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Originally posted by Karm
Did anyone think twice about him leaving his boat to hunt down an NVA?
His patrol boat must have beached to accomplish this. I was in the navy and all. I wasn't a patrol boat crew member. Therefore I cannot accurately recite any of their rules of combat.
A simple question 1st. Why would you take a fast mobile craft,thats works effectively on water, and park it at the enemies doorstep in a combat zone? Now the flash's in the bush have a non-moving target. If they kill the crew. They can easily take the boat and do some serious damage.
I beleive he should have been courtmartialed for that unwise decision. Not awarded a medal for hunting down and killing a wounded man in cold blood. I assume he finished the job with a pistol. I also assume the NVA was wounded or he would have escaped the tall goofy yankee jumping off of his boat.
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Depending on the location of the sniper(s) and when they opened up on the boat, they may have been in more danger trying to get out of range than they'd be in heading towards the enemy. While his strategy in this instance wasn't the norm, it was obviously effective.