ldier, only twelve Americans. Small occurrences like this one accounted for many losses. Death seemed to be the result of any situation, even without actual gunfire, and the numbers were increasing by the hour. The increasing deaths were not only lessening the American force, but also having secondary consequences.
             By 1969 American soldiers commonly viewed the emphasis
             on the body count as a direct threat to their own lives, and
             few shared the command's desire to engage the enemy.
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