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CPT Nhi places this observation into context. He notes, “Even though most married men have one wife, the Bru were not monogamous. Anha had three wives. ” They live in a house constructed of wood, bamboo, and thatch. The house is on stilts and has two rooms, a small one for cooking and the larger one for sleeping. None of their clothing is self-produced and must be purchased or traded. They are not traditional Buddhists, as are the Vietnamese, but practice an animistic religion. Spirits dwell in everything.
Consideration and respect for the environment are of paramount importance. For example, one has to be aware of where one relieves oneself. The jungle is not one big outhouse. If you urinate on the wrong shrub, you may contract a great illness. Should you 9 10 Expendable Warriors urinate on a tiger (assuming a tiger would allow it), you would curse three generations. Bru have no training in first-aid procedures and there are no Bru paramedical personnel in the area. Nor will they go to the hospital on their own due, as they mistrust the Vietnamese and lack of resources to pay for treatment and medicine.
He was readying it for shipment to Danang, where is came from. ” He said that he couldn’t tell me to just take it, but if it came up “missing,” what could they do? I found two marines in Khe Sanh village driving a 3/4 ton truck. They said that they’d help, so I grabbed 3 or 4 Bru and away we went to the airbase. We got it out of the crate and ‘planted’ it in the dispensary. It looked good in there! Really beautiful, a minor miracle. Then one sunny afternoon about 2 or 3 weeks later a Marine captain stopped by and approached me outside the dispensary.