The third time King left he did not return. The men were ready to go down a hill, when Stevens heard rustling off to the side. Stevens followed the noise and saw King pulling a North Vietnamese soldier out of a ditch. He had the man by the neck and was shaking him. Machine gun fire ripped through the jungle killing King and wounding Stevens and his slack man.
American soldiers depart Vietnam, a daily record.
In anticipation of the platoon stand down, the dogs are prepared for shipment and sent down south to Bien Hoa to an uncertain fate. Their ultimate fate is unknown.