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twilight --
Soldiers dressed in jungle greens navigating through green
foliage. From a distance, hard to spot. Soldiers on patrol depended on
camouflage. They also depended on their ability to spot camouflaged Viet
Cong, who were practiced masters . Vietnam had been at war off and on
for a thousand years. The Viet Cong were fighting on their own turf. We
were not. Soldiers on patrol in the jungle experienced something a non-soldier
will never experience. You can't relax. You can't make noise. You constantly
scan the perimeter for signs of the enemy. You are unfamiliar with the
terrain.
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Vietnam Ruminations
- Robert
D. Wilson
Copyright Robert D. Wilson, 2003