![]() At 2:00 the war begins again with a rifle shot. But what happens is that the NVA also take a break called poc time. While being followed by North Vietnamese Army soldiers, four of his Asian teammates decide to take a break at 12:00. The pilot never thinks of it as a big deal. On Christmas eve, the pilots fly in at great risk to themselves to take the man to get medical attention. ![]() Peacock calls in a helicopter to bring him out. Here are some samples.ĭuring the Christmas truce of 1967, Dinh Hun, a Montagnard irregular, is wounded. I always take Vietnam stories with a grain of salt. Interspersed with the grizzly stories are those about his war experience. Each man listens to the other, never totally understanding what is said, just getting a sense of it. Then Peacock speaks in Hre and later in Montagnard. Yet Peacock begins to listen to the man's stories. While house sitting, a Navajo knocks on the door looking for safety from the weather. There are many vignettes in the book that I loved. Exploring the wilderness and studying grizzly bears was his way of forgetting some of his experiences in Vietnam. ![]() Doug Peacock, the model for the George Hayduke of Edward Abbey's novels The Monkey Wrench Gang and Hayduke Lives!, served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a Green Beret medic, ministering to the Montagnard and Hre peoples of the highlands. ![]()
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