"I would do anything to have an M60 machine," he says. "My respect for the NBA's tenacity grew that day, but the hill, the jungle and our fiftines worked against them as they continued to pile up or drag away more bodies" The URC 10eper radio was no need for secure procedures: There were no more full-automatic blasts from us in less than two hours. With no help at all, we had to conserve ammo while keeping the enemy back on their heels.