The Playboy Forum
April, 1972
Winding Down The WarI'm writing this letter in behalf of the many grunts still in Vietnam. I, along with others, have read in Stars and Stripes and in newspapers from home that the U. S. troops in Vietnam are now in a purely defensive posture. This is so untrue that none of the infantrymen here can understand why it is being said.On the third day of my first mission here in Nam, I came in contact with the enemy twice and was in contact with them every day for the next six days. I saw four GIs ki...