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Essay / Murder in the Ranks - 625
It was winter, the year was 1934, a layer of white covered the German countryside in its icy grip. A gray, icy gun barrel protruded from the long yellow grass, at the end of the gun was a bush in the shape of a man. It was that of Corporal Benjamin Geoffrey, one of the British Royal Army snipers sent with his observer, Corporal James Winter, to eliminate a high-value target in the German ranks. Their mission was as simple as locating the target and confirming the ending and that's what they did. They accomplished their mission to the letter that their comrades called perfection, a quick and clean kill. Ben and James had taken out many targets before, but this time it was different. This time, Ben hesitated when James ordered him to pull the trigger, which was extremely unlike Ben. Even if you think of Ben as a stone cold killer, he was actually the most loving and gentle person you could ever meet. He had a beautiful family that included his younger brother Oliver, who was also an intelligence officer in the British Royal Army. Oliver has been away for two years now...