Post by Anonymous Vet on Dec 10, 2002 7:49:26 GMT -5
The first time I heard of the jungles of vietnam was in a story from a short timer about the Orangutan apes that lived in the highlands. It seems two men on guard in a tower fired on a band of the apes and drove them from the wire. Later that night the tower was assaulted by the band and the men were beaten bitten and thrown from the tower. Whether or not this is true I never knew.
The story here is true however. After a long day humping the highland boonies finally time to set up for the night. After secureing the AO we set about our usuall task of setting out what we called Vampires, booby-trapped claymore mines around our position. We were side tracked on a trail by a Mango Grove of small ripe trees and picked all the fruit we could carry. Afterwards we went a little farther and encountered the perfect spot to stop. We were advised to stop by a rather huge Orangutan shaking and breaking large tree limbs and barking and grunting like a big Dog. He was throwing limbs at us but could not reach us so we set the Claymores in daisy chain and hauled out of his AO. The Mangos were great
Ron Baker
Trol42001@aol.com
The story here is true however. After a long day humping the highland boonies finally time to set up for the night. After secureing the AO we set about our usuall task of setting out what we called Vampires, booby-trapped claymore mines around our position. We were side tracked on a trail by a Mango Grove of small ripe trees and picked all the fruit we could carry. Afterwards we went a little farther and encountered the perfect spot to stop. We were advised to stop by a rather huge Orangutan shaking and breaking large tree limbs and barking and grunting like a big Dog. He was throwing limbs at us but could not reach us so we set the Claymores in daisy chain and hauled out of his AO. The Mangos were great
Ron Baker
Trol42001@aol.com