The bush

The bush (the valley) was where all the action happened. It started in the middle of the night and continued until daylight. Bomb craters scattered the ground, which was covered in yellowish sawgrass. It was a barren land, with nothing more than holes that the men had dug the night before to hide in once the fighting started and mud. The heat was intense, so the men rested under their hootches made of ponchos, trying to avoid the scorching sun. Surrounding the bush were ridges near the tree line with villages beyond that point.