Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The Army Versus the Undead



Today I interviewed Todd Wainio who was a former U.S. army infantryman during World War Z. He actually fought in the war. He is a very patient man who if I could get to know better, I would certainly become his friend. He was in the hell zone fighting the zombies. Instead of the army putting them on top of buildings and higher areas, the army fought the zombies on the ground. I don't think that is good strategy. The army was loaded with technology, from tanks, to rockets, to bombs. Unfortunately, all this did was destroy the zombie bodies, but not the brain. Then the army tried firing multiple grenades and made a big fire, but the fire died. That's when the army knew they were going to have problems. The zombie army proved themselves to be tougher than the U.S. army at this confrontation. When I said that to Todd, he got very angry. I quickly apologized and finished the interview.

3 comments:

Dan McGinn said...

You are right, they were unprepared, thinking on how high and mighty the army was. The army of dead cannot, biologically speaking, be "Shocked and Awed." But Todd and his partners got the "Shock and Awe". We needed stronger men, not fancy equipment. But if we do see a man with his lungs sticking out of his mouth, he is my next interviewee.

Nick Wren said...

I agree with the that fighting on the ground was not a good idea. It's a good way to lose a lot of more men that way. I think that the Army definantly could have been better at fighting this but they, I think, approached it wrong. Use more technology. Find a way to make it so they can fight but be more safe than on the ground and with them in tanks and with just guns.

Kurt Albo said...

I agree with you, I dont think it was a good strategy either. They should have had more people shooting bullets at the zombies and not bombs.