The reason it was so different in the Hue Phu bie area is that instead of the large protected Army convoys of a few hundred trucks, the Marine convoys were smaller like maybe only 50 or so trucks. Instead of gun trucks they would have one or two, 5-tons with a 50 mounted on a ring above the cab and 20 Marines riding in the back with M-16's. No armour plating and no m-60's on the jeep leading the convoy. I remember thinking that they sure had a lot of faith in those riflemen. At night if we were in a base camp we'd be on the perimeter eather in 4 man bunkers or 12 man reactionary forces. With the exception of them calling us dogies and us calling them Jarheads we had the same 'hardships and living conditions'. We were all brothers. I guess thats why I wonder where the bar was that Ron had the fight with the Marines.
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