Dear Mom,
I didn't realize what we were doing was making the news. Our company has to open the road into the area. What is happening is that we are doing a huge land clearing operation near the boarder so that the NVA will have no where to hide when they come over. Also we are expecting a fight as the land is cleared and the enemy has no where to run. Last night I was at the NDP (night defensive position) of the Inf. unit supporting the dozers and at about 3:00 in the morning mortars started coming in about 4 seconds apart. We had no where to go so we layed under a dozer. They walked the rounds back and forth about 75 meters from our perimeter. The evidently thought they had our location pin pointed but they were off by 75 meters. 27 rounds came in in a two minute period. If they would have been on target they would have destroyed the whole place.
I have been taking pictures when I can, but I never seem to have my camera when I really want it.
Later,
John
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