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Ready to spark something. Download the Sims 4 and play for free. I'm John Bachelor with George Black. His new book is The Long Reckoning, a story of

war, peace and redemption in Vietnam. It is 67.68.

We start with Manis Campbell, who is in Alpha Company, the First Battalion,

4th Marines.

They are in the killing zone of several parts of the I-Corps.

George's mentioned Hill 674.

That story stays with Manis Campbell,

the rest of his life is still with him because of the arbitrariness of death.

How so, George? What does that mean to Manis Campbell?

The first big firefight was a classic. About 80% of all the military engagements in

Vietnam were at the initiative of the Vietnamese, the North and the Viet Cong,

and the Viet Cong. And the primary tool they used was the ambush.

They would set up killing zones. They would entice American patrols in. The Hill 674 was in fact the stronghold of the North Vietnamese

military command for those two provinces we've been talking about which they called the Tri-Tien military

district immediately south of the DMZ. So Manus' company, his whole battalion, was sent into combat against what they didn't know were some of the most tough

elite units of the North Vietnamese army and his platoon walked into an ambush

classic you know they'd set up this triangle And his platoon walked into an ambush.

Classic, you know, they'd set up this triangle ambush.

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