1"Now what?" Ugly John asked me.
Now what? How was I supposed know? I was only a Captain. I never faced this sort of thing. I lived in Philadelphia! I had never seen natural country until I came to Korea! So all I could say was,
"How should I know? You lived in Australia."
"Only until I was seven."
"You still have an accent." I countered.
"I know, I don't even the slightest American accent and I've lived there for twenty-four years!"
"Look," I tried to reason, "Fighting will get us nowhere. We should try to radio for help."
"Alright, you try."
I was about to start an argument, but I decided to just do it. I was used to that sort of thing anyway.
I reached over to the radio and turned it on. Nothing. I flipped it once again, still nothing.
"Damn!" I said. I knew nothing about fixing a radio. I think Major Burns did though.
"I don't know anything about fixing a radio so don't ask me." Ugly John replied.
"Do you have to be so rude?" I asked.
"Well, at the moment, I'm a tinny bit upset about being stuck in sniper territory with no way to fly a helicopter or work a radio. Virtually, were stuck with the chance of getting killed! Aren't you be the slightest bit upset?"
Obviously, he was upset. I decided just to drop it and try to find a way back to camp.
"Fine, whatever. Let's just drop it. I'd like to find a way back to camp."
"Gather the stuff up, let's come on."
Well, I guess he's not my friend anymore is he's going to order me around like that.
"Get moving then." I said as I got the stuff.
"Let's go." He replied.