The+Vietnam+Soldier

Chasing Charlie
 * Davids AO (area of operation) is the DMZ (demilitarized zone)
 * Huey- helicopter
 * Dropped into a hot LZ (landing zone with heavy fire)
 * Went on a S and D (search and destroy) mission through unfamiliar hills and jungle foliage
 * David was the point man (leads the way)
 * The men set the houses on fire (zippoed the hooches) that were in the enemy village that was supected of aiding the VC (vietcong)
 * David was shot by a spider hole (viet cong sniper), a wound that maybe a million dollar wound (a wound serious enough to go home)

A Grunts War
 * Charlie (Viet Cong)
 * The Vietnam war was like no other in US history. The war was in the jungle unlike any other war.
 * infantrymen were called grunts, the average grunt was white and came from a small-town America and were 21-22 years old
 * The first impressions of Vietnam were not pleasant