Once paratroopers, stupefied from hunger, diligently devastated the local melon field, and the Afghan peasants did not fail to immediately complain to the command. To hush up the incident, the losses to the farmers were compensated with a large batch of army dry rations. Some time later, the Voice of America reported that “Russian commandos are poisoning the civilian population of Afghanistan with bacteriological weapons.” The entire garrison rolled around on the ground with laughter for a day... War, oddly enough, is not only fear, death, blood. These are also funny, cheerful, incredible stories that happened to our soldiers and supported in them the bright hope that the war will end, the long-awaited peace will come and they will return home alive...