Stephen H. Randall

US Army Combat Artist Team VII

Firefight

By: Stephen H. Randall, 1968

8 x 10

Felt pen on paper

On August 29, 1968, I went with the 1st Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 199th Light Infantry Brigade on an ambush patrol south of Saigon. We were the ones who got ambushed. This was a sketch of the fight as I remembered it.

 

We gave covering fire to recover our wounded. The machine gunner needed help with his ammo belt and I’m the one without a helmet.