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I had gone to the rear,as if there is any rear at Con Thien to
scrounge a carton of milk from Pfc Kenneth Birdsong, the helicopter
landing zone controller. Two choppers had touched down, unloaded
and shoved off. Enemy spotters must have seen them and radioed
their 152-mm guns hidden 10 miles away. There was no warning when
the shells came there never is when they come on top of you. The
first salvo of three hit 100 meters away. A Marine dived for a
trench. Others piled into a bunker. Five of us wedged there with
ammo stacked all around. |
