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Operation 4-70 (Delta Dagger II) - FOB Mai Loc
06-24-70 - 06-30-70 - Page 2
Narrative:
We got the final word. Clean up the camp, go for stand down, and
close out the Project. No more operations. The LLDB hosted a party
for us, that we paid for with our own beer and food. They insisted
all of us attend. We found out it was just a ruse to try and steal
all they could before we left Mai Loc. While we were all sitting in
a circle that night and drinking, they sent a couple of their
thieves to raid our tents. We were ahead of them and suspected foul
play all along. Our watchers spotted them and caught them with
cameras, pistols, and other valuables. One even tried to take Jim
Reeves' Colt 38 out of the holster on his belt while we were
drinking. Jim caught him and was going to whip him. That broke up
the festivities.
SFC Brakeman and SSG Roy Sprouse were the last Americans who pulled
the last recon mission for Project Delta. We were extracted at 0707
hrs on Tuesday the 9th of June 1970. All the AAR (After Action
Report) says is, the mission was curtailed due to friendly
operational priorities. What the reality was, is this, there was to
be an ARC Light Strike, (B-52s) on a troop concentration we had seen
part of while on recon. We were only out two nights. |
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