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Welcome, U.S. Army 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Division. I stared at the sign outside the reception. For 40 years I\u2019d avoided these Vietnam vets\u2019 reunions. I didn\u2019t want to talk about the battle that haunted my nightmares, or how I\u2019d survived.<\/p>\n

The Battle of Mole City, December 22, 1968. We were a unit of 500 American soldiers, stationed in deep bunkers along one of the North Vietnamese Army\u2019s busiest supply routes. I was 20. Fit, strong, tough.<\/p>\n

My three months in \u2019Nam hadn\u2019t been much different than working on our family farm. I spent most days in the hot sun, digging the trenches the base was named for.<\/p>\n

There was a holiday truce. After dinner, we opened packages from home with cards, cookies and miniature trees. It almost felt like Christmas. At 10:00 p.m. we received our orders for the night: patrol, L.P. (the listening post), or perimeter. I was assigned to defend the perimeter.<\/p>\n

All was quiet till midnight. The L.P. reported some NVA movement. The four of us in our bunker took our positions. Suddenly the night sky lit up. Flares. Mortar fire. A surprise attack!<\/p>\n

We returned fire. There was a tremendous explosion. An anguished scream from the soldier next to me. I looked over. He was dead. I was struck too, in my right leg. Another grunt dove out the back of the bunker. I crawled after him.<\/p>\n

We squeezed into the next bunker, filled with GIs. Something thudded into the mud. Another grenade! I threw myself as far from it as I could.<\/p>\n

Boom! Blood ran from my ears. A third grenade rolled in. Shrapnel ripped into my belly. My rifle was clogged with mud. My injured leg was useless. We were overrun. Guys were falling, crying out for their mothers.<\/p>\n

One brave sergeant climbed out of the bunker, firing his M16. His silhouette crumpled; his body rolled down past me. All I could do was lie there and wait for death.<\/p>\n

I wouldn\u2019t have called myself religious, even though I wore a miraculous medal with my dog tags. Still, I shouted above the gunfire, \u201cGod, help me!\u201d<\/p>\n

Everything went silent. No explosions. No screams. Like I\u2019d gone deaf. At the same time, I felt something hover over me. It fell softly upon my shoulders, warm, comforting, like I was a child being tucked into bed. Before I could figure out what it was, I blacked out.<\/p>\n

When I came to, it was daylight. I moved to uncover myself, but nothing was there. Feet shuffled outside the bunker. Who had won? The NVA? Would I be taken prisoner? I pulled away a sandbag blocking my view. It thumped to the ground.<\/p>\n

A helmeted head poked in. A U.S. Army sergeant. \u201cIt\u2019s okay, soldier,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

I was the only one found alive in that bunker. The Army sent me home. The physical wounds healed. My other wounds didn\u2019t. Counselors told me that the nightmares were my mind trying to piece together what had happened in Mole City.<\/p>\n

Even after I learned that we\u2019d been stormed by 1,500 NVA, outnumbered three to one, the survivor\u2019s guilt remained. Why had I been wrapped in that cocoon of safety, while others died?<\/p>\n

For 40 years, that guilt kept me away from reunions. I wasn\u2019t sure why I\u2019d come now. But I took a deep breath and entered the reception hall. I put on my name tag and scanned the room.<\/p>\n

A man came up, saw my name tag. \u201cYou\u2019re the guy I\u2019ve been looking for.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d I said. \u201cWho are you?\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cBob Chavous.\u201d He shook my hand. \u201cI heard you were in the perimeter bunker near where I was supposed to be. I survived, the other guys didn\u2019t. It\u2019s not easy to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n

I understood all too well. Bob said he\u2019d been assigned to the L.P. that night, one of the men who called in the warning about the enemy soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore we could withdraw, the sky lit up with a hundred mortars. We were pinned down in a rice paddy,\u201d Bob said. \u201cI made my peace with God, and prayed he\u2019d let my family know that I loved them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He paused for a moment, searching for the right words. \u201cThen it was like…a blanket settled over me and put me to sleep until the fighting was over.\u201d<\/p>\n

A blanket of protection. I\u2019d never know why it had covered me. But I hadn\u2019t been the only one. How many others at this reunion had felt the same thing? Been touched by the same inexplicable warmth that we told ourselves couldn\u2019t possibly be real?<\/p>\n

I was ready to talk then. Ready to tell everything I\u2019d held inside. I wasn\u2019t alone. Bob needed to know he wasn\u2019t either.<\/p>\n

Read<\/a> Bob Chavous’ account of the Battle of Mole City!<\/em><\/p>\n

Download your FREE ebook, Mysterious Ways: 9 Inspiring Stories that Show Evidence of God’s Love and God’s Grace<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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