But he did not respond. Just laid there on top of me jerking as the bullets hammered his flat jacket. Weve gotta get outta here i said. I grabbed his a chartist his age harness and pulled him off and draped him through the mud and roots towards rocks as the bullets peppered the water around us. Doc i worried might be dying, and realize this now but maybe i could say this marine. It seemed to take hours to crawl dragging the heavy body by the arms to the bank and up a slight rise to the dense foliage. Once undercover i checked them out. He had been hit. He wasnt breathing. I pressed my pressed my mouth to his and began cpr. His lips were cold and tasted of blood. Finally a setback on the heels, this marine was gone. Why come after me . Core discipline, he wasnt even in my platoon. Are you okay . He crouched right next to me. He was reloading with shaking hands. His barrel steamed. Rain drops bubbling as they ran down. We are pin down a we down and we have a bunch of wounded. The Company Commander once a sit rest. I believe jerking my mind back the shattering of artillery working the top of the ridge, louder than i ever heard it. We stumbled on at least a regimen. I do collymore fire fire medevacs. Your hits her, bleeding back. I fumbled in the first a kit was stuffed what was left of the gauze into the hole in my back. I looked down at the marines body and his blue eyes were open and seem to be following me. You know this marine . Asked. Thats hammons lieutenant, third platoon. Tough break. He only had a couple of weeks to go. You better you better a chopper and get yourself taken care of. I looked around at the dead and wounded, sprawled sprawled beside the string along the ravine. Leafs seem to be speaking in a language i had forgotten. Why had the kid done it . Sacrificed himself for a stranger . With his own return home have been so near. But then a wounded man began screaming, 155 artillery had quaking concussions. Shaking rain from the trees. Smoke drifted like bitter incense. But theres something else, something important. Then i remembered in a rush like a wave carrying caring in a breaking over me. Moved to contact our Regimental Commander says move out. I force myself to my knees, weakened is a bum i like like held up. After a moment i could lift a hand. The deb marine was still looking up at me wideeyed as if to ask a question and was waiting for an answer. My radioman left a handset in my palm like a nurse present us couple. Were falling back lieutenant question i took back shuddered and tore my days, can puzzle things out now, think about about it later. No, i said, get this tourniquet on. The third platoon consolidate the dead and wounded and following. Well take take the sills we can get everybody out. No marine gets left behind. You can watch this and other programs online booktv. Org. This is book to be on cspan two, television for for serious readers. Heres our primetime lineup. Starting charlotte, Michael Anthony talks about his transition back to civilian life. At 8 15 p. M. The aclu former legal director, jamil author of the drone memos. About tvs after his program and 9 00 p. M. Eastern, radio host hugh hewitt provides a blueprint for how the gop can successfully govern. A conversation with New York Daily News columnist. At 10 00 p. M. , kay heim