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"I
was in the recon platoon and it was about Mother's day 1968, we were
set up in an ambush site the night before when two VC crawled up on one
of the positions. They crawled right up on an M60 position. We had
contact all night and between Snoppy, Gunships and artillery, we
survived the night. After the 60 opened up we didn't fire another shot
though and was a good thing.
We
were waiting for you to get there but you got ambushed on the boats, so
we were told to check out the wood line. Just as we got to the edge of
the wood line they opened up and the Platoon Sgt was killed.
We
had 18 guys that day,I think. That was about 7 or 8am and we were
pinned down the rest of the morning. We managed to get the whole
platoon into a waterhole and had good cover there and artillery called
in on top of ourselves. Not sure how long we were there but think it
was a bout 1pm when you guys arrived. I remember us counting ammo after
we got out and had 21 rounds between us.
Also
remember some of the A 5/12 weapons jamming and us pouring the lube to
it to help you get them unjammed, and calling a dustoff for the Platoon
Sgt and one other guy we had wounded too, then got a guy shot getting
to the platoon sgt.
As
I recall you guys were driven back at the wood line too, and then right
after the air strike was called in we got choppers to get us out. Well
that's about how I remember it.
Oh,
and thanks for getting there, cause we wouldn't have made it much
longer without calling the artillery in right on top of us." |
