Letters From Vietnam
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Well I've been working working (SIC) with my demo man, sort of screwing around and tonight the demo man is on patrol. Guess who got to blow up the mine! Well, that's life in the big city of Tien Phuoc.
By the way. What does area Aeronautical Engineering mean anyway?
If you think Tien Phuoc is a wild name, we have a village here in our safe area (The area within our AO [area of operation that was a "no fire" zone meaning no outside units could bomb, or conduct military operations.] It was "safe" for the Vietnamese who lived there and the refugees who had moved there.) called Phuoc My (Ph as F, MY as ME)
I still don't have any real war stories for you. We've got a patrol out now which just got 75 confirmed KIA (VC), but I still haven't been shot at except for a crazy Indian (One of our Vietnemese mercanary troops in the CIDG [Civilian Irregular Defense group]) who got drunk on rice wine and took over our Team House.
See you in August.
Say "Hi." to all for me and tell Dana (Duane's new son.) to shut up.
Your friend
Mike
P.S.
Did I ask you what you thought of the road runner? What what (SIC) do you? Think that is.
Oh yeah! I made Staff Sgt. 15 October. That's (drawing of strips) or better known as 3 up and one down. (Not bad for only about 2 months in country.)
