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Roger Boyer

Short Stories
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         by Roger Boyer
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Isn't the war over? Why are they dressed in German uniforms? One man said, they must be reenactors, or something.

Another one said let's go home.

Many Americans didn't know what was going on. The convoy rolled into Washington D.C. unnoticed.... Under cover of night, As they approached the White House the guards notice something strange.

Why are these soldiers dressed in German uniforms? The trucks containing the atomic bombs were parked four blocks from the White House. The German officers walked into the White House to demand the surrender of the United States. They were able to take the president hostage, by shooting everyone. The vice president escaped.

The newspeople ran to see what was happening. The German soldiers shot many. 20,000 American marines were dispatched to the White House. The vice president gave the order.

This is when the fighting really began. The Marines were ordered to capture the atomic bombs and free he the president of the United States. There were unsuccessful. The Germans were too heavily armed. The Germans held off the American marines. The fighting was heavy many were killed.

1000 German soldiers were killed in the streets of Washington D.C. casualties were heavy on both sides. A became a standoff to Germans threatened to detonate the atomic weapons. Negotiations had failed and a hostage situation had developed.

The Germans had captured congressman at a celebrity get together. There were very pleased. 40 congressman and the president of the United States all in one room...

Meanwhile at the Pentagon the generals work in the war room. It was discovered how the German army made its way in to Washington. Divisions of American GIs were dispatched to the captured air base. Plan was formulated to recapture the air base.

The generals of the United States military planned to attack and recaptured the air base in the morning. As the dawn broke they would attack and defeat the German infantry.

Tom worked through the night. He moved to ground the modern American bombers. The planes were guarded and it was a difficult for him to do this unnoticed. The German soldiers shot at Tom. He wasn't able to disable any of the aircraft. He couldn't even get aboard the bombers.

He decided he would hide. The German soldiers chased, Tom crossed the air base. They knew he was a spy. Tom made his way to the observation platform. He decided to destroy the platform.

He was unable to find explosives. He did however find a can of gasoline. He spread the gasoline upon the floor and the match to it. The fire burned the observation platform to the ground.

Tom felt he had succeeded in destroying the Germans plans. This is when the Germans decided to shoot more American airman. Outside the air base the American GIs saw the fire and heard shooting.

Tom decided while the plat form burned he would try again to destroy the American bombers. He found gasoline and poured the gasoline upon the modern American airplanes. Tom was able to ignite the gasoline on the rear of the aircraft. It burned quite well.

It was then decided at the Pentagon to attack before dawn. The Americans charged the gate of the air base. The German soldiers fought the American soldiers back. There were more Germans than believed. They're heavily armed with modern weapons.

During the night Tom was able to climb aboard one of the American modern bombers. The order was given to fly before the break of dawn. The target being the Pentagon. The aircraft took off under cover of darkness.

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