Forgotten Heroes

For the troops fighting in Vietnam, knowing who the enemy wasn’t always easy. At times it was the NVA and other times the Viet Cong, or seemingly innocent villagers. It was the jungles, the rice paddies, the heat, the monsoon rains, the mosquitoes, the rats, the snakes, and the malaria. It was the politicians that never allowed the military to do what was needed to win. It was the American public that turned its back on the war and their young men that were fighting. In truth, it was all these things. It was the war. That was the real enemy, the Vietnam War. Bobby Mitchell and his crew on track One-One, A Troop, Third Squadron, Fifth Armored Calvary, faced that enemy in 1968 and 1969. But when it was all said and done, their sacrifices had been for naught. Their deaths were in vain and their nation had all but forgotten them.