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This chapter recounts a soldier's intense experience during a mortar attack in the Vietnam War, highlighting the chaos and fear faced by troops. It honors the courage of machine gunners who play a crucial role in their units' survival, despite becoming prime targets for enemy fire.

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457: Slogging Through Ambushes and Booby Traps. GUNS UP!!! With Vietnam Machine Gunner, Johnnie Clark

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Intro

Company A, First Battalion, Fifth Marines. Johnnie Clark is an American author and Vietnam Veteran, best known for his 1984 Vietnam War memoir Guns Up!. Many of his works fall into the genre of non-fiction military and contain a tough, no nonsense portrayal of combat, courage, and camaraderie.

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