Ever hear of "The Street Without Joy"? We made regular runs on it to Hue. We had a jeep with a mini gun on it, so we were pretty well armed. The marines had check points on both ends of the pass and you had to be well armed and have time to complete your trip before dark or they wouldn't let you on it. The guy that wrote the book that the street is known by died while on a mission with the marines. I guess he was in the same line of work as you.Bernie, thanks for sharing that. In late January 1991 I was sleeping in the open with a mechanized scouting unit with the 4th Cavalry on the Saudi-Iraq border. Rainy, windy and very chilling. People don't realize how cold you can get in places like Vietnam, and in my case Saudi Arabia, when exposed to the elements.
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