K-Town Germany Part 2
Knife in the Back
1-
So the knife has been placed or rather shoved deep into my back, I felt no pain whatsoever, probably because it went straight in , no slashing, what scared me most was looking down at the snow covered ground and seeing my red crimson blood coloring it.
Seconds after my assailants split my friends come following me, a few chase the culprits in vain, while CJ and our escorted to the car girls bring me back to the car.
2-There is a dilemma other than the stabbing, technically I am still sleeping in my bunk bed back at the army base at Vogelweh, no one is sure what to do with me, I need medical attention, but? A decision is made without my consent as I was totally delirious and not capable of rational thought to bring me to the German girls, Monica and Doris's.apartment.
Turns out Doris has a boyfriend who works as a nurse at the army base hospital in Landstuhl, he is called and arrives to take a look at the wound, it is determined that obviously I need to see an actual doctor asap, but as I am AWOL is is decided that a private civilian German doctor was the way to go, luckily Monica knows a German doctor who works at the Kaiserslautern General hospital, he is summoned and an agreement is made with him to have me brought to the rear employees entrance to the hospital, its about 4a.m. that morning, he only agreed to this if he was to be “given: four new tires for his new Mercedes, CJ having contacts in the army motor pool guaranteed the payment.
So I am wheeled into the back entrance of K-Towns main hospital, and am fading in and out of consciousness, where Doctor the German one takes a look and determines that the wound needs no stitching 3-as it is deep not wide and cleans the wound and gives a prescription for some antibiotics, and off we go returning to Doris's apartment, the problem being now what?
A day passes and by this time my not being at my place at the army base and therefore considered AWOL is obvious to all, and I am still not getting any better. A decision is made to at midnight the next day to bring me to the emergency room at Landstuhl army hospital and press the outside emergency door button, and just leave me there, and hope for the best
This happens just like that, I did not have to fake being delirious or incoherent for by this time the wound had become infected and I was in bad shape. Once discovered by army nurses at the emergency room entrance door I am asked of course what happened and I claim that I was in K-Town on my legal army time walking down a street and was robbed and assaulted by a group of thugs.
I am put in intensive care and survive the ordeal, but there is an official investigation into my situation as it has garnered headlines in the Stars and Stripes Army Newspapers European edition-
4- “GI Robbed and Attaulted in Kaiserslautern”
The investigation because I am the only witness somehow finds me in the line of duty, I went with the robbery/ attack scenario and it stuck.
Also the German doctor got his tires for his Mercedes, so everyone was happy.