re: Any of you military guys ever been under enemy fire and have stories about it?

My dad was an officer during Vietnam and he has only spoken of it once. He told me how his platoon came across an area of brush. He radio in and was told to sweep it.

4 of his men died and he told me he should have just moved along and ignored orders. I think he still carries the guilt to this day.

The horrors of war is not something most normal people want to discuss or remember imo.