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Sweep. Chopper to a.p.

“FSB Jackson. We are going out tonight. Guess we are going to start tearing Jackson down so will be here a while longer. If they keep sending us out without any rest they aren’t going to get any work out of me. Tonight is our turn for bunker guard, but we are going out on [...]

“FSB Jackson. Well, we got put to work. We are tearing F.S.B. down and are supposed to be out of here Sun the 28th. Now we stay in two nights on bunker guard and spend the third night in the field. During the day then, we dismantle the bunkers and buildings. We will all be [...]

“They are trying to work us to death tearing Jackson down. Maybe we will be out of here by the 28th as scheduled. Chow hall has been emptied so we will be eating C-rations until we leave. Ugh! Nothing has been going on. They are keeping us too busy to let us get into trouble. [...]

FRom 6/23 to 6/28 3rd platoon on bunker guard.

Walk to a.p.

Jackson is gone as a FSB. A perimeter guard is maintained this night.

“Ben LUc. Got back this afternoon. Jackson is nothing now but a level piece of land… When we got back the club had been closed down, so we couldn’t get drunk. It stays closed until July 4. There was a fight there while we were gone, and someone took a poke at the battalion XO, [...]