Bush
We spent 56 days in the Hobo Woods in late ?67 mostly guarding Griz and his boys who were operating Rome plows. The Rome plows, Agent Orange and fires were all used to try to knock down the woods. This seemed to really upset Charlie and he was forever firing RPG?s at our vehicles and of course the Rome plows.
As a result, at dawn each morning, a couple of small ambush patrols would go out usually less than a click from our position. We would wait in ambush until the Rome plows were right on us then we?d call our main body and say, ?Don?t shoot, we?re going to stand up now?. We never sprang a day time bush, not that I remember, but we did get sprayed with Agent Orange.
Night ambush, best one I recall was blowing two claymores, throwing a couple of frags and then silence. No one wanted to fire their weapons, just in case this was the point for a larger group.
Frisco, your right, searching the remains seemed to take all the fun out of a successful ambush. Course there always seemed to be one or two guys who enjoyed the task.
Stay healthy,
Andy
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