hey were briefed to tell their troops "our mission is defensive only. I don't want anyone going in there thinking he's going to play John Wayne. We're to provide security, and that's all. We're not going in to fight, but to free the ARVNs to fight. It's their war." The war began for Caputo as a security mission and out of that grew 2 and three-day patrols looking for the elusive Viet Cong. After months of patrols and many casualties, the stress and pressure begin to build in the troops. On one patrol the compa
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