(Wading through the rice patty the platoon scanned the area up ahead for charlie. They were in the standard wedge formation. Pedro was on point. Sarg ,the platoon leader was in the middle leading the group. Nobody said a word. Up ahead they could see an embankment . As they were nearing it a mortar shell slammed into the ground behind them. Everyone dropped below the rice and scattered into a firing line. Dallas the radioman was on the horn immediately calling in their position.)

Dallas: This is foxtrot 112 calling the den. We are encountering enemy resistance in sector Charlie 6.

HQ: This is fox's den, Roger that foxtrot 112. Do you need air support, repeat do you need air support?

Dallas: (Yelling) Sarg do we need air cover?

Sarg: Negative tell them the enemy is too close to our position. Tell them to stand by.

Dallas: Fox's Den this is foxtrot 112. Negative, stand by on that.

(By now everyone was opening up. Pedro was pinned down up ahead and was taking heavy fire.)

Pedro: (Yelling) I need cover fire!

(Johnny, the rifleman, and Red the grenadier ran to the sides to set up a flank. Red began to use his grenade launcher to lob grenades in on the enemy. As soon as the Kong ducked down, Pedro was up and running back to the line. )

Sarg: (To group) Everyone back we're gonna Nape 'em! (Sarg then nodded to Dallas.)

Dallas: Fox's den, this is foxtrot 112. We need a Sandy in here to help us out.

HQ.: This is Fox's Den to foxtrot 112. Roger that, Sandies are inbound on vector 0-9er

Dallas: Roger that Fox's Den.

Dallas: Sarg! We got Sandies inbound on vector 0-9er.

Sarg: OK everybody keep yer' heads down.

(Moments later the sound of two prop driven airplanes could be heard. The planes dove in and dropped their payloads. The silver canisters slammed into the ground and the napalm lit up.)

Sarg: (Yelling) As soon as it stops burning we're gonna go in and clear em' out.

(As soon as the fire was gone John Jay the group's Grenadier fired two grenades and charged into the smoke M-16 blazing. The rest of the group followed him in.)

Sarg: Smells like burnt gook in here.

(Everyone let out a nervous laugh.)

(Dakota peering into a hole immediately began to yell.)

Dakota: (Yelling) I got a live one over here.

(Sarg pulled out his .45 and walked over to the hole. He began to speak in Vietnamese and ordered the guy out.)

Sarg: Dallas call into Command and tell em' we got one for the intel guy.

Dallas: Yessir!

Sarg: Get that man bound and search for anything that might be useful. Pedro come here and clear out this hole.

(Pedro grabbed Sarg's .45 and flashlight. He ducked into the hole. Seconds later he emerged.)

Pedro: Nuthin down there Sir.

(They then continued the search finding no weapons or VC.)

Sarg: OK everyone we gotta finish this patrol. Everyone form up and let's get a move on it.

(Scene fades out.)

Scene 2

(Scene opens with the patrol walking into base camp. The camp is sprawled out on a mountain top. They walk through a heavy sandbagged wall, past machine gun positions, and into camp