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the bank next to the waterfall—the team made it across—we continued to scout the target zone and it didn’t take but a few minutes—we saw multiple camp fires scattered in the small valley ahead. I decided to head back—we didn’t want to risk stumbling into an outpost of what appeared to be a large enemy encampment. We went back across the stream bed—this time at the bottom and up the opposite bank and made our way back to the platoon CP. The going was slow because my back was hurting. We reported our findings to Company/Bn. HQ. For the next few days I put myself on light duty to let my back heal. Apparently nothing was broken but my entire back turned black and a dark blue —I considered myself to be a very lucky Marine.
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