If you want to go in there we will escort you in. I start the 120 Knot approach, at first going past the gun cover, but then as I start to flair they are by my side, mini-guns roaring, low level insanity. I can't see a thing with all the smoke and flares competing with the tracers. I see a lone trooper standing with his arms over his head, guiding me in, exposing himself. The bravery of the men on the ground chokes me up.
Men come from the dark and take the Ammo off.
Doc has his load and is back in the right seat, I call coming out , and look up to see a pair of gunships covering my ass coming out. I fly directly to the 12th Evac pad in Cu Chi. Nice to hear a familiar voice on the radio. I wondered if he ever slept, he was always there when I needed him. He and his crew, will expedite the unloading of our wounded.