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...crissake, they all do it...only Nixon's the one 'ta get caught holding the bag, know what I mean? Yeah, why don't they leave the guy alone already--I mean, we got another war in Israel, and now those goddamn Arabs won't send us any oil, for crissake...
...strange sort of camaraderie prevails at Ta Lung. "In the mornings," says Colonel Toan, "the enemy likes to taunt us. 'Time to get up!' the Communist political officer shouts...
...young Vietnamese pilot skillfully eased the helicopter down into what the U.S. 101st Airborne Division used to call Firebase Veghel, named after a Dutch town into which units of the division jumped during the second World War. It is now called Ta Lung, and its guns form part of the forward defense perimeter of Hué. Fixed enemy positions are less than five miles to the west. Considering its front-line position, Ta Lung seemed remarkably bucolic...
...sure, if enemy guns shell the area, Ta Lung's guns respond to silence them...
Colonel Vo Toan, the district commander, described what he calls the "spider-web" tactics employed at Ta Lung: "We make sure the enemy doesn't venture too far. He is the butterfly and we are the spider. If he enters our web, we close in behind...