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Boy from Little Rock chooses military path
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 16, 2003 01:55pm |
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| Category | Profile |
| Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
| News Date | Sunday, November 16, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | [First in a two part series profiling Wes Clark, detailing his early years and Vietnam]
Wesley K. Clark lay bleeding on the ground as the landscape around him echoed with the high-pitched ping-ping-ping of gunfire. It was Feb. 19, 1970, and the young Army captain had been on patrol near Saigon when he paused to peer down a trail that disappeared into the jungle.
In an instant, a hellish hail of fire from AK-47s exploded all around. Clark saw blood oozing from his body.
"They're in there!" Clark shouted to a couple of soldiers at his side.
"Get down, sir!" responded one of the soldiers, sniper Michael McClintic, who vividly recalls the moment. Pushing Clark to the ground -- and probably saving his life -- the Army sniper sprayed the jungle with covering fire. Clark said he called for backup and ordered nearby soldiers to set up a base of responding machine gun fire.
The 25-year-old Clark had waited years for a chance to engage the enemy, and now he was out of the fight from nearly the start. |
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