Each Battalion had to provide a rifle
company on rotation to guard the base known as The
Horseshoe.
The Horseshoe was an old volcanic crater immediately
north of Dat Do. The base had been attacked in 1966 by
D445. They killed 10 ARVN Rangers and captured their
weapons. But by 1971 the base and the area surrounding it
were pretty quiet. We wondered why they would take bush
soldiers out of the Jungle to man the base ... but it was
a real nice break to sit quietly up on the rim of the
crater. We ambushed sometimes at night around the base
and occasionally patrolled by day ... just to show our
presence.
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