[ WP ] You are a time traveler and you are sent back in time to prevent the death of Kennedy only to find out you are on a landing craft for the invasion of Normandy .

[ I took some liberties with the prompt. It's now fan fiction.: ) ] 
 
 When the light faded around him, Sam glanced around and noticed that this was n't Dallas, Texas, as Al had promised him it would be. Too cold. Too wet. Not to mention the twenty other men dressed in World War II combat fatigues and the fact that he was in a boat. 
 
 He let out a sigh. `` Oh, boy.'' 
 
 A man beside him looked over and said, `` What's the matter, Private? You scared?'' 
 
 `` Me? No way, man,'' Sam lied. 
 
 `` This is what's it's all about, Miller,'' the man said. `` We get in there and take down those Nazi's before they know what's coming to them.'' 
 
 Before Sam could answer, a man popped his head *through* this other man's face. It was, as usual, Al, cigar firmly in his mouth. 
 
 `` Well, Sam, this is a conundrum,'' Al said as he poked feverishly at Ziggy. 
 
 `` I thought you said it would work,'' Sam replied quietly. `` This does n't look like Dallas to me, Al.'' 
 
 `` You're right, you're right,'' said Al. `` Could've sworn this thing was finally picking up your signal. We have the coordinates for Dallas and everything. But... looks like you're at D-Day, June 6, 1944.'' 
 
 The other man beside him began snapping his fingers in Sam's face. `` Hey! HEY! Private Miller, stop staring at me like that. You look terrified.'' 
 
 `` Sorry,'' Sam said, and turned his face toward the front of the boat. 
 
 `` You are... Private Richard Miller, 22 years old, born in Sioux City, Iowa,'' said Al. `` Never left the US of A before, hell, never even left Iowa before they drafted you.'' 
 
 A voice in the back of the boat shouted, `` KEEP YOUR GODDAMN HEADS DOWN! WE'RE NEARING THE BEACH!'' 
 
 Al's frowned, and he began hitting and shaking Ziggy vigorously. `` Come on, you piece of junk, that ca n't be right.'' 
 
 `` What ca n't be right?'' said Sam. 
 
 `` Well, if this is true, then Richard Miller is one of the first men to die in Normandy.'' 
 
 If there was any color left in Sam's face, it was now entirely gone. `` Are you sure about that?'' 
 
 `` I'm afraid so. Miller is listed as KIA in the official reports. Hold on, I'm going to see if we can get you out of here.'' 
 
 Al disappeared, replaced by the face of the infantry man, who was gritting his teeth and staring out at the oncoming beach. 
 
 `` This is it, Miller,'' the man said. `` This is the beginning of the end!'' 
 
 `` Tell me about it,'' Sam said quietly. 
 
 The boat lurched suddenly onto the sand, and the front panel dropped. Men began to rush out onto the beach. All around them, artillery fire from guns on the beach rained down on them. Sam saw the man he was talking to get nearly cut in half by a storm of bullets. Sam, rather than rush out with the rest of them, ran to the back of the boat and leaped behind it for cover. The water was frigid and already tainted with blood. 
 
 Al appeared again, half-submerged in water even though it would n't affect him. `` Looks like Ziggy forgot to carry the one this time, Sam. We ca n't get her to cooperate, and she's already got a mission for you.'' 
 
 `` A *mission*?'' Sam said. `` How is that possible if I get myself killed?'' 
 
 `` I do n't know yet,'' said Al, `` but if you want to get out of this body, you're going to have to head up that beach.'' 
 
 Sam looked out at the large, expansive beach of Normandy and then back to Al. Al shrugged. 
 
 `` Wish me luck,'' said Sam, and he darted out from behind the boat. 
 
 `` Good luck,'' said Al, watching him go. Then, under his breath: `` You're gon na need it.'' 
 
 [ and then it becomes an episode where Sam gets captured by the Germans and something about changing the mind of a Nazi sympathizer or something like that. If you've watched Quantum Leap you know how that show goes. I imagine that this episode would be a precursor to the episode where he jumps into Lee Harvey Oswald's body. ]
