Bruce Geibel, Capt. CEC, USN (ret)-Da Nang

.IN THE 8 PM. ATTACK ON ADENIR , JULY THE VC THEY FIRED THE 81 MM FROM ACROSS THE RIVER .I AS MANY WERE PLAYING BINGO @ THE EM CLUB . THE FIRST HITS ALL WERE IN THE MOTOR POOL TO THE SOUTH 100 YDS AWAY TO WERE I WAS. AS THE MORTARS ROUNDS MOVED TO THE GALLEY AREA. THIS GAVE US THE TIME TO SCATTERED INTO SAND BAGED HOLES NEER THE CLUB I CAN RECALL THE FLASHES .9 /IO ROUNDS SLAMED INTO THE SAND ADJACENT TO THE SIDE OF THE GALLEY & MISSING THE EM CLUB, MORTAR FRAGS GOING INTO THE PX ROOF & GALLEY .THE ALL CLEAR WAS GIVER MEN EMERGED FROM ,THE SAND BAGED HOLES TO REGAINED THERE M-14 AND MOVED TO THERE POSTES . I HAD TO COLLECT HARD HAT, A PRC25 RADIO, / M 14 A AMMO/ CANTEE BELT.IN MY HUT AS I MOVE TO THE "H" CO ,.BUNKER (AS THE RADIO OP).. I COULD HEAR A WIA BEE I AM HIT AM HIT I. THE CALL WAS FROM THE DDS TRAILER I RADIOED THE AM HIT CALL TO BATTALION CB .I WAS THEN NX TO CPM MESS ,BATTALION CP.,