Vietnam’s Combat Trackers

Combat-Tracker

Pete Peterson was recruited for the combat trackers while recovering at a
U.S. military hospital in Japan during the fall of 1968. It wasn’t a
hard sell for the two trackers who shared his hospital ward. Peterson
had lost several friends in a firefight with the North Vietnamese while
he was sidelined with an ankle injury. “The tracker’s job was to hunt
down the enemy,” says Peterson, who had been serving with an infantry
company. “I liked the idea of that. I wanted some payback.”

Category: NewsBy Ron April 25, 2013

Author: Ron

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