Operating near Song Be in triple canopy jungle, I asked my 6 man team to think outside the box so that we could get a good body count. Gandy came up with an outragious idea to burn a small amount of marijuana to let the NVA think that one of their own was smoking the stuff.
We deployed in an L shaped ambush with the two outside men armed with 90 mm recoiless rifles with flachette rounds. Rear security had an M79 grenade launcher as his additional weapon and the other three of us were carrying our CAR 15s. Once we were set up, Gandy lit the marijuana in a rubber tree bowl and turned a portible radio onto a Vietnamese station with the volume turned up. we waited.
Approximately 25 minutes later we heard voices and then observed three NVA walking on the trail with their weapons over their shoulders. One of the NVA called out and Gandy answered in a muted voice.
The 3 NVA walked into the "Kill Zone" and we fired them up. Normally we would search the bodies and DD out of there. This time, however, We waited until the NVA sent a platoon to investigate the shots. The NVA platoon approached from the left and the 90mm Recoiless did a damn damn on the NVA. We killed 12 of them (along with the original 3) and observed several blood trails.
A pretty effective tactic!
We deployed in an L shaped ambush with the two outside men armed with 90 mm recoiless rifles with flachette rounds. Rear security had an M79 grenade launcher as his additional weapon and the other three of us were carrying our CAR 15s. Once we were set up, Gandy lit the marijuana in a rubber tree bowl and turned a portible radio onto a Vietnamese station with the volume turned up. we waited.
Approximately 25 minutes later we heard voices and then observed three NVA walking on the trail with their weapons over their shoulders. One of the NVA called out and Gandy answered in a muted voice.
The 3 NVA walked into the "Kill Zone" and we fired them up. Normally we would search the bodies and DD out of there. This time, however, We waited until the NVA sent a platoon to investigate the shots. The NVA platoon approached from the left and the 90mm Recoiless did a damn damn on the NVA. We killed 12 of them (along with the original 3) and observed several blood trails.
A pretty effective tactic!