"Choking dust, clouds of stinging insects, biting monkeys, trees and enemy rockets crashing from above, tunnels collapsing under foot— in temperatures reaching 130 degrees—were all in a day’s work for the 60th Land Clearing Company, which carried out its missions undaunted, guided by the unit motto, “Guts, Skill and Spirit.” Largely unheralded and forgotten, land clearing units, in Vietnam nicknamed “Jungle Eaters,” were often ahead of the frontlines, destroying the enemy’s most valued weapon—heavy cover—and blazing the way for infantry and armor."
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174 posted on 11/29/2022 11:55:55 AM PST by foldspace
