WHEN GENIUS AND STUPITIDY RAN PARALLEL

There was no good or evil on the battlefields. The only fair fight was the one we did not lose.

All manner of showering the enemy with as much death as possible was always the objective. But it didn’t always work that way. Occasionally, we became the prey by walking into an ambush or in the process of losing a firefight.

More than once, we ran, and a greater enemy force pursued. After all, everything in Vietnam was out to kill us, even doing nothing.

Friendly artillery fire was not friendly, and air support could not reach us in time. Every unit was on its own, and we depended on our commanders to find the strategy to win and survive.

Unfortunately, the enemy could care less about our plans. They were fighting for their country’s independence, and we were just one more aggressor in the annals of their history to overcome.

The war became a dragged-out costly affair that lasted eleven years. Unfortunately, it took the lives of 58,000 of my brothers and sisters and 150,000 injured to end the tragedy that was Vietnam.

Jerry Glazer — Vietnam Uncensored

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