24 July 1985: The helicopter pilots have to watch for wires strung at tree height like the ones they saw in the Vietnam war
The camp’s stars and stripes snaps in the wind from the rotor blades as weary men in camouflaged uniforms jump from the helicopters, sweating under flak jackets in 100-degree heat.
They park their guns and commando knives, and trudge off to big khaki “chow” tents as the flames crackle in a perimeter crater.
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