The next reading assignment is "Hell in a Very Small Place", "Death in the Tall Grass", and "Escape and Evade". The topic of discussion is open so write about anything that catches your interest about these chapters. We are nearing the end of this book and only have one more reading assignment left which will be posted after Thanksgiving!
In this section I feel as if though the underlying things being portrayed + stressed on is the lack of preparedness and communication, and how the absence of these two things can turn the tide of a battle or a war. In these chapters the book goes into numerous events, one being how an American unit is ambushed by the NVA and is slaughtered due to the placement of the leaders and communication equipment. In spite of this, the unit was overwhelmed and without leadership, panicked. Thus losing control of the situation. Never the less, obviously getting out of an ambush alive is a feat in itself, but the possibility was never even there for the majority of the unit, as the leaders position and radio equipment was placed at the top of the patrol's column isolating people in the rear. Thus, this is why the army created a GOTWA and contingency plans as well as an established chain of command.
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