Why Him?

       During the Vietnam war my Uncle had a friend,a friend
who said he would let the gooks take him before they took my uncle,
and he kept that promise. During a firefight my uncle was trapped in a 
fox hole with no where to go due to the firing all around him.
My uncle was just about to take a bayonette in the chest before his 
friend leaped in front of the knife taking the stabbing himself,
freeing my uncle from danger. "He kept his promise but why him",my uncle said.