The men of Bravo are certain that Westmoreland has not yet informed the enemy that they are losing, as Firebase Ladybrid continues to come under daily long-range artillery fire. Suddenly…
A USO band comprised of three female dancers, a sax players, and a singer, completes their performance at an outlying base, and are rushed to a helicopter to be flown…
Anderson, Goldman, and Captain Wallace are checking out a new weapon that has been added to the platoon’s arsenal: a flamethrower. Zeke and Goldman are unhappy that the next mission…
Two sappers make their way into Firebase Ladybird without being detected, but Percell sees the third one, killing him. The other two manage to set off their explosives before they…
Baker insists his fellow squad members follow him to an incoming helicopter. The incoming ””VIP”” turns out to be Baker’s twin brother, who brings along a skate board that the…
A drunken GI steals a chaplain’s jeep and goes on a joy ride with a Vietnamese hooker. They nearly collide with a jeep-load of MPs who chase him down. His…
Anderson, Baker, and Johnson are shot down while catching a ride in a helicopter, which explodes just after it hits the ground. They are unhurt but the pilot is dead,…
In a time of great racial tension and violence in America, the same problems were carried over to Vietnam, where it was not unusual for bars — or sometimes entire…
The company provides security for an irrigation project, but after several successful ambushes on them, the men of B Company suspect their Vietnamese scout of spying.
The men find themselves assigned to a ’hot shot’ sergeant with a mission to destroy an enemy bridge. Tempers reach a breaking point when Anderson finds a living Vietnamese child…
Among the villagers being relocated by the platoon is a beautiful woman to whom Goldman is attracted. When they are attacked on the trail, Goldman’s life is saved by a…
The VC are mauling the American soldiers through their use of the underground tunnels. On their latest trip into the bush, Anderson and the men provide a blocking force, only…
After Firebase Ladybird suffers heavy casualties, Sgt. Anderson goes to division headquarters to make a report and recruit replacements. He selects the best from a group of new recruits and…
