World War 1990:Anzacs

One of the skills we've learned in recent years is building character without needing five pages to do so. We feel this skill really comes across in World War 1990: Anzacs. Here's an example:

Captain Paul Lowey blew his nose.

 ‘What a time for a sinus infection,’ he lamented.

Lowey was the sickly type and as a child earned the nickname ‘blow’ because he always had a inhaler with him. Being tall and skinny only added to his childhood reputation as a sickly weakling. So he proved all those bullies wrong by joining the army. Now in action for the first time, his childhood maladies were back. It was the last round of maneuvers Lowey figured. All that time outdoors in a dry climate gave him the sinus infection. His nose stuffed, sinuses reeling from pressure, Lowey refused any medication, lest it dull his senses. 

Captain Lowey suffered as he led Alpha Squadron into battle. He kept his LAV in between the 1st and 2nd platoon. He rode unbuttoned, his binoculars to his eyes as he looked to the right for any signs of the enemy. So far nothing from the enemy, and that concerned Lowey. He felt they should have made contact with someone by now, what with the battle being waged by Task Force Baker. Off to the right he heard a series of mortar bombs exploding. That had to have been the Vietnamese engaging 1st Armoured Regiment over on the inland road.
‘Blue-One this is Black-Six,’ he called the lead platoon. ‘Halt.’
‘Copy, Captain I…’

Blue-1 never got the chance to finish his sentence as a Vietnamese anti-tank gun fired and hit his LAV killing himself and one other crewmen. As their LAV burned, a half dozen infantrymen scrambled outside and threw themselves to the ground.

Just a few lines to give Captain Lowey some personality.

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