Ben Cole

“SMEAC. And now I had heard one off the cuff. Situation: We’re leaving here and closing the Fire Support Base. Mission: We will stand lines at Camp Carroll. No enemy expected. Execution: Choppers at 0800. Platoons in order, CP to follow first platoon. Admin and Logistics: Chow at Carroll followed by relieving other company in place. Command and communications: Get your frequencies, ask me if any questions.”
― G.M. Davis, My War in the Jungle: The Long-Delayed Memoir of a Marine Lieutenant in Vietnam 1968–69