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Bravo Company is assigned to take out a group of ARVN soldiers (Ruff Puffs), recent inductees, and teach them the finer points of field maneuvers.

Percell and Taylor have been temporarily assigned to the Motor Pool to replace two of the enlisted Ruff Puffs that the rest of the squad are training. They meet Sgt.Bechtold who loves his jeeps and motors.
 
 
 They also meet a couple of loudmouths, Coffey & Atwood.
 
Myron and Alex talk about how she's getting McKay to take her to a village near Phu Lam. Myron is concerned as there has been fighting close to there.

Sgt.Anderson is at the dispensary scarfin' a few supplies to slip to Tran the medic with the ARVN. Sgt.Anderson tell's the Medic, they lost the last batch. The medic tell's Sgt.Anderson to keep an eye on this batch.
Sgt.Anderson tells Scotty and ?? "Try to keep on this batch".
 
 Sgt.Vinh checks his squad before they head out.
 
 McKay gives Alex a present of a red silk scarf as they head out to the village.
 
 Out in the bush Bravo Company and the ARVN come under attack, Ruiz and Johnson think the ARVN guys have run away , but they have in fact carried out a simple flanking maneuver.
    
 
 
 Dr.Seymour had been sort changed on her drugs and has headed into town with Taylor and Percell to pick up the drugs she's needs from pharmacist, Lenny Pilchowski. He asks her to go to lunch to impress his girlfriend, Marian ,who he feels has been taking him for granted. As they go out he put on a CIA jacket that was given to him.
 
 Percell and Taylor, walk around the corner and spot Coffey & Atwood, and challenge them to a race out to the supply warehouse to the An Loc highway and back. Coffey forgets about the sharp bend and ends up in the river.
 
 
 McKay drops Alex and the village and introduces her to the orphan kids that he give stuff to , to help them out. And tell's Henry to give back her wallet.
   
 As Dr. Seymour and Lenny return from lunch a VC shoots him in the back and as he closes in to finish the job Dr Seymour shoot him dead , with one shot.
   
 

McKay returns to the village, it's in flames and there is no sign of Alex, he call's Bravo and lands and tells Lt Goldman. Goldman jumps on board and they go back to search for her.
 
 
 Taylor and Percell are suprised when an MP jeep pulls up and drops Dr. Seymour of and he tells them what happened.
 
 Bravo Company and the ARVN guys are having a break when a lookout rushes back and says that about 60 NVA are heading straight for them. Sgt. Vinh tell's his guys to dress up in the VC clothes they took earlier. Bravo don't know what's going on and or caught of guard.
 
   
 
 The ARVN tell Bravo squad to hand over their weapons and very soon the NVA and NVA commander arrive and Vihn tells him that they are their prisoners and they will take credit for capturing them.
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 McKay lands back at the village and Alex and the orphans are there.she wants to take the orphans back to Siagon but they don't want to go.
 
 The NVA return having come across the stripped bodies of the soldiers,
 There is a brief standoff before Sgt.Vinh opens fire, he is shot as the guys make a break for it.
 
 
 A truck tows Coffey and Atwood's jeep back to Sgt.Bechtold is not happy at the state of it.
 
 
 Dr.Seymour tells Sgt Anderson how she's having  a little trouble facing her feelings.
 
 

Director: Bill Norton      Writers: D. Cooper, E. Katz & J. Brown (Story)—Cynthia Darnell (Teleplay)
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