84C MoPic

84C MoPic (also 84 Charlie MoPic) (1989), by Patrick Sheane Duncan, documents a Vietnam War Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) documenting an operational "lessons learned" patrol. The perspective is that of the motion picture cameraman —MoPic — filming the infantrymen on a five-day LRRP in "Indian Country", land controlled by the Communist North Vietnamese; the five-man reconnaissance team, includes MoPic and a new lieutenant. At story's sta... more

84C MoPic (also 84 Charlie MoPic) (1989), by Patrick Sheane Duncan, documents a Vietnam War Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) documenting an operational "lessons learned" patrol. The perspective is that of the motion picture cameraman —MoPic — filming the infantrymen on a five-day LRRP in "Indian Country", land controlled by the Communist North Vietnamese; the five-man reconnaissance team, includes MoPic and a new lieutenant. At story's start, the cameraman, nicknamed "MoPic" by the infantrymen, because of his alphanumeric military occupational specialty, 84C20, Motion Picture Specialist. In the course of the story, he describes mo-pic missions from which only the exposed film returned. Technically, the film is innovatively spartan, appearing unedited, like film returned directly from the field. less