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For the foot soldier in Vietnam, death by any means was the ultimate objective. What's your body count? Commanders asked their soldiers each evening, as if a scorecard named the winner. After the ghting was done, someone coined a new phrase: The only war we ever lost, they said. They passed that false legacy on to the Vietnam veteran, too. They would have you believe that the soldier lost the war, when, in fact, he lost only his youth, his innocence and many of his friends. The 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, The Regulars, as they were called, was formed from groups of basic trainees at Fort Lewis, Washington. They arrived o the coast of Vietnam in October, 1966. The unit initially occupied a base camp called Bear Cat in the Delta, or southern part of Vietnam. Considered to be the rice bowl of the Orient, the Delta was a hotlycontested area and the Regulars quickly learned the frustrations and pain of battle

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