PERIOD FOUR

Scott Nelson Per.4

As an RTO, Mitchell Sanders carried the PRC-25 radio, a killer, 26 pounds

with its battery.

RTO

AO Kelly Sturm

“All the men were drafted to the army”

“As PFC’s or Spec 4s, most of them were common grunts and carried the standard M-16 gas-operated assault rifle.”

PFC (Private First Class)

Anthony Bauer

“They bring in the Cobras and F-4s, they use Willie Peter and HE and incendiaries. It’s all fire. They make those mountains burn” (75).

Danger

Jon DorschP.4

Chi-Com

“…they carried M-14s and CAR-15s and Swedish Ks and grease guns…” (7)

“…and for some time they’d been receiving intelligence about an NVA buildup in the area.” (219)

Derek thomas

COMBAT ZONELeah Wichterman P.4

AWOL

Ryan O’Gara

Rigged 105 Round

“He must’ve thought it was the sunlight that was killing him. It was not the sunlight that was killing him. It was a rigged 105 round.” (84)

Mike Kelly Period 4

Grunts

By John Uittenbogaard 4

Ariel Aranza

“There was an inquiry, of course, and a week long air search, and for a time the Tra Bong

compound went crazy with MP and CID types.”-The Things They Carried (115)

MP Maggie Garin

PLATOONS

Dan appleton

“There was an EM club with beer and movies, sometimes even live floor

shows, the whole blurry slow motion of the rear.” ( page 191)

EM darin haugh

“ He opened up a can of C rations, pork and beans, but the baby buffalo wasn’t interested.” (78)

Will Biernat P. 4

“After we’d secured an LZ, Dave Jensen went over and kneeled at Struck’s side.”(pg 66)

LZ: Landing Zone

Alexandra Carls

“… Tried to explain to her about things like ambushes and snipers and the stopping power of an AK-47.”

AK-47Danielle Caple

C-130Kyle Martin

“Well, the guy’s around here somewhere.’ ‘Better tell the LT.” (page 166)

LTLieutenant

David Sandberg

CID

Matt Henning

“While the outpost was isolated and vulnerable” (92).

Alex Suker

NCO

“The highest ranking NCO was an E-6 named Eddie Diamond…”

Matt Rogers