CHAPTER 29
24 AUGUST 1970
They did not see the river until they were in it. The night was black beneath the mist. The entire valley floor was wet swamp. Egan led the small group east from Campobasso then south. No one spoke. They sloshed through the bog. The rain and its camouflaging noise had ceased. They moved slowly though there was little time.
Behind Egan was Cherry and behind him, Pop. Further back were Snell, Nahele and McQueen, then Denhardt, Doc Johnson and Minh and finally Woods and Calhoun. Essentially the patrol consisted of Alpha’s best boonierats, best medic and only scout. Their mission would require the best. They moved with the stealth of a lone cat until Egan fell into the river with a noisy, ear-splitting splash.
Rover Teams Claudia and Stephanie had returned to Camp
