Chapter OnePLATOONS FROM ALPHA, BRAVO AND CHARLIE Companies, already at half strength, crammed aboard the LCIs. When they rounded the MACV compound, Roark knew what was happening and headed toward Delta Company’s CO, standing at the bunker with his command group.
The LCIs resembled big shoe boxes with forward loading ramps. Each craft was armed with twin .30 caliber machine guns. Grimm and Hines boarded an LCI with the grunts from Alpha Company. Hemmings and Trilling trailed after them. No one wanted to be last to board, which meant he would be first to disembark. Bayer and Ehlo squeezed in with Bravo Company, asshole-to-belly button. Two more civilian photo journalists boarded with them and were shoved to the port side. Ehlo didn’t care; he didn’t much like them, though he liked them mor
