Fallen Angels 103-200

A week after their encounter with the camera crew the men got to see themselves on television. They watched themselves fight and thought they all looked different on T.V. A day later they are rallied to go on a patrol to near town because of suspicious activity. They encounter enemies and are engaged in a firefight. There is heavy fire all around them and they all retreat back to the chopper that came to pick them up. Lieutenant Carrol was shot on his way there making sure everybody else made it. Perry found him on the ground and put him on his shoulders and took him to the chopper. He died when they arrived and the whole platoon was devastated. They continued on with their daily routine torn apart about their Lieutenants death. His replacement showed up Lieutenant Gearhart and rallied his new platoon and had a talk with him. He talked about how he knew Carrol and was a good man and how he is going to try his best to do what he did. They spent more of their time going to small towns trying to bring peace to the people exchanging gifts with them all and helping them with numerous things. Peewee found enjoyment with playing with all the children and keeping them entertained. Brunner got a letter from a girl he knew back home. She wanted him to marry her when he returned home. He thought about it and had everybody in the squad vote whether he should do it. Most of them said he should. Brunner decided that he wanted to and sent her a letter back saying he would. The next day they lay track for a bunch of VCs coming through the area. They plant claymores and set up in good positions around the treeline and wait for them to come through. Perry sets all the claymores and takes a spot in a foxhole they dug with Peewee. It gets dark out and they wait in the dark for the enemy to come buy. Someone yells and everybody starts firing at the tree line. Perry gets ready to set off all the claymores. Lieutenant Gearhart yells to Perry that one of the VC's turned around some of the claymore but it was to late he pushed the button and it blasted away the Vietnamese. That is when he realized that when he set the claymores he them all backwards and they turned them around and died. They sent up a flare for the choppers to come get them. Lieutenant Gearhart blames the attack on them because of him setting off a flare for the choppers to spot them. Two men were injured in the firefight one of them died, the new guy who showed up a couple days ago died. They were sad he died but glad they didn't know him very well so the pain of losing him was much less. They return back and the next day Perry talks to the captain explaining the battle and has him write home to the new guys family telling them that he was killed in combat.