Phu Gas

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While in Dak To around the first part of november 1967 we were doing patrols north and east of the camp, The 173 had North and west . We got some intel from some girl scout cookies and they decided to dubble the 50 gal Phu gas barrels in the perimiter. My platoon got elected to dig holes for the barrels. They had to be 1 inch below ground level, I know where they got the name PHUUUU. What was PHU gas? I know what it did but what was it made out of. We also barried 2- 8" HE rounds with basting caps just inside the wire on the north east side of the camp. Our bunkers on the north east side of the camp had about twenty little generators. claymores, phu gas, 8" shells, hand gernads, and thermite gernades, we used the thermites for illumination.
You don't want to look at a thermite at night. they are like 8 billion candel power.
After we got the perimiter all set up for some serious firefighting, we started to go on patrol more and more, until the 19th.

Ron