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Can You Feel It?
Can You Feel It?
Can you feel it?
Oh Lord!
I can feel it
That feeling of dread
That something is in the air tonight
Can you feel it?
That gut sense of foreboding
A clammy sense of danger
Something telling you to beware
That Death is near
Can you feel it?
So quiet, no insect sounds, no birdcalls
The patrol has reported lots of sign
Charlie is out there, waiting
Death is coming tonight
Can you feel it?
The Montagnard Scouts are on edge
They can feel it
They feel their own fear
They know death is coming tonight
Can’t let them down
Can you feel it?
Check the perimeter
Make sure everyone is ready
Make sure grenade trip wires are out
Something is in the air tonight
Death is coming tonight
Can you feel my intense fear?
My heart is pounding
Charlie is coming tonight
I don’t want to die!
Control yourself, your fear
You have to be strong
Can’t show your fear
Can’t let them down!
Evil is close
Get ready!
Death is coming tonight!!
I'm on the upper left- sitting with Montagnard children and friends on the steps of a Montagnard Rung House or Happy House.
The MACV Compound in Kontum. To the right is the B-24 Special Forces Compound for the ARVN 24th Special Tactical Zone. To the upper left is a small compound of the US 43d Signal.
Montagnard troops.
Me in late 1967 or early 1968 before Tet.
Biographical Details
Submitted From: West Fargo, ND
Primary Location During Vietnam: Kon Tum, Vietnam 
Story Subject: Military Service
Military Branch: U.S. Army
Dates of Service: 1966 - 1968
Unit: MACV Advisory Team 24
Specialty: Infantry
Story Themes: 1966, 1967, 1968, Ambush, Army, Art, Charles Schwiderski, Fear, Infantry, Kon Tum, Kontum, MACV Advisory Team 24, Montagnard Troops, Nighttime, North Dakota, Poetry, Read, Terrain, West Fargo
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