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G renades

G renades. By: Chris Pinkus. Forms of Detonation. Impact Timed Fuse . Frustration With 1 st Grenades. Explode prematurley “jam-tin” bombs. Greatest Grenade Battle . Pozieres Heights. Grenades Live On. “A Loud Sigh…” by Michael Skropka.

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G renades

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  1. Grenades By: Chris Pinkus

  2. Forms of Detonation • Impact • Timed Fuse

  3. Frustration With 1st Grenades • Explode prematurley • “jam-tin” bombs

  4. Greatest Grenade Battle • Pozieres Heights

  5. Grenades Live On

  6. “A Loud Sigh…” by Michael Skropka • A swollen brain A hole in the chest Missing pieces of the body Watching people stare Seeing people point Hearing tortured souls cry out in pain Am I a victim of a trauma? Was I on the wrong end of the 5.56 or 7.62? Was I in the wrong place when the bomb went off? No. No? NO! I am the scared little kid with a head full of battle plans and too many acronyms I am the caring soul that gets the love slowly drilled out of them one "High-speed" at a time I am the soldier that is drawn and quartered, pulled in a thousand directions all at the same time I am the chosen few that attends the "Final Call" for a fallen friend I am watching down the rotating sights at the angry shouts of the people we came to help. "We come in peace...BOOM!" Screams...shrieks...pained moans... I am the lonely, counting down the days until normalcy: 365, 364, 363, 362, 361...135, 134, 133, 132...71, 70, 69...115, 114 113, 112.. Starting over yet again. A swollen brain A hole in the chest Missing pieces...

  7. Works Cited • Duffy, Michael. "Weapons of War-Grenades." firstworldwar.com (2009): n. pag. Web. 7 Dec 2010. <http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/grenades.html • http://www.davestravelcorner.com/photos/cambodia/Grenades.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Pozieres_plateau_28_August_1916.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Gws-jamtinbomb.jpg • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://weaponsandtactics.coolpage.biz/371px-M-67Grenade.jpg&imgrefurl=http://weaponsandtactics.coolpage.biz/&usg=__5BWonYSuyorEToyb1hJc_SC37uE=&h=599&w=371&sz=45&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=6ifkdM_nBHzEyM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=84&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgrenades%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1

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