reservist soldier`s account of the war in Lebanon.
When dusk fell, we geared up. The officers were determined to carry out the mission without further delay, but we were down to our last drops of water. Over the radio we learned that the bodies of the helicopter crew had been recovered and would be evacuated to Israel. A tough march ahead of us, the officers decided to divide the unit into two task forces; one to evacuate the wounded amongst us: three soldiers who had broken or sprained ankles and legs in the previous days' marches over the harsh terrain. They would be airlifted along with the remains of the helicopter crew back into Israeli territory as not to slow our progress. The second unit was to search for the water that had been dropped from airplanes the night before. After, we were to rendevous and make our final push to the mountain slope to put an end to the firing of rockets from that area into our cities in the north.
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