Sitting by the River Memory

I was alone throwing rocks into the water. It was sunny, and I was sitting at the edge of the flat river where I had gone swimming. I'm in uniform, sorta, I'm not wearing my hat or most of my medals. Two uniformed pilots come and sit on each side of me. I'm not sure who they are. They could be Karl Allemroder and Kreft. I'm not sure, faces are unclear. Someone unexpectedly from behind pushes me into the water. It has to be someone that knows me pretty well like Lothar or Kurt. If it had been Kurt, I doubt he was planning to push me all the way into the water.

I go in head first, get all wet, turn around after gaining my balance in the water. I'm standing waist deep in the water. The person who pushed me in is laughing and was not expecting me to actually fall into the water. The other two guys are shocked but smirking at my situation regardless. My clothes are heavy and sticking to my body. Water is dripping down my forehead and into my eyes. The pusher makes the comment about the depth of the water and my height, which I'm not too amused about. I start thinking about my plan of revenge. I act all serious and bent out of shape and insist on having help out of the water.

Once I've got footing on solid ground, I make the pusher lose his balance and go into the water. He goes full body into the water flat like a belly flop and there is an enormous splash! The two guys who were sitting next to me get up and away from the water's edge.  I laugh as I watch his hat float off his head and the expression of shock and pain as he spits water out of his mouth. The splash from his fall was terrific. He trudges out of the water in shock and I actually feel a little bad since he did go into the water so hard. It must be Kurt since I probably would not feel so bad about Lothar. Lothar would have simply have tried to get one up on me. I think I may have apologized for pulling him so hard into the water.

There was a similar incident that happened in the same place but later in the day and it resulted differently.

The pusher in this one and I exchange playful insults, and I get him made enough to climb out into the water to chase after me through the woods. The other two guys are amused by the whole event and go back to the airbase. I get away from the pusher who was chasing me and I join the other two and return with them. I'm still very wet.