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Good Morning, Vietnam
Geez, but I’m tired. Last night was busy, and I only managed to get my head down late, and then only for a few hours.
Tonight me and some of the boys are heading down to Saigon for some R&R; I understand there’s a new movie that’s been drawing them in, and breaking box office records around the world. The change will be nice, and I’ll get to meet up with some buddies I ain’t seen much of since I was posted north, past the DMZ.
And I need the rest.
Last night was one long, low-intensity fire fight; no matter where we searched, Charlie just kept hiding and popping up again in another location, under another name. Twice we went into the holding area and cleared it building by building. Each time, after a period of quiet, there he was again, popping up like a bad penny; he’s a wily one, all right. We searched all the regular haunts and cleared them out, too: Captain Norton sealed off the area, and we brought in the heavy guns; the boys over in Ops hit the area with two separate search and destroy missions, with us following up for the hand to hand wet work. After the first sweep, we counted over hundred or so gooks in quarantine. I don’t know what the Intel boys said or did, but the quarantine pens are empty now…
Later on in the evening, we were trying to chow down, when we intercepted Charlie’s signals over comms. The name had changed, and the ID, but it was clearly him; no matter how he tries, he can’t hide his MO.
So, back in again, to find the holding area still clean, but some of the outlying parts of the system showing signs of habitation again. We cleared out two more and did another sweep. He’s a clever one, is Charlie. He’s still out there, changing name and location. But there ain’t so many of his friends, now.
I hear there’s something called the exe offensive scheduled for the weekend. We’ve cleared it with Norton to bring in two more specialists, and then we’re going in under cover of DOS, if we have to, to get Charlie once and for all.
They say it will all be over by Christmas.
Tonight me and some of the boys are heading down to Saigon for some R&R; I understand there’s a new movie that’s been drawing them in, and breaking box office records around the world. The change will be nice, and I’ll get to meet up with some buddies I ain’t seen much of since I was posted north, past the DMZ.
And I need the rest.
Last night was one long, low-intensity fire fight; no matter where we searched, Charlie just kept hiding and popping up again in another location, under another name. Twice we went into the holding area and cleared it building by building. Each time, after a period of quiet, there he was again, popping up like a bad penny; he’s a wily one, all right. We searched all the regular haunts and cleared them out, too: Captain Norton sealed off the area, and we brought in the heavy guns; the boys over in Ops hit the area with two separate search and destroy missions, with us following up for the hand to hand wet work. After the first sweep, we counted over hundred or so gooks in quarantine. I don’t know what the Intel boys said or did, but the quarantine pens are empty now…
Later on in the evening, we were trying to chow down, when we intercepted Charlie’s signals over comms. The name had changed, and the ID, but it was clearly him; no matter how he tries, he can’t hide his MO.
So, back in again, to find the holding area still clean, but some of the outlying parts of the system showing signs of habitation again. We cleared out two more and did another sweep. He’s a clever one, is Charlie. He’s still out there, changing name and location. But there ain’t so many of his friends, now.
I hear there’s something called the exe offensive scheduled for the weekend. We’ve cleared it with Norton to bring in two more specialists, and then we’re going in under cover of DOS, if we have to, to get Charlie once and for all.
They say it will all be over by Christmas.