Did you know that there was a secret war that happened in Cambodia, during the Vietnam War? A proxy war. Russians were aiding the Vietnamese war effort with troops and supplies through Cambodia. So to sabotage and intercept their resupply efforts, We sent the SOG, (Special Operations Group) into cambodia, "across the fence", from Thailand. Spike teamed of 5 to 8 SOG would go deep behind enemy lines in triple canopy jungle dropped off by some of the finest Army Air Force calvary our nation had to offer.
...And it was a slaughter on a routine basis. Getting shot out of LZs, having trackers hunt you, getting caught in L shaped ambushes....the average death rate of the SOG were 110 percent. You weren't expected to last past 4 days. In one instance, a SOG spike team went up against 10 THOUSAND NVA troops. A fucking batallion. The enemy being determined to the point of possession, did everything in their power to fucking kill the spike team of 5 who were trying to get to their extraction.
That is until they heard the worst of news come in on the comms by Spider, the operator at their forward Operations.....extraction isn't coming for another 3 hours....buckle up.
So you know what those crazy fuckers did? Amongst the NVA they were absolutely killing, they STACKED NVA CORPSES TO CREATE A COVERED PERAMETER.
HOLD THE FUCKING LINE. IT ISNT OVER. YOU ARENT DEFEATED. KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE FUCKING GAME.
The only war I took part was Bosnia in the 90s, as part of a German KRK Team, so my experience is limited. But yes: hold the line. Hold the fucking line. United we stand, divided we fall. WWG1WGA
Hat tip fellow vet!