I would encourage reading the book....and do a bit of you tube viewing to get the feel for what it must have been like at LZ X-Ray. Then read on about the ambush of the column that marched towards LZ Albany and was ambushed by a Regiment of NVA.
Jack Smith was an infantry soldier in the two fights and wrote a very compelling account of the event. His account is absolutely chilling to read if you have any concept at all what it is like to be confronted with mortal danger.
There were a lot of heroes in that patch of woods....some were recognized for what they did.
Smith's account.....
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