“To more than one it seemed fruitless to attempt a mission, for but one day earlier; we had been in the same area of operations only to find the assertion that the VC had “their backs to the wall” was but fantasy. The VC had come at us with a wild ferocity reserved for those spiritually married to a cause and that made our losses climb. Sure, we weathered the onslaught but the truth was apparent, the VC was proving to be a force to be reckoned with, an enemy by no means near defeated.

Sergeant Walker, author of Southlands Snuffys.”