[Safetgiver]

I got snake stories galore from SEA. The only one I’ll mention here is during an ambush, I pushed back a bush and saw a snake and quickly had it in my hand. We had a Kit Carson Scout with us and I showed it to him and he scrambled backwards with his eyes bulging out of his head. It was what was known as a ‘step-and -half’. The ARVN’s quickly dispatched it and observed me to see if I was gonna die in the next minute.

[Polynikes]

I had a buddy that served as a LRRP in VN in the late 60’s. Said he was walking point through the bush when stepped aside to go around a small tree and the tree moved back in front of him. He froze and slowly looked up to see a cobra looking down at him, hood flared. He froze in place until the LT that was with them started yelling what was the hold up.

He said the LT took the muzzled of his M16 and started tracing a circle around in the air around the area of the snakes head. The snake followed it as the circle got smaller until the cobra was was basically looking down the barrel then the LT fired taking out the snake.