Diego's Story

WORK IN PROGRESS LOL Maybe could do things that aren't just a slightly different Apocolypse now

Summery
Throught the course of the War in Vietnam, Diego López would be tasked on multiple top secret missions throught the country and its neighbours such as Laos. However one particular mission would prove to be the most challenging yet. The Assassination of North Vietnamese General Bing Mao.

Since the start of the war Bing Mao has been a major thorn in the south force's side.

The US has ordered many teams of specialists and operatives from the airforce to MACV with the task to eliminate Bing Mao, all of which have failed

in 1967 before the tet offensive, Diego López, a Green Beret Operative is tasked by the military higherups to head into the jungle to find and elimate Bing Mao whom they believe to have found through a Viet Cong Informant. Diego is assigned a squad of fresh faced recruits with little combat experience and their own squad leader, serving as the primary lead for the squad who were just assisting the Green Beret. One of the recruits, Tyrone Jackson, despite being in the war since its start had very little experience with combat often assigned to defending bases as a machine gunner. Despite this he would go onto become one of the most valued members of the squad, despite starting out very cynical and unhappy being on this mission, Diego would prove to be an excelent mentor for Tyrone, after weeks of their journey throught the jungle Tyrone would come to appreciate Diego's talents as a leader and combatant.

The squad in their travels to Bing's Compound came with many hurdles, from ambushes, Villages the squad leader insisted on searching for Viet Cong, which often lead to more trouble. American camps and live battlefields. In which the squad would mostly be wiped out only leaving Diego, Tyrone and a few others

Once they reached the compound the squad would get themselves captured by the Viet Cong after a failed assault due to Bing's squad's skills in Guerilla Warfare. The rest of the squad would be killed through grusome and torturous methods by the VC. Diego however managed to escape and save Tyrone, they fled into the jungle not too far from the VC camp and avoid detection. Its here where Diego devises his plan using Bing's tactics against him, taking out and distracting as many of them as possible, recover the squad's radio and call for an air strike on the area. After successfully executing the plan the whole camp was napalmed with Diego and Tyrone surviving, they check the wreckage after the fires died down to find Bing's corpse but they could not determine any of the bodies as him as most were too scorched and unrecognizable, its never clear if Bing Survived or was killed by the air strike.

Possible introduction

 * Starts with a scene of Marines doing a search on a Viet Cong Village, almost all are wiped out by Bing Mao and his booby traps.
 * Next scene US army Generals discussing a report on the events, they know who it was, the top brass then explains their attempts to stop him have all but failed aswell as not knowing where he is, the generals then explain they may have a possible location for him given to them by an informant in Bing's Squad. The big man general is hesitant to lose more of their top men to what could be a Viet Cong ruse, they assure him this informant is reliable and have a good feeling on it. He reluctantly agrees and then discuss who should do it, they then decide rather than losing a whole squad of top men they could send on of their best backed by a squad of regular Army soldiers, this man is Diego López

Act 1: Intro

 * We open with a scene possibly similar to Apocolypse now, Diego López is on leave in Saigon and is greeted by army officals to report in for a mission.
 * Diego arrives at the meeting and is explained the situation, the target and his task. Diego isn't too happy he will be assigned a squad of fresh recruits who've had not much combat experience rather than his usual Green Beret pals but is reassured that with his talents he can help them get through it no problem.

Act 2: Charlie Don't Surf basically

 * Trasition to Diego in a firebase wearing his green beret, tiger stripes, battle harness and XM slung over his shoulder, walking through to meet up with his new squad, he walks in one of the tents and sees them all gathered, Ten clean looking soldiers listening to rock and roll, chatting and goofing around, they quiet down after Diego interupts saying "Are you my squad?". The squad lead, the oldest looking perks up and darts over introducing himself and the members of the squad. Diego looking unimpressed tells them their heading out soon so they should get ready and walks off.
 * Diego waits by the heliport talking with the AirCav leader escorting them to their drop zone, the squad catches up as they all prepare to take off. The chopper takes the team over the border as they get a look at the country side and talk. As the team approaches the land zone they undergo enemy fire from the village, a battle ensues, the squad shaken but no one is hurt. US sustain very minor casualties and the VC ambush was defeated. The battle comes to a close and the Aircav and squad part ways, the squad then begin their Journey into the jungle