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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scourger" data-source="post: 3893160" data-attributes="member: 12328">[Mission 11 – Duc Duc]Location: Duc DucMission: Explore village for VC activityOIC: SGT Jack JohnsonAfter being diverted from our mission to find hostile snipers, we were set down in a small clearing outside of Duc Duc to check on reported VC activity in the area.  I approached the village and talked to an elderly Vietnamese man who appeared to be the local chieftain.  He claimed everything was fine, but all of the women and children were sick.  We should move on before we become sick as well.  It definitely seemed as if something was amiss, so I went to go check on the sick villagers.  Several VC were hiding in the village and opened fire as I tried to enter the tent.  There were 4-6 VC with AK-47s located in the huts as well as 4 more with RPGs in the jungle.  The firefight was intense and Sanchez and I were nearly killed by RPG fire.  We were able to kill all but 2 of the enemy. It was then that we discovered the gruesome truth of the village.  All of the women and children were dead and in a pile in the jungle at the edge of the village.  The VC had already killed them, but were using the threat of violence against them to keep the men in check.  Once the fighting was over all the daisy sniffing, subservient, almost comatose Vietnamese "males" ran to the jungle to check on the pants wearing women and children.  I explained to the new chief what had taken place, and as is customary for his office, he fell to the ground and cried like the braver half of his clan.  It was then that Sanchez was attacked by several of the villagers.  I told them several times to get off of Cpl. Sanchez before they were finally willing to listen to reason.  After a brief discussion of American policy on friendly Vietnamese villages we headed back to our rendezvous point for extraction and returned to base.</blockquote>

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