'Tactical Decision'

"We were in relatively open area on a hillside with minimal cover, and the NVA had the high ground. Times seemed to be our worst enemy, although having limited air resources didn't improve our mood." "I was hoping just it would take no more than a second shot to finish him off so that the jungle, they would hear gunshots, but they wouldn't be quite sure where," he says of his fellow soldiers. 'You guys would set booby traps on them, on the enemy,' she adds. "'Trying to ruin their parade' -- we knew the NVA were going to be hopping mad now.'