and then start to quickly scan the village.
I move my shoulders to adjust the ruck and cradle my (M4) carbine in my elbow. I look somberly at the Captain "Any
idea where this Ville is at sir? I've been on my escape and evasion plan for two weeks now. I'm Sgt Ikeman, Corps
Recon, we ran smack into whatever rolled into you guys."
SFC Ikeman turns and starts to head for a building: "lets get out of the open sir."
Josef, snapped out of his train of thought, says "there were about 40 or 50 marauders...the numbers were not
the problem, it was those damn mortars!"
PSG Van Clete watches the exchange with curiosity, not sure if he should trust either american...
Location: 5 km south of Ladek Starey
Time: 0600 20 July 2000
A nervous snort by one of his horses awakens SFC Kartz with a start. He rolls out of his bedding and cocks the
hammer of his pistol in one fluid motion. He scans the surrounding forest for what startled his horses...After
several minutes, SFC Kartz begins stiffen up, paying for his quick movements. "Man it sucks being old"
he thinks to himself. "Whoever said war was a young man's pursuit was right" he says to himself.
Just as he begins to relax, another one of his horses snorts again...this time another horse snorts in response,
somewhere to the south.
CPT Whitedog hears a snort to his right, without thinking, he flips the safety of his MP5 to burst and begins looking
for the source of the sound. He hears another snort, this time his horse snorts back. CPT Whitedog silently curses
his horse and slides to the ground, looking towards the north...