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Names unknown. One of our rare stays on a forward
fire base. We didn't like being there because the enemy gunners had us zeroed in. Out
in the field we were in a different location every night. |
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Name unknown and me. One day we were attacked by
a recoilless rifle from about 3000 yards. It had been raining. A shell exploded right in
front of Heiser and me, covering us with mud, but we were unharmed. We had sunglasses on,
and when we took them off only our eyes where white. |
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LT Rogers and his radio man, name unknown. LTs didn't have
much of a life-expectancy. The VC could spot them because of the radio, and I think because
of their bearing. They always stood straight and looked "commanding". |
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Me and three cases of C's (c-rations). Obviously a
resupply day. I traded the coffee and cigs for hot chocolate and crackers. |
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Heiser was obviously trying to stick me with Ham and
Lima beans, but I knew better. We learned that all C's tasted better when warmed in a pan
instead of in the can. And catsup, plenty of it, was indispensable. |
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Names unknown. |
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Bunker just down from the crest of a mountain near
the Cambodia border. We had been choppered in and spent three or four days up there. Each
morning the mountain next to us was attacked. We could set our watches by it. I was
ordered to take a patrol out. I seem to recall that when we got back I was asked if I
had seen any elephant tracks. I hadn't. Apparently the enemy was suspected of using
elephants to transport goods down the trail. |
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Cobra helicopter gun ship. It looked mean even
standing still. |
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I don't ever remember direct support for us coming
from a Cobra. Seems like all our air support came from Huey gun ships and that airplane
with the mini guns, "Spooky" or "Puff the Magic Dragon".
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Heiser. We spent 12 days in a guard tower on the
west side of Camp Enari while our unit was "standing down" from operations in the field.
There were three of us, Heiser, a South Vietnamese who didn't speak any English, and me.
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