Each of us carried 35 to 40 pounds of ammunition grenades and water on our loadboat bearing harness. No one wore an armored vest or a helmet because these would add too much extra weight and would be too hot. We were always looking for booby traps ambushes the enemy personnel poisonous snakes and tigers. I literally ripped my attacker limb from limb biting pulling and breaking any part I could get his hands on as we tumbled down the incline in the rain and mud. It was almost as terrifying for them as it was for me. Everyone's life hung in the balance, but I had won the fighto mano-mano  I had saved the team’s lives