Salute!
Hey, Wolf-man, maybe go easy on Trim. I think he was being sarcastic.
I appreciate the comments from SAS, but don't think he ever "pulled the trigger" during his time in II Corps.
About 80% or so of the missions I flew were CAS. Some involved hitting the enema as they were climbing over the fence, some when they were forming up a few hundred yards out, others along the Trail as we covered the SOG guys and the Hmong. As a Sandy, we dropped CBU along the chopper route in and out in order to cut down the groundfire. Ditto for Ranch Hand spray mission escort.
I was fortunate to fly most missions in direct support of my grunt friends and our "allies" on the ground. It made things a lot easier when the enema were shooting at them and at me! Heh heh. So no remorse about pulling the trigger or hitting the bmb/RX button.
We did our best to drop CBU pods and such in a river or the sea or well away from the battle to minimize collateral damage and possible use of UXB submunitions. Don't think the other guys had any such procedures.
Gums recalls....