Get Some

Short Story
      In the short story Get Some, It follows a day in the life of a marine in Iraq.  In the beginning of the book the soldier and his whole squad are complaining about not being in the action.  They are getting excited to be in a firefight.  I thought this was strange because in Fallen Angels it was the opposite,  no one wanted to fight.  When the fighting started the marine killed his first couple enemies and he was not phased at all.  The fact that he just killed someone did not bother him.  After the firefight the marines were convoying out of the city when suddenly a car bomb blew up in the middle of the road.  It had killed a child and severely injured a man.  The marines instinctively went to help the man.  it did not matter to them that he was not American, they just wanted to help him.  It made the marine think about how happy he was that the war was not in America.  The marine also felt bad that civilians had to get caught in the middle of the war.
       My reaction to this story was when the marines went to help the civilian, i thought it was very noble of them to help the injured man even thou he was not American.  I think it shows who the real good guys are.  It shows that just because two countries are at war, does not mean that you cant still help them.