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Throughout the Battalion area of responsibility the same routines were happening.
A squad ambush from The second platoon ( Kozak’s platoon ) was sprung on a VC patrol late one night that took the lives of 16 VC moving on a trail near the front lines of the Battalion perimeter around the Qui Nhon Base of operations. That VC patrol was armed with small weapons and explosive devices and were moving on a restricted trail after the curfew established for the surrounding villages. 10@ Sit Rep.
Sept. came— along with the monsoon season. The rain was both a welcome relief to the hot, dry conditions we had lived with and a nuisance in that our gear had to be protected—our ‘hooches’ ( poncho covered fox holes) leaked and created muddy, wet and uncomfortable conditions.
Patrols had to deal with driving rain, flooded streams and soaked uniforms. Marines were raised in uncomfortable conditions as our training mirrored the conditions we would face in combat—so the weather, the terrain, the
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