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From: Dan Webster dukesplace1@webtv.com
Date: 11 Apr 2001
Time: 01:56:18
Remote Name: 209.240.221.87
There is a set of mountains near the western border known as the seven sisters. From time to time, the number gets smaller, but the VC held up in caves near the tops of them and would blast hell out of the ARVNs below. I have flown with COL McDaniels several times to the mountains and the small ARVN base camps near them. The last time was to interview a young red-headed lad who had been shot down with his pilot in a bird dog. The pilot didn't make it, but the lad was nabbed by the VC who held him for several weeks. But during a raid on the VC base deep in the U-Minh Forest, he was freed by a rocket that went thru his "prison". His VC guards ran one way and he another. A chopper was just about to blow him away, when the crew saw his red hair. He was rescued and taken to the base camp near the sisters where Col MDaniels and I interviewed him. Yes, there are a few mountains in the delta; small by our definition, but maybe in name only, but still mountains!