The problem with these radio relay gigs was they’d know from where you’d be doing it and then you’d come up (intercepts). The grenade toss in mucky monsoon weather made for miserable nights.
Bart, your writing has drawn me into the jungle to feel the fear and
anxiety, to smell the gun smoke and rotting vegetation, to experience the dread of losing fellow soldiers and questioning the
sanity of it all. Your imagery is superb…
Soul Ranger
I served 1970 -71 with the 173rd “N” company 75th Rangers fire base LZ English
The problem with these radio relay gigs was they’d know from where you’d be doing it and then you’d come up (intercepts). The grenade toss in mucky monsoon weather made for miserable nights.
Bart, your writing has drawn me into the jungle to feel the fear and
anxiety, to smell the gun smoke and rotting vegetation, to experience the dread of losing fellow soldiers and questioning the
sanity of it all. Your imagery is superb…