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Captain Crockett, who has seen combat in three wars, noted a marked difference in the 1iexNam Americans serving in Mxx Viet Nam.... He said the American G.I. faces the constant threat of attack from Viet Cong Terrorists, even within the supposedly safe confines of the Danangsi Air Base.... Said Crocket:.."These boys look gaunt and worried all the ti e. They are warry of every movement of the Vietnamese civilians, because they never know
thi which is the enemy...
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Crocket described the scene as his plane landed at Danang in the early morning darkness--- "We could see the gunships x x spewing thousands of rounds of tracer bullets at random around the pereminter of the base. The Viet Cong were attempting to get close enough for a rocket attakc. I am happy to say they
didn't make it that morning...
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Crocket said the naval reservists got an extra feeling of accomplishment on this trainging period because they were actually contributing to the war effort instead of conducting routine excersises in the zxx continental