...C oming up over a hill, the point man was hit first and the column of bravo company was pinned down from automatic weapons fire coming in from several directions and ripping thru the smaller trees with an ack-ack-acking sound.They called for Medic forward,
as our point man kept screaming out in pain.The LT.,
AND SGT BARNES AND CORPORAL LANGLY were there in agroup as I made my way thru the brush to link up with them.Doc he says they are using him as bait to get us out there to cut us down.any ideas?I may get to him if I stay to the right and follow that row of trees.
Barnes said he'll need cover LT.Barnes says he'll need cover LT. and first squad is already up here.Besides,
the pointman is one of our guys says langly.OK,you guys set a fire team to keep them busy while doc works his way up there.You got it LT., says barnes, and turns to yell first squad listen up.At the same time langly leans over and says, don't worry doc my guys
will take care of you, besides,I'm a paid killer.
Let us know when your ready doc. I dropped my ruck
and untied my first aide bag from the bottom of my
frame.I pulled the straps over my shoulders and checked my .45 had a roud in the chamber.Then I half
squatted ran forward to the nearest tree in line of his direction.I waved my arm and crouched to move forward to the next tree, when behind me I heard the LT. yell out docs going out, fire em up.The biggest burst of gunfire that you can imagine erupted behind me.I ran forward my heart was pounding and I could hear
myself breathing in ears.As I peeked around looking for the next tree for cover I heard 16's,60's,m-79's
even a l.a.w. going off. Jesus I said to myself as I
ran to big stump, thy'er gonna cut down the whole dam jungle.As I looked around the jungle trees bushes everything was flying up in the air, like a tossed
salad.feeling more confident I moved forward a lot almost to the downed man before I slid to the ground and rolled on my belly.It seemed absolutely quite for a short time and I could hear that choppy high and low pitch of gooks yelling at each other.suddenly first squad again and the gooks answered back with at least three AK's. Shit I said these goddam buttons on my shirt are too high and they'er gonna shoot my back out.
I could hear the whizz of the bullets for just asecond as they passed over my head.I heard movement behind me, and I thought I was gonna get shot in the back from behind me.I turned slowly and carefully just my head and neck,and I spotted three or four gi's crawling up behind me.Then I recognized fisrt barnes then langly were two of them.The firing from the front stopped and all I could hear was an occasional 16 fire.
Then the front guys started opening up and really laying it down and I could see more guys from the back jumping an moving forward.I don't know who got to the pointman first me or langly,KEEP your ass down doc don't move till we get back. with that him and barnes
took off on the run with other guys behind trying to catch up as they chased those gooks thru the woods.
Those guys were true to life heros to me and everyone
did it like just another day in the nam.There were no decorations or rewards exept we got our pointman back.

Doc Dave
Medic, Vietnam