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The hours ticked by, the only sound the distant hooting of owls and the occasional burst of static from the radio. Mark's men were on high alert, their fingers on the triggers of their rifles.

The dense jungle air clung to Lieutenant Mark Thompson like a wet shroud as he led his platoon, 3 Platoon, C Company, 20th Royal Australian Infantry Regiment (20RAR), through the underbrush. Their patrol had been tasked with securing a suspected Viet Cong (VC) village deep in the heart of Phuoc Tuy Province. The hours ticked by, the only sound the

June 1967, Vietnam