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Show Vietnam Correspondant , Setting The Ambush looses sight of another, he and everyone in the column behind him could become lost for the remainder remain-der of the squad's maneuver. It is an unhappy circumstance to be a small group of GI's lost in Charlies' gack yard. It becomes a case of double jeopardy You could just as easily be shot by the main squad of GI's as by Charlie. Then, too, there is the problem of making noise or lighting a cigarette. cig-arette. Either of these can be a fatal tip-off of your position. For some, the problem of noise is little problem, but the need for a ctear ! ette gets pretty agravating When the squad has finally D0' tioned itself and is set up to WPT come the V.C. in an ambush vZ begin to wonder if this will be Z night that someone finally Wan into that ambush. But usually Von will be awakened only when it your turn to stand guard and fin" ally when it is time to move out in the morning. Once you have moved out, that apprehensive feel ing leaves until the next man-euver. Editor's Note: The following is the fourth in a series of Vietnam dispatches dis-patches written for the Chronicle by former University student, Tice Ashurst. Correspondence should be addressed to: Tice Ashurst Jr. US 56648305 B-3-21 -196th Lt. Inf. Bde. APO SF 96256 By TICE ASHURST JR. Chronicle Vietnam Correspondence It's hard to describe the feeling you have when it's your turn to move out in the dead of night to set an ambush for Charlie. Everyone knows the fear of the dark and the fear of a strange Dlace. But this feeling is a lot more than that. True, you do go out in the dark and sometimes it is to a strange place still, there is a lot more to it. You have a man in front of you and a man behind you. Often, those two men are the only ones you see for the entire march. You have to trust the man in front of you to follow the man in front of him. If one man |