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Lord-Lord-Lord It is 0203 hrs and another nightmare awakes me to the memories of my failure to bring back my men . I'm sixty one years old and I'm still reliving battles fought 37 years ago.
I can still hear the screaming of Sheppard in my ears after a 51 cal went through both his legs near the mouth of the An Loa valley by LZ English. I can still remember Franks telling me how he is planning on going to Indiana Univ the night before his LOH burst into flames over a tree line near Phan Thiet. The smell of his burnt flesh and the body bag far to light. Shield's body after two days in a river. Bill's blood all over his LOH. Larry's burnt helmet. others far too many others. Good men lost because of bad decisions I thought were right at the time.
I also dream of the fear-- how my knees shook and my hands trembled before the fight would start. The sick preverted joy of killing.
I think I'll have a drank and stare at the tree line one more night.
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cobra platoon leader H troop 10th Cavalry RVN 72-73
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