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I spent 16 months on a border camp with Cambodia on 2 sides couple Ks away.
We always had operations out trying to catch Charlie infiltrating stuff across the border.
I got to know the AO pretty well as we always had to commo guys on the team and I could go on all the missions I wanted.
Anyways-sometimes we'd see explosions in the air along the border. These were the AF dropping drumsof CS crystals and them exploding above ground dusting the area.
It was thick canopy and vegitation, so don't know how effective that was.
Sometimes we would be in that area, often looking for water.
The CIDG would suddenly start coughing and running around in circles. Frantically banging into each other and tripping over themselves.
Usually nearby was an unexploded drum of CS that had busted open and left a carpet of the crystals that activated when crunched.
It affected the little guys much more than us Americans, but it really got your attention.
Some welcome comedy relief.
Also, along the border, leaflets had accumulated over the years-lots and lots of them.
I was always afraid we would lose and they would make us pick them up.
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Mike
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