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I knew they'd kill me if they saw I was alive. When they got near I played dead. I kept my eyes open and stared at a small tree. I knew that dead men had their eyes open. | <0>2578<0>151<0>3008<0>587<0>1171<0>3597<0>368<0>3373<0>130<0>1318<0>221<0>2594<0>3067<0>809<0>3150<0>678<0>3541<0>1862<0>1587<0>2989<0>3341<0>3341<0>154<0>3541<0>1213<0>648<0>4095<0>2004<0>1108<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>2492<0>3003<0>3003<0>1989<0>3003<0>3003<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>1748<0>3913<0>2991<0>1171<0>3968<0>2787... |
Vieira continues. Then one of the North Vietnamese came up, looked at me, then kicked me and I flopped over. I guess he thought I was dead. | <0>361<0>3585<0>3561<0>221<0>366<0>1882<0>2864<0>3797<0>957<0>1197<0>114<0>553<0>919<0>3668<0>3892<0>3184<0>2433<0>2888<0>3433<0>3674<0>2194<0>2572<0>530<0>345<0>151<0>3821<0>2703<0>4009<0>3435<0>3185<0>2799<0>151<0>3980<0>304<0>3447<0>151<0>1171<0>994<0>2989<0>3561<0>2462<0>1386<0>3096<0>221<0>915<0>3171<0>614<0>1748<... |
There was blood running out of my mouth, my arm, my legs. | <0>1262<0>3894<0>2152<0>2185<0>3180<0>2517<0>2799<0>2753<0>2001<0>623<0>3782<0>2471<0>2471<0>1862<0>1214<0>3341<0>1954<0>746<0>1701<0>1779<0>1213<0>936<0>3524<0>2471<0>384<0>2989<0>2619<0>1569<0>2471<0>221<0>2955<0>3511<0>345<0>3348<0>2799<0>1442<0>374<0>512<0>2398<0>22<0>3311<0>589<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
He took my watch and my .45 caliber pistol and walked on. I watched them strip off all our weapons. | <0>3378<0>2152<0>2799<0>1886<0>2748<0>3184<0>94<0>898<0>3377<0>553<0>1862<0>3822<0>1441<0>2989<0>3874<0>3143<0>3972<0>678<0>2324<0>1200<0>3782<0>2865<0>1575<0>2864<0>3036<0>2703<0>1773<0>3832<0>1518<0>1518<0>80<0>957<0>3774<0>3348<0>3435<0>3489<0>3782<0>1283<0>2799<0>2989<0>2989<0>3790<0>648<0>3973<0>3003<0>1376<0>4058... |
They left, then they left back where they came from. | <0>3526<0>1238<0>1442<0>2703<0>2703<0>1944<0>3340<0>2955<0>1071<0>2639<0>1541<0>725<0>114<0>1858<0>151<0>3447<0>492<0>2703<0>1862<0>2708<0>3309<0>988<0>1900<0>1900<0>1900<0>3658<0>3524<0>3447<0>3782<0>2363<0>1518<0>298<0>3447<0>2353<0>3585<0>237<0>361<0>1862<0>3246<0>2864<0>2575<0>3263<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>206... |
I remember the artillery, the bombs, the napalm everywhere, real close around me. It shook the ground underneath me. But it was coming in on the North Vietnamese soldiers too. | <0>3783<0>1500<0>3972<0>1850<0>2471<0>919<0>3968<0>1882<0>2420<0>553<0>1500<0>1214<0>3894<0>3585<0>3679<0>466<0>3991<0>3222<0>3541<0>1238<0>3782<0>1392<0>1392<0>2619<0>2826<0>2826<0>207<0>3180<0>1579<0>1539<0>2703<0>361<0>1518<0>1392<0>1518<0>3447<0>361<0>3894<0>1981<0>3447<0>1500<0>1338<0>466<0>2791<0>3774<0>221<0>151... |
The agonies of Charlie Company occurred over 140 yards of the line. | <0>3526<0>1253<0>3437<0>1850<0>1980<0>3585<0>1710<0>2324<0>409<0>652<0>3972<0>151<0>29<0>2471<0>2864<0>1539<0>1171<0>1352<0>2142<0>974<0>366<0>1596<0>1575<0>1238<0>1007<0>2221<0>974<0>3122<0>324<0>3143<0>1200<0>3184<0>298<0>3561<0>2433<0>2567<0>3526<0>3874<0>2989<0>1882<0>3180<0>2799<0>1277<0>1738<0>3898<0>1819<0>366<0... |
But men were fighting and dying on three sides of our thinly held American perimeter. | <0>1031<0>3894<0>969<0>3447<0>130<0>1518<0>3927<0>3782<0>546<0>587<0>221<0>493<0>838<0>1569<0>3002<0>623<0>819<0>559<0>3327<0>4011<0>3122<0>2594<0>1944<0>3894<0>3585<0>3457<0>3535<0>3341<0>3782<0>3821<0>2799<0>1518<0>2471<0>1944<0>561<0>1171<0>1372<0>3176<0>1568<0>304<0>1990<0>1518<0>3541<0>1214<0>4042<0>2324<0>587<0>1... |
In the center I held the lives of all of these men in my hands. | <0>3759<0>2103<0>2883<0>698<0>3447<0>2471<0>366<0>1031<0>276<0>3762<0>2492<0>1989<0>1989<0>465<0>2089<0>2162<0>2679<0>1243<0>1084<0>3447<0>1449<0>2336<0>229<0>915<0>1422<0>1392<0>1569<0>3437<0>221<0>368<0>770<0>223<0>732<0>2573<0>1620<0>3783<0>2062<0>2707<0>1659<0>406<0>1238<0>3176<0>2378<0>1306<0>130<0>3447<0>3447<0>3... |
The badly wounded Captain Bob Edwards is on the radio now asking for reinforcements. | <0>3297<0>819<0>3447<0>1500<0>2296<0>3184<0>229<0>3067<0>2766<0>3008<0>2086<0>2940<0>882<0>115<0>1078<0>2826<0>3980<0>2810<0>151<0>2739<0>2541<0>3782<0>1569<0>1095<0>1504<0>2070<0>587<0>3184<0>3972<0>2152<0>2152<0>3150<0>3972<0>2864<0>3541<0>151<0>2161<0>3968<0>1214<0>3377<0>1862<0>678<0>3410<0>644<0>2525<0>4022<0>2989... |
The only reserve I had was a reconnaissance platoon, 22 men. Was the attack on Charlie Company the main enemy threat? | <0>3419<0>151<0>259<0>1401<0>2365<0>1858<0>1773<0>1500<0>1518<0>3782<0>304<0>2715<0>2365<0>2070<0>3541<0>1265<0>1978<0>1569<0>1569<0>3535<0>2753<0>2274<0>2365<0>1200<0>3976<0>2748<0>2197<0>2044<0>559<0>2254<0>1942<0>3791<0>411<0>3980<0>1171<0>3433<0>151<0>2989<0>1463<0>1500<0>2888<0>648<0>1748<0>1108<0>1108<0>3003<0>40... |
Delta company and the combined mortar position were also under attack now. | <0>2274<0>2703<0>327<0>2799<0>2221<0>2471<0>1567<0>3561<0>2378<0>1171<0>2165<0>133<0>3854<0>3089<0>3447<0>587<0>3143<0>1352<0>3348<0>3184<0>3972<0>3447<0>3439<0>2888<0>1191<0>1819<0>3122<0>2152<0>2769<0>3376<0>2777<0>1191<0>3844<0>3844<0>2707<0>2710<0>3135<0>1921<0>2864<0>366<0>174<0>3821<0>521<0>1630<0>2316<0>1617<0>3... |
Reluctantly, I told Captain Edwards that his company would have to fight on alone for the time being. The din of the battle was unbelievable. | <0>1575<0>2517<0>3782<0>3946<0>3509<0>1214<0>3585<0>1730<0>3190<0>2958<0>2104<0>366<0>817<0>3373<0>1518<0>480<0>1710<0>2471<0>943<0>221<0>3437<0>3184<0>2989<0>3541<0>3966<0>3447<0>553<0>1171<0>1152<0>2748<0>1819<0>2739<0>361<0>3894<0>3515<0>3877<0>1200<0>3377<0>3594<0>1392<0>553<0>2471<0>1392<0>3877<0>68<0>1518<0>2471<... |
Two batteries of 105mm Howitzers. | <0>2435<0>3556<0>229<0>382<0>3515<0>3782<0>3122<0>587<0>3875<0>807<0>3972<0>3972<0>366<0>3122<0>2864<0>3155<0>3972<0>1569<0>304<0>1214<0>1500<0>3972<0>2888<0>2988<0>1478<0>2748<0>2471<0>1518<0>3663<0>2674<0>366<0>83<0>3793<0>155<0>530<0>1298<0>1615<0>738<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>3... |
Twelve big guns located on another landing zone five miles distant were firing non-stop, their shells exploding no more than 50 yards outside the ring of shallow foxholes. | <0>1137<0>3647<0>3067<0>3447<0>1518<0>561<0>1688<0>3647<0>967<0>2103<0>3024<0>807<0>2471<0>3348<0>3713<0>3850<0>492<0>2799<0>2427<0>3892<0>2935<0>566<0>3341<0>1214<0>1214<0>3972<0>1214<0>3888<0>3447<0>553<0>221<0>130<0>2710<0>2471<0>411<0>3143<0>1703<0>1902<0>3782<0>561<0>2471<0>691<0>2471<0>1981<0>751<0>2935<0>2710<0>... |
Beside me, in the battalion command post, the Air Force Forward Controller, Lieutenant Charlie W. Hastings, 26, from La Mesa, New Mexico, radioed a special code word. Broken Arrow. | <0>2026<0>1463<0>824<0>898<0>3437<0>553<0>3892<0>3561<0>2433<0>1188<0>151<0>3894<0>2152<0>3447<0>898<0>3539<0>1214<0>3377<0>1214<0>3089<0>3782<0>1575<0>366<0>1214<0>2152<0>2563<0>698<0>3526<0>1145<0>1748<0>3874<0>2294<0>3892<0>3782<0>3187<0>1518<0>2753<0>1449<0>382<0>2707<0>3898<0>2685<0>2766<0>3745<0>1990<0>1518<0>490... |
Meaning American unit in danger of being overrun. | <0>2567<0>3524<0>3184<0>3585<0>561<0>3874<0>587<0>1902<0>3617<0>2766<0>932<0>3617<0>3143<0>1171<0>3184<0>587<0>221<0>3892<0>3610<0>3669<0>2437<0>2378<0>919<0>1318<0>553<0>3585<0>3939<0>2142<0>229<0>3452<0>3096<0>3735<0>2471<0>623<0>3809<0>1388<0>1265<0>3541<0>3299<0>2575<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
And within a short period of time, every available fighter bomber in South Vietnam was stacked overhead at a thousand foot intervals from 7,000 feet to 35,000 feet, waiting its turn to deliver bombs and napalm to the battlefield. | <0>1702<0>3184<0>819<0>3642<0>3892<0>3735<0>3214<0>3922<0>2707<0>1569<0>1520<0>1730<0>546<0>3146<0>3892<0>221<0>2809<0>1201<0>1201<0>1895<0>2864<0>3086<0>3377<0>1569<0>3377<0>2766<0>2888<0>802<0>1900<0>1950<0>1169<0>2703<0>690<0>2935<0>2935<0>3143<0>3089<0>3447<0>1518<0>3420<0>1200<0>2748<0>3782<0>1214<0>1575<0>3222<0>... |
Among my sergeants, there were three war men. | <0>1649<0>3348<0>1518<0>3397<0>2471<0>3480<0>3535<0>2510<0>2001<0>546<0>2703<0>2769<0>2978<0>1517<0>3566<0>3209<0>497<0>2385<0>1753<0>3769<0>1025<0>871<0>3067<0>3305<0>512<0>3405<0>1363<0>1500<0>3067<0>3585<0>3067<0>3898<0>304<0>3980<0>679<0>746<0>3447<0>2497<0>648<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>206... |
Men who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and had survived the war in Korea. | <0>3024<0>553<0>3096<0>151<0>229<0>2152<0>807<0>2001<0>3556<0>3556<0>3008<0>151<0>2197<0>2823<0>527<0>3445<0>2865<0>3782<0>151<0>587<0>3585<0>2433<0>1748<0>1108<0>4011<0>2471<0>324<0>191<0>3585<0>3561<0>1171<0>3821<0>3561<0>693<0>744<0>1171<0>3096<0>368<0>3457<0>313<0>561<0>3972<0>366<0>3447<0>548<0>327<0>3435<0>3067<0... |
And those old veterans were shocked by the savagery and hellish noise of this battle. | <0>3526<0>324<0>327<0>1518<0>2769<0>1518<0>3642<0>1022<0>2525<0>2703<0>3373<0>369<0>3135<0>3067<0>1027<0>884<0>2703<0>1819<0>2053<0>1587<0>2365<0>83<0>151<0>3235<0>3535<0>3437<0>2471<0>3067<0>664<0>3667<0>1171<0>2475<0>3148<0>957<0>3642<0>386<0>1944<0>1007<0>2826<0>716<0>3561<0>3541<0>2864<0>2152<0>2152<0>196<0>151<0>2... |
Choking clouds of smoke and dust obscured the killing ground. We were dry mouthed. | <0>4045<0>3447<0>229<0>1710<0>3184<0>288<0>2471<0>2471<0>3541<0>3150<0>1463<0>2978<0>2506<0>690<0>3541<0>2864<0>256<0>819<0>3526<0>3480<0>3348<0>1715<0>149<0>1448<0>2254<0>928<0>1346<0>1579<0>368<0>1707<0>368<0>3373<0>352<0>2075<0>3837<0>2525<0>1500<0>3968<0>819<0>3541<0>3348<0>1518<0>1575<0>2205<0>1748<0>3762<0>2492<0... |
And our bowels churned with fear and still. | <0>744<0>2703<0>3445<0>2471<0>871<0>3642<0>2787<0>1518<0>1518<0>2070<0>1965<0>1471<0>3922<0>2703<0>1500<0>915<0>3894<0>229<0>1944<0>3861<0>1730<0>3585<0>151<0>3373<0>1265<0>2254<0>471<0>949<0>3015<0>2703<0>3585<0>2525<0>1517<0>1835<0>2703<0>406<0>1738<0>614<0>1108<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>1108<0>1056<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
Of the book, We Were Soldiers Once and Young. | <0>2921<0>3943<0>1238<0>915<0>3180<0>1500<0>1978<0>2422<0>895<0>151<0>3067<0>3067<0>368<0>672<0>3135<0>895<0>229<0>1685<0>3146<0>1715<0>1238<0>130<0>2471<0>493<0>2978<0>3535<0>1155<0>1989<0>1108<0>1306<0>2155<0>493<0>3561<0>3146<0>974<0>1790<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
Into two hours and they gotta follow some kind of a plot and they can't dig into the details and they can't really give you a comprehensive | <0>338<0>3874<0>1710<0>2710<0>698<0>2935<0>492<0>1882<0>3341<0>2989<0>3404<0>2799<0>3593<0>1710<0>3002<0>3777<0>3707<0>3990<0>2103<0>2578<0>1882<0>1850<0>1944<0>618<0>1990<0>974<0>3898<0>2092<0>1575<0>1710<0>1007<0>2365<0>3782<0>1882<0>2864<0>2955<0>1463<0>1780<0>1867<0>2860<0>704<0>2187<0>3720<0>1710<0>3585<0>3526<0>1... |
Understanding of the events and I purposely did not watch this movie again while preparing for this podcast because I didn't want it in there. I didn't want- | <0>3003<0>1748<0>1649<0>3373<0>2582<0>3445<0>1273<0>728<0>3892<0>1463<0>2103<0>587<0>1502<0>2575<0>1738<0>1277<0>148<0>237<0>196<0>2594<0>1882<0>2378<0>2703<0>43<0>3973<0>1945<0>915<0>3180<0>3713<0>2769<0>587<0>2710<0>1491<0>83<0>2989<0>871<0>974<0>366<0>3309<0>1526<0>2710<0>1238<0>229<0>1442<0>2187<0>3781<0>2353<0>215... |
It in my brain, the movie's interpretation of the characters in it and the way that they were portrayed. And the book is so good. | <0>718<0>1171<0>3585<0>3528<0>4009<0>345<0>3184<0>3980<0>2935<0>1530<0>587<0>2187<0>3373<0>3134<0>3990<0>229<0>492<0>3079<0>3561<0>3781<0>3433<0>3535<0>1198<0>2492<0>1989<0>1989<0>1376<0>3585<0>2582<0>1685<0>1265<0>352<0>1793<0>3821<0>2161<0>3641<0>1539<0>2103<0>3233<0>2700<0>3373<0>1738<0>2594<0>148<0>3753<0>1209<0>70... |
It starts off, it explains the way the battle unfolded, and it talks how it went tactically, operationally, and strategically, goes through all those levels of warfare. | <0>1206<0>3096<0>455<0>3020<0>3002<0>2710<0>2510<0>2619<0>484<0>2775<0>2619<0>2619<0>561<0>221<0>3037<0>3751<0>770<0>1198<0>3898<0>824<0>1100<0>3823<0>1992<0>3535<0>3551<0>349<0>1071<0>3526<0>1768<0>1238<0>1575<0>516<0>3561<0>915<0>229<0>2787<0>1214<0>2989<0>974<0>3861<0>1007<0>3435<0>3435<0>1117<0>3274<0>983<0>1748<0>... |
And you can see in the book how strategy unfolds at the tactical level and how tactical situations impact strategy as well. You can see it on both sides. And there's also, which is interesting, there's significant commentary from the Vietnamese enemy leadership. | <0>997<0>2703<0>221<0>3561<0>2475<0>1562<0>298<0>3535<0>2855<0>1967<0>3585<0>3875<0>1463<0>1575<0>207<0>1990<0>1533<0>3668<0>3341<0>1518<0>3002<0>3636<0>2970<0>2703<0>1539<0>2432<0>2462<0>429<0>484<0>2703<0>746<0>3166<0>895<0>2062<0>2707<0>3287<0>1977<0>3589<0>2938<0>3821<0>3341<0>3877<0>257<0>1883<0>1954<0>492<0>512<0... |
Which just makes it an incredible book, and like I said, everyone should read it. So it tells the story of operations in the Idring Valley. | <0>2548<0>4009<0>3155<0>1719<0>2525<0>561<0>967<0>1944<0>3096<0>714<0>305<0>1022<0>3020<0>3642<0>2703<0>1214<0>3435<0>3184<0>3122<0>1620<0>1518<0>1617<0>698<0>2883<0>2230<0>2864<0>1214<0>1214<0>658<0>2129<0>871<0>1318<0>1318<0>753<0>1197<0>471<0>1478<0>2288<0>213<0>3447<0>2221<0>2525<0>2619<0>2550<0>1118<0>3002<0>527<0... |
As was noted in that opening chapter is absolutely brutal. Leadership is tested over and over and over again. | <0>3095<0>1190<0>3447<0>1797<0>1388<0>3176<0>1463<0>1575<0>720<0>3028<0>2873<0>3447<0>3541<0>3524<0>1108<0>3898<0>1422<0>2274<0>819<0>3561<0>2888<0>2938<0>3713<0>2471<0>366<0>2293<0>3593<0>1738<0>3246<0>3288<0>128<0>400<0>4055<0>231<0>3687<0>1850<0>43<0>1710<0>3791<0>229<0>1388<0>2566<0>3898<0>786<0>2433<0>1656<0>1277<... |
And this battle took place with battalions and companies from the 7th Cavalry Regiment. And if you remember the books we covered on General George Custer, he was a officer that led 7th Cavalry troops in the battle of Little Bighorn where he was surrounded. | <0>553<0>553<0>561<0>1730<0>693<0>2683<0>797<0>2639<0>2639<0>9<0>9<0>3003<0>3003<0>1748<0>548<0>2525<0>2826<0>2703<0>3782<0>2619<0>94<0>3373<0>3913<0>144<0>4009<0>553<0>3002<0>2753<0>2070<0>345<0>3373<0>3535<0>1850<0>366<0>3067<0>2935<0>1710<0>3893<0>2420<0>3122<0>1575<0>221<0>698<0>2144<0>2989<0>1268<0>3561<0>3781<0>3... |
Native American warriors on the suicide from the Lakota and the Dakota and the Northern Cheyenne. | <0>1989<0>3024<0>493<0>3096<0>587<0>3541<0>819<0>2715<0>3373<0>3622<0>3184<0>1575<0>2864<0>3541<0>2217<0>1463<0>3299<0>317<0>1710<0>3894<0>3457<0>1710<0>1862<0>366<0>2197<0>345<0>561<0>3299<0>1575<0>2864<0>2575<0>2799<0>1238<0>3134<0>679<0>1265<0>3299<0>3968<0>2398<0>1277<0>352<0>3526<0>2896<0>551<0>1265<0>1738<0>819<0... |
It meant horseback, that's what it meant. That's what mounted cavalry, that's what it was. And in 1965, they adopted cavalry to a new kind of steed. | <0>3024<0>2703<0>2833<0>411<0>189<0>2030<0>1518<0>2221<0>1313<0>3524<0>465<0>2797<0>3150<0>3373<0>3115<0>2824<0>1277<0>1108<0>1748<0>2051<0>3171<0>2550<0>3541<0>2864<0>3179<0>2251<0>3894<0>3348<0>2471<0>1710<0>493<0>382<0>3447<0>3972<0>1441<0>3898<0>1214<0>3128<0>1480<0>296<0>1422<0>43<0>1406<0>1769<0>1819<0>1370<0>517... |
A new form of transport, and this was the helicopter. | <0>2116<0>2799<0>2258<0>3134<0>2582<0>2027<0>3008<0>561<0>2323<0>304<0>130<0>2471<0>361<0>4069<0>3447<0>3968<0>1710<0>2096<0>1518<0>366<0>1113<0>967<0>221<0>3002<0>3287<0>2152<0>2703<0>1819<0>3877<0>2471<0>3883<0>1214<0>1031<0>1071<0>1146<0>602<1>65<1>1297<1>4019<1>2698<1>1925<1>3294<1>1977<1>1501<1>2380<1>1570<1>1944<... |
And in 1965 they converted the 11th Air Assault Test Division to the 1st Cavalry Division. | <0>744<0>3096<0>553<0>1171<0>3509<0>553<0>3585<0>895<0>3530<0>698<0>561<0>2748<0>3509<0>3585<0>3143<0>151<0>3894<0>1007<0>2799<0>1076<0>3176<0>368<0>1441<0>1500<0>2703<0>3067<0>2152<0>2772<0>3892<0>1738<0>3447<0>1715<0>4008<0>666<0>3977<0>1526<0>3668<0>304<0>22<0>2966<0>3780<0>2096<0>2185<0>3020<0>919<0>553<0>3875<0>11... |
And the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 1st Cavalry Division soon took on the historical name of General Custer's unit. And by the way, General Custer the 7th Cav, even though that's kind of the most famous | <0>768<0>237<0>2873<0>2873<0>2824<0>2398<0>3647<0>2840<0>3762<0>1748<0>1835<0>3927<0>484<0>1118<0>2762<0>3176<0>3850<0>824<0>1741<0>1117<0>335<0>2883<0>2471<0>807<0>3509<0>221<0>2978<0>1517<0>3116<0>1989<0>1989<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>1989<0>1108<0>1575<0>1768<0>1850<0>2799<0>3373<0>312<0>1171<0>2471<0>343... |
Along with this, I guess, along with the I Drank Valley, but they, they, the, the Seventh Cav served in World War II and Korea. All kinds of incredible service there. And, and a lot of that is covered in the book. But, again, we'll... | <0>2548<0>1575<0>2415<0>298<0>229<0>561<0>1701<0>3447<0>3535<0>4009<0>1011<0>1977<0>3150<0>1147<0>2989<0>2471<0>3728<0>2753<0>1730<0>3162<0>2818<0>3170<0>3986<0>2288<0>634<0>2433<0>2703<0>3008<0>2881<0>3968<0>3184<0>1329<0>1238<0>3447<0>2471<0>3373<0>919<0>345<0>2799<0>1277<0>2239<0>1071<0>3003<0>1989<0>3466<0>2525<0>2... |
But let's get into it starting about where... | <0>1575<0>1442<0>1500<0>3850<0>2769<0>3096<0>3713<0>3585<0>368<0>229<0>3519<0>3973<0>955<0>2051<0>3018<0>390<0>614<0>1738<0>1738<0>2769<0>3155<0>2471<0>1500<0>587<0>3509<0>345<0>1902<0>3972<0>1289<0>2092<0>327<0>2766<0>678<0>484<0>484<0>1025<0>2427<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore takes over the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry. | <0>1748<0>3837<0>2703<0>3184<0>2921<0>366<0>2989<0>1500<0>1213<0>1190<0>327<0>1518<0>895<0>1212<0>2415<0>1569<0>1675<0>1649<0>3003<0>1748<0>1428<0>3310<0>2060<0>3968<0>3264<0>2799<0>1238<0>2339<0>3404<0>1675<0>1649<0>1376<0>1108<0>3606<0>1209<0>3837<0>1007<0>915<0>3832<0>1238<0>3668<0>43<0>3822<0>2641<0>3882<0>751<0>15... |
Going back to the book. On Monday, June 29th as scheduled, I took command of my battalion. | <0>3388<0>1518<0>2497<0>3642<0>2735<0>2381<0>2152<0>1277<0>2092<0>2042<0>3434<0>3797<0>3198<0>105<0>2642<0>1121<0>928<0>2998<0>2865<0>3617<0>1007<0>898<0>2152<0>553<0>369<0>151<0>561<0>1200<0>2471<0>553<0>3447<0>304<0>1587<0>1850<0>3447<0>1715<0>838<0>967<0>3176<0>1518<0>1500<0>1224<0>2152<0>1620<0>3404<0>3509<0>553<0>... |
I was 42 years old, a West Point graduate of the class of 1945 with 19 years commission service, including 14 month tour in Korea. | <0>359<0>2471<0>1830<0>2769<0>1484<0>151<0>209<0>151<0>553<0>1685<0>2769<0>479<0>3135<0>1518<0>545<0>3447<0>770<0>2745<0>3972<0>1759<0>2471<0>2703<0>3907<0>3894<0>2594<0>2548<0>2471<0>898<0>1007<0>229<0>3373<0>3526<0>2379<0>361<0>294<0>1518<0>3972<0>3861<0>2199<0>3972<0>1569<0>3447<0>2594<0>928<0>852<0>1031<0>3067<0>11... |
Combat tour in Korea in a brief talk to the troops afterward. I told them that this was a good battalion, but it would get better. | <0>77<0>1857<0>1518<0>324<0>382<0>3151<0>2096<0>3180<0>3898<0>3434<0>543<0>1748<0>3388<0>1377<0>3370<0>229<0>2161<0>2641<0>3524<0>1335<0>3524<0>3252<0>2385<0>2247<0>3856<0>2103<0>3894<0>382<0>386<0>3861<0>3832<0>2541<0>1392<0>1587<0>2799<0>1730<0>3214<0>3809<0>3297<0>1449<0>2525<0>1198<0>2663<0>104<0>3339<0>2748<0>3720... |
I will do my best, I said, and I expect the same from each of you. | <0>1319<0>2748<0>1526<0>1526<0>3447<0>2471<0>3447<0>3509<0>3437<0>3447<0>2826<0>1331<0>2471<0>1730<0>2710<0>553<0>746<0>1318<0>4055<0>3695<0>83<0>2748<0>807<0>3002<0>2826<0>3377<0>1862<0>1078<0>1007<0>2826<0>1710<0>553<0>3585<0>3397<0>1738<0>3166<0>2748<0>3389<0>148<0>1993<0>3556<0>361<0>2187<0>2475<0>298<0>2864<0>2068... |
Before taking command, I had a long talk with the most important man in any battalion, the Sergeant Major. Basil L. Plumley. | <0>1697<0>386<0>2769<0>259<0>3404<0>2525<0>553<0>3389<0>3439<0>1214<0>2716<0>553<0>2799<0>3894<0>2205<0>1748<0>2703<0>1944<0>2471<0>3435<0>2946<0>1518<0>1597<0>2412<0>366<0>2989<0>2864<0>1575<0>3180<0>3894<0>690<0>2799<0>2252<0>819<0>895<0>1819<0>1214<0>2716<0>553<0>2733<0>2935<0>553<0>2161<0>3642<0>2703<0>2748<0>807<0... |
44 years old and 6 and a 6 foot 2 inch bear of a man hailed from West Virginia. | <0>2708<0>3927<0>2707<0>2471<0>368<0>1944<0>3927<0>3435<0>1518<0>3585<0>3793<0>1094<0>1526<0>3972<0>3420<0>545<0>1117<0>1812<0>3566<0>3869<0>2614<0>2996<0>1171<0>2826<0>317<0>3089<0>27<0>3002<0>2889<0>3332<0>555<0>553<0>313<0>3457<0>3821<0>3379<0>3732<0>2799<0>3067<0>1125<0>90<0>1171<0>1518<0>219<0>3457<0>227<0>1318<0>... |
The men sometimes call them old iron jaw, but never in his hearing. | <0>2185<0>3894<0>3447<0>3668<0>3002<0>898<0>1113<0>2703<0>3348<0>1587<0>3972<0>1518<0>1518<0>83<0>3857<0>666<0>895<0>3287<0>492<0>1283<0>83<0>746<0>553<0>593<0>3176<0>664<0>1730<0>2471<0>2474<0>2541<0>958<0>1455<0>1120<0>122<0>1491<0>553<0>492<0>1007<0>1530<0>3713<0>1967<0>2475<0>3067<0>1518<0>2830<0>2924<0>3263<0>3981... |
Plumlee was a two worn man and wore master parachute wings with his five combat jump stars. | <0>1587<0>3972<0>3067<0>527<0>3585<0>3874<0>290<0>1120<0>492<0>1321<0>1155<0>2889<0>1832<0>3642<0>1422<0>2989<0>130<0>3067<0>3894<0>3509<0>553<0>746<0>819<0>2398<0>2089<0>1108<0>1530<0>3894<0>1422<0>3435<0>1921<0>3359<0>2715<0>3980<0>1710<0>3226<0>3174<0>1741<0>2619<0>3373<0>3922<0>3020<0>2092<0>3888<0>3707<0>237<0>326... |
He was what the young airborne types called a four jump bastard. Plumlee had survived all four combat jumps of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II. Sicily and Salerno in 1943 and then in 1944 D-Day at Normandy and Market Garden in the Netherlands. | <0>1209<0>151<0>679<0>2070<0>1422<0>2799<0>2499<0>2161<0>3447<0>3348<0>41<0>2703<0>2799<0>3184<0>2989<0>2991<0>1517<0>2471<0>1800<0>2705<0>1777<0>1518<0>1518<0>2471<0>1213<0>3927<0>2707<0>1518<0>2799<0>871<0>664<0>2703<0>3972<0>614<0>871<0>3642<0>644<0>2787<0>3457<0>1813<0>1675<0>3299<0>1895<0>738<0>1213<0>2756<0>1838<... |
For that matter, he also made one combat parachute jump in the Korean War with the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment. | <0>19<0>3067<0>3447<0>1214<0>83<0>3447<0>366<0>327<0>1805<0>465<0>2462<0>3447<0>4008<0>3850<0>3348<0>3089<0>3439<0>3184<0>2541<0>262<0>2316<0>3404<0>1392<0>819<0>2703<0>1518<0>1463<0>3923<0>2471<0>3922<0>871<0>664<0>3373<0>3894<0>3373<0>3359<0>1840<0>2471<0>3585<0>3445<0>3184<0>1191<0>1191<0>1569<0>1777<0>2254<0>3434<0... |
He ended World War II a Buck Sergeant and was promoted to Sergeant Major in 1961. So let's think about that for a minute. Let's think about that. | <0>1209<0>3585<0>587<0>3008<0>3184<0>3833<0>2977<0>3184<0>1191<0>37<0>2560<0>546<0>229<0>196<0>2753<0>1569<0>2046<0>3713<0>2619<0>1265<0>597<0>2641<0>2567<0>3511<0>2288<0>701<0>3184<0>3067<0>2705<0>1214<0>2365<0>3348<0>819<0>3647<0>672<0>2883<0>3943<0>664<0>237<0>2766<0>553<0>2029<0>2252<0>3541<0>3509<0>3968<0>2116<0>3... |
I mean, we've talked, we've definitely talked about Normandy, we've definitely talked about Market Garden. He jumped into both those and jumped into Sicily and Salerno. And jumped into combat in the Korean War. Unbelievable. | <0>1428<0>3386<0>3972<0>1171<0>3067<0>1238<0>1730<0>3832<0>3972<0>3972<0>2053<0>1238<0>2799<0>2029<0>967<0>3447<0>1500<0>1200<0>2471<0>1620<0>3972<0>43<0>2865<0>3972<0>3894<0>3585<0>1238<0>2161<0>2525<0>3377<0>561<0>3150<0>2471<0>2324<0>3541<0>2989<0>2989<0>2471<0>3472<0>196<0>3972<0>3782<0>1675<0>969<0>701<0>2254<0>92... |
Going back to the book, the Sergeant Major was a no bullshit guy who believed as I did in tough training, tough discipline, and tough physical conditioning. | <0>2420<0>2536<0>1214<0>366<0>43<0>2599<0>2826<0>1575<0>1575<0>1734<0>2748<0>3155<0>2735<0>313<0>1609<0>3892<0>658<0>3809<0>3067<0>3840<0>1171<0>2703<0>3067<0>871<0>895<0>1526<0>716<0>1530<0>2875<0>1862<0>2471<0>746<0>229<0>1575<0>3898<0>151<0>3585<0>561<0>397<0>3447<0>3235<0>3782<0>2703<0>3452<0>2462<0>3376<0>3342<0>2... |
To this day there are veterans of the battalion who are convinced that God may look like Sergeant Major Basil Plumlee. | <0>2435<0>151<0>3096<0>3002<0>3729<0>967<0>1195<0>4009<0>1990<0>1442<0>3782<0>3541<0>2001<0>1710<0>679<0>512<0>382<0>1710<0>2748<0>366<0>623<0>3642<0>2989<0>366<0>3935<0>3445<0>3968<0>151<0>1710<0>2506<0>2703<0>1575<0>2465<0>735<0>3680<0>1418<0>345<0>3447<0>2471<0>259<0>3541<0>2766<0>3089<0>151<0>1484<0>2070<0>259<0>14... |
But he isn't nearly as tough as the Sergeant Major on sins small or large. | <0>3003<0>225<0>2799<0>2366<0>2826<0>3096<0>3585<0>2161<0>2433<0>3973<0>1748<0>465<0>1989<0>465<0>3657<0>3096<0>1710<0>2822<0>3735<0>553<0>492<0>553<0>838<0>296<0>691<0>366<0>1200<0>2799<0>2550<0>770<0>3782<0>366<0>658<0>3243<0>3968<0>2161<0>972<0>1738<0>1283<0>3972<0>3972<0>3096<0>2525<0>698<0>3821<0>3668<0>1171<0>297... |
Privately, I thanked my lucky stars that I had inherited such a treasure. | <0>653<0>2471<0>3782<0>1214<0>3168<0>561<0>1195<0>4009<0>1730<0>746<0>3585<0>382<0>3972<0>2471<0>545<0>366<0>77<0>658<0>3374<0>226<0>2989<0>366<0>3373<0>1452<0>3541<0>366<0>553<0>1318<0>587<0>553<0>974<0>1575<0>338<0>1467<0>3447<0>1669<0>1318<0>3055<0>2142<0>3976<0>3922<0>3122<0>1649<0>1989<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>3981<1... |
I told Sergeant Major Plumlee that he had unrestricted access to me at any time on any subject he wished to raise. | <0>390<0>219<0>1587<0>2989<0>2023<0>3791<0>37<0>3713<0>2989<0>3892<0>664<0>819<0>382<0>2865<0>2750<0>2410<0>698<0>2376<0>3148<0>3620<0>465<0>1171<0>2378<0>1171<0>3892<0>2696<0>1518<0>2054<0>3373<0>3155<0>2197<0>2988<0>221<0>1850<0>3447<0>2638<0>3850<0>2471<0>728<0>2152<0>2989<0>3561<0>2378<0>1177<0>3447<0>3528<0>1108<0... |
After the ceremony, the company commanders and the battalion staff got a look at their new boss and a word on my standards. They were fairly simple. | <0>359<0>3447<0>2488<0>3809<0>1715<0>2935<0>2142<0>2471<0>3146<0>2935<0>3679<0>128<0>128<0>2078<0>1016<0>2739<0>365<0>4095<0>3973<0>1120<0>1738<0>1365<0>2471<0>819<0>1076<0>1800<0>3445<0>3976<0>2542<0>3146<0>1715<0>2471<0>3303<0>2060<0>3782<0>2471<0>130<0>3850<0>3595<0>3782<0>43<0>3377<0>2471<0>2753<0>3943<0>2517<0>378... |
Only first place trophies will be displayed, accepted, or presented in this battalion. | <0>1422<0>527<0>3374<0>368<0>1944<0>2199<0>321<0>3828<0>3155<0>2850<0>2174<0>2935<0>1273<0>518<0>2471<0>3972<0>746<0>3713<0>1422<0>1422<0>587<0>142<0>3535<0>1467<0>288<0>967<0>1100<0>3585<0>1318<0>2288<0>1676<0>3073<0>2563<0>2710<0>2970<0>4071<0>372<0>1171<0>1318<0>3083<0>132<0>2619<0>3180<0>151<0>1710<0>2703<0>1710<0>... |
Second place in our line of work is defeat of the unit on the battlefield and death for the individual in combat. | <0>857<0>3002<0>824<0>3748<0>2989<0>2185<0>1500<0>2935<0>1710<0>43<0>2471<0>2619<0>1902<0>2471<0>2989<0>3255<0>2619<0>1777<0>2935<0>1710<0>2152<0>3732<0>703<0>2506<0>3585<0>133<0>3769<0>2104<0>2573<0>458<0>229<0>1526<0>2161<0>587<0>3380<0>3445<0>3972<0>2864<0>871<0>3782<0>1850<0>304<0>3832<0>3096<0>259<0>1480<0>729<0>3... |
No fat troops or officers. Decision making will be decentralized. Push the power down. It pays off in wartime. | <0>493<0>2894<0>1500<0>3235<0>2323<0>967<0>2970<0>2210<0>2035<0>3139<0>915<0>229<0>2563<0>915<0>545<0>3701<0>3782<0>3413<0>1710<0>3585<0>1738<0>975<0>2710<0>465<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>2840<0>4066<0>1773<0>3850<0>776<0>3875<0>1171<0>3892<0>3585<0>553<0>298<0>2799<0>229<0>151<0>3561<0>3585<0>3556<0>3821<0>1850<0>716<0>15... |
Loyalty flows down as well. I check up on everything. | <0>2339<0>3135<0>4009<0>3447<0>1007<0>3585<0>2161<0>3927<0>288<0>2799<0>2775<0>3437<0>1500<0>1518<0>3373<0>1710<0>1422<0>1862<0>1819<0>1575<0>1777<0>580<0>3946<0>1569<0>2703<0>3713<0>3437<0>3515<0>2142<0>1520<0>1765<0>2619<0>3816<0>1195<0>1007<0>690<0>2161<0>729<0>3869<0>2822<0>2669<0>3263<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
I am available day or night to talk with any officer of this battalion. | <0>390<0>691<0>2716<0>229<0>294<0>3089<0>3782<0>3067<0>3184<0>2707<0>3135<0>2185<0>3376<0>1525<0>1111<0>898<0>64<0>2152<0>2005<0>2541<0>2619<0>3783<0>2799<0>1123<0>1171<0>1429<0>2697<0>2619<0>770<0>2410<0>1442<0>3447<0>2096<0>3180<0>1710<0>1569<0>1569<0>2716<0>931<0>2866<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
Finally, the Sergeant Major works for only for me and takes orders only for me. He is my right hand man. So he's setting the stage. | <0>3388<0>3927<0>3782<0>553<0>1484<0>368<0>3176<0>3790<0>1767<0>2044<0>2769<0>3850<0>2735<0>3373<0>1273<0>4064<0>3089<0>658<0>3373<0>1307<0>259<0>2748<0>1449<0>1213<0>3898<0>1648<0>304<0>3821<0>1668<0>3667<0>3585<0>1944<0>1500<0>3509<0>3833<0>3585<0>3585<0>3561<0>1588<0>2614<0>304<0>3854<0>3892<0>850<0>2773<0>2707<0>30... |
No, only first place trophies. Second place, no. | <0>1769<0>3561<0>2799<0>1648<0>411<0>527<0>151<0>746<0>3828<0>1171<0>3665<0>1500<0>3821<0>716<0>2142<0>1518<0>3187<0>3561<0>3002<0>213<0>3762<0>3239<0>3973<0>4095<0>4095<0>4095<0>3466<0>3433<0>3349<0>3081<0>3115<0>484<0>2716<0>3713<0>2023<0>1579<0>2799<0>3898<0>327<0>543<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
Back to the book, the officers of my new battalion were the usual great army mix of men who had come from their jobs, come to their jobs from West Point ROTC officer candidate school and military schools like the Citadel. Most of the young second lieutenants had come through OCS and college ROTC programs. | <0>1463<0>3447<0>3377<0>3348<0>229<0>3809<0>1734<0>148<0>2471<0>2619<0>746<0>1715<0>2799<0>954<0>2619<0>1171<0>553<0>151<0>1710<0>1500<0>366<0>623<0>3184<0>2989<0>512<0>3447<0>840<0>803<0>2629<0>465<0>1022<0>3585<0>2161<0>1858<0>1112<0>3067<0>189<0>3888<0>922<0>2703<0>1306<0>3569<0>3173<0>286<0>1569<0>3585<0>3585<0>587... |
There were three rifle companies in the battalion. Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie companies, each at full strength, supposed to have six officers and 164 enlisted men. They were my maneuver elements. | <0>1108<0>807<0>1981<0>3899<0>561<0>807<0>3020<0>3782<0>3447<0>1007<0>1883<0>2471<0>611<0>2633<0>698<0>512<0>1238<0>895<0>3447<0>366<0>3509<0>2324<0>345<0>1875<0>3422<0>3877<0>1500<0>895<0>3927<0>1500<0>327<0>565<0>359<0>229<0>2619<0>1518<0>1007<0>3809<0>1575<0>2697<0>3118<0>3585<0>4026<0>3782<0>2619<0>313<0>3187<0>366... |
Each rifle company had three rifle platoons, plus one platoon of three 81mm mortar squads for fire support. | <0>3681<0>3585<0>193<0>3067<0>1850<0>3447<0>545<0>3404<0>3122<0>2324<0>3585<0>2703<0>382<0>1938<0>1500<0>3809<0>546<0>2619<0>3447<0>1200<0>1117<0>1518<0>1710<0>1850<0>2471<0>587<0>2769<0>1634<0>105<0>3794<0>1518<0>1007<0>2826<0>1191<0>2619<0>229<0>1518<0>1710<0>219<0>83<0>229<0>2199<0>1649<0>1071<0>9<0>1301<0>1830<0>74... |
Each rifle platoon in turn had three rifle squads plus a weapon squad of two M60 machine guns for fire support. So there's the breakdown right there. They also had another combat support company, Delta Company. | <0>3681<0>2506<0>2785<0>3923<0>3447<0>1007<0>1591<0>1981<0>1710<0>2536<0>2766<0>3781<0>587<0>587<0>3821<0>2001<0>2001<0>3541<0>2572<0>1873<0>225<0>3171<0>3067<0>1301<0>2799<0>553<0>3828<0>3782<0>1842<0>2541<0>3665<0>3435<0>2946<0>1569<0>1441<0>2799<0>2619<0>3150<0>1518<0>1500<0>1518<0>3541<0>368<0>627<0>1990<0>1954<0>1... |
Which had a recon platoon, a mortar platoon and an anti-tank platoon. | <0>2573<0>3067<0>3005<0>4009<0>4009<0>1518<0>1858<0>2875<0>2748<0>1518<0>1214<0>1518<0>2062<0>3976<0>219<0>2471<0>3299<0>390<0>2989<0>3833<0>1518<0>484<0>1518<0>1710<0>3509<0>1207<0>2234<0>2988<0>807<0>3287<0>3541<0>2772<0>3146<0>1464<0>1575<0>1198<0>2324<0>345<0>1071<0>3762<0>1108<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
And they converted the unneeded anti-tank platoons into machine gun platoon for duty in Vietnam because there was no enemy tanks going up against. So that's what the battalion was looking like. | <0>1108<0>2840<0>1123<0>553<0>1318<0>2152<0>2353<0>1214<0>2769<0>484<0>1500<0>1422<0>374<0>1304<0>443<0>545<0>3373<0>2155<0>587<0>3561<0>1171<0>3376<0>553<0>2471<0>1321<0>221<0>1462<0>2935<0>769<0>2238<0>3642<0>1100<0>3667<0>1214<0>658<0>1719<0>3735<0>3642<0>3373<0>3180<0>2023<0>807<0>1684<0>1715<0>366<0>196<0>290<0>27... |
14 months, so now he's gonna talk about their workup a little bit. How they got ready for combat. Back to the book. During those 14 months before we sailed for Vietnam, we spent most of the time in the field practicing assault landings from helicopters and the incredibly complex coordination of artillery, tactical air... | <0>1710<0>259<0>1819<0>2192<0>1710<0>221<0>2471<0>3980<0>3850<0>2471<0>3980<0>3821<0>2410<0>3160<0>2619<0>2864<0>484<0>2753<0>3184<0>2989<0>3122<0>1883<0>1575<0>1518<0>2864<0>2864<0>1862<0>3299<0>405<0>1219<0>2748<0>2471<0>3067<0>3437<0>3668<0>3452<0>114<0>3695<0>2787<0>2864<0>3972<0>2161<0>2594<0>2799<0>1777<0>3972<0>... |
Artillery with the all important flow of helicopters into and out of the battle zone. | <0>2865<0>366<0>2286<0>3447<0>1518<0>1214<0>298<0>3585<0>3679<0>957<0>2987<0>1117<0>3894<0>3176<0>3702<0>618<0>94<0>2541<0>1804<0>1579<0>3435<0>3898<0>1520<0>2641<0>36<0>2323<0>3067<0>2488<0>3185<0>1518<0>2594<0>2645<0>1850<0>2619<0>1819<0>2221<0>2471<0>2864<0>3617<0>1713<0>3781<0>1171<0>2991<0>1685<0>3067<0>2059<0>190... |
Commanders had to learn to see terrain differently, to add a constant scan for landing zones, which are called LZs, and pickup zones, PZs, to all the other features they had to keep in mind. | <0>3622<0>1214<0>3437<0>3445<0>3020<0>3447<0>2471<0>1388<0>871<0>1748<0>1989<0>3003<0>2492<0>3003<0>305<0>2777<0>2542<0>3067<0>229<0>1620<0>1272<0>2458<0>1649<0>2615<0>2471<0>1618<0>1324<0>1710<0>3002<0>3585<0>2475<0>698<0>1990<0>553<0>587<0>632<0>3437<0>2748<0>3122<0>3783<0>718<0>465<0>465<0>349<0>1977<0>3444<0>2715<0... |
We practice rapid loading and unloading of men and materiel to reduce the helicopter's window of vulnerability. | <0>4007<0>3509<0>83<0>2471<0>3877<0>2935<0>1846<0>2471<0>3782<0>2450<0>3447<0>492<0>1500<0>3617<0>1011<0>1085<0>2648<0>1518<0>11<0>1500<0>3020<0>819<0>1238<0>3509<0>967<0>2881<0>1318<0>834<0>3610<0>219<0>3509<0>3854<0>3457<0>3373<0>807<0>553<0>3782<0>1518<0>3002<0>2471<0>2991<0>1539<0>3020<0>227<0>967<0>3782<0>1518<0>3... |
Total flexibility was the watchword in planning and attitude. | <0>3116<0>144<0>2865<0>2865<0>746<0>3782<0>3671<0>1715<0>3303<0>259<0>259<0>386<0>1238<0>3287<0>2989<0>1169<0>2865<0>2787<0>1462<0>1518<0>2001<0>3894<0>1598<0>2887<0>2494<0>221<0>1338<0>1902<0>967<0>2935<0>221<0>923<0>1848<0>553<0>3735<0>3447<0>3509<0>1793<0>698<0>2316<0>2425<0>2427<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
There was one bit of sobering reality that I insisted be introduced at every level in this training. We would declare a platoon commander dead. | <0>3408<0>2471<0>2060<0>130<0>2619<0>83<0>3976<0>715<0>1730<0>1719<0>2151<0>3067<0>1238<0>484<0>2536<0>2946<0>2935<0>1850<0>1518<0>974<0>3585<0>2703<0>262<0>3447<0>587<0>2966<0>2070<0>3002<0>209<0>3526<0>2875<0>2462<0>3874<0>2777<0>1094<0>3008<0>221<0>397<0>1773<0>1643<0>2970<0>690<0>2991<0>259<0>3447<0>1422<0>3809<0>2... |
And let his sergeant take over and carry out the mission. Or declare a sergeant dead and have one of his PFCs take over running the squad. | <0>1137<0>1741<0>3008<0>2472<0>967<0>3464<0>3373<0>3447<0>3821<0>3535<0>595<0>2142<0>3713<0>1768<0>3535<0>3976<0>551<0>2864<0>2989<0>3972<0>237<0>1730<0>3146<0>807<0>2471<0>2810<0>3144<0>404<0>3376<0>1529<0>2739<0>3705<0>3246<0>1241<0>304<0>83<0>2716<0>3341<0>2970<0>824<0>1719<0>2619<0>2336<0>3713<0>871<0>3376<0>2542<0... |
We were training for war and leaders are killed in battle. | <0>1120<0>229<0>3894<0>1509<0>1696<0>553<0>587<0>3509<0>1007<0>1422<0>1422<0>527<0>3976<0>3373<0>2831<0>621<0>2254<0>2614<0>3976<0>1684<0>1254<0>1171<0>2935<0>3373<0>3966<0>2471<0>3933<0>3376<0>2471<0>1518<0>3373<0>587<0>191<0>2703<0>2471<0>2946<0>457<0>1748<0>4052<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>206... |
I wanted every man trained for and capable of taking over the job of the man above him. | <0>1862<0>929<0>3972<0>262<0>2935<0>3067<0>3020<0>3833<0>3976<0>3089<0>221<0>3600<0>2142<0>553<0>1741<0>1372<0>1529<0>705<0>957<0>1420<0>114<0>2569<0>1518<0>2707<0>1518<0>1084<0>2740<0>553<0>587<0>3143<0>3821<0>553<0>361<0>1575<0>2707<0>132<0>3782<0>1480<0>1738<0>3143<0>3390<0>2711<0>2060<0>3585<0>3585<0>587<0>1214<0>1... |
So they're, they're working a whole new gig here. They never, no one had really done this before. Riding, everyone's going into combat on helicopters. And obviously helicopters give you a great amount of maneuverability. You can be up vertically and take off and travel a great distance and sit down anywhere. | <0>3309<0>1500<0>3617<0>611<0>3809<0>3435<0>506<0>1319<0>3082<0>3972<0>304<0>895<0>527<0>819<0>3585<0>196<0>2029<0>553<0>587<0>1532<0>587<0>1883<0>2044<0>1071<0>3153<0>901<0>2632<0>657<0>484<0>484<0>1575<0>1639<0>3882<0>1108<0>290<0>3299<0>493<0>259<0>3244<0>1835<0>221<0>3305<0>2550<0>368<0>3585<0>3114<0>1428<0>2639<0>... |
Not anywhere, just about anywhere. You can sit down in a lot of places, I should say, because you can't sit down anywhere, especially in the jungle where you've got trees and all kinds of obstacles. And then you've got enemy on top of that, and helicopters are pretty vulnerable flying machines. | <0>819<0>2471<0>1207<0>632<0>3888<0>366<0>2629<0>4062<0>2060<0>3180<0>1265<0>2234<0>1540<0>1819<0>462<0>632<0>587<0>2070<0>83<0>652<0>1328<0>3348<0>545<0>2619<0>3617<0>1575<0>2799<0>553<0>2826<0>492<0>1730<0>3637<0>2826<0>632<0>3793<0>587<0>3741<0>3892<0>2152<0>1710<0>1388<0>2317<0>819<0>969<0>1261<0>3888<0>1638<0>3637... |
And so this idea, what they were practicing was this massive movement, move all the troops into the combat zone very quickly, and the enemy doesn't expect you, and you can just show up there. So, it's, that's what they're practicing over and over again. And clearly, | <0>2870<0>744<0>2935<0>3447<0>368<0>1007<0>2799<0>3079<0>3821<0>898<0>3976<0>3561<0>1100<0>901<0>1518<0>68<0>1518<0>1738<0>287<0>3435<0>3067<0>807<0>3067<0>974<0>2471<0>2471<0>3171<0>2775<0>3850<0>1191<0>1575<0>3150<0>2710<0>2883<0>3452<0>2703<0>3980<0>2735<0>3535<0>2365<0>3067<0>3809<0>561<0>1351<0>1079<0>512<0>3999<0... |
You know, a Korean War veteran like Hal Moore was, he knows that leaders can get killed in combat and so he's... | <0>3526<0>1175<0>1518<0>1569<0>697<0>2471<0>553<0>3445<0>1191<0>2541<0>1500<0>3782<0>2142<0>3185<0>1238<0>3973<0>353<0>1769<0>327<0>1944<0>104<0>701<0>1291<0>2748<0>1518<0>2707<0>4008<0>1518<0>3704<0>1028<0>652<0>3535<0>3457<0>3585<0>221<0>4038<0>3373<0>3180<0>2543<0>3176<0>2883<0>3612<0>3469<0>4019<0>290<0>1108<0>3003... |
Sometimes killing the leaders in training and that's a tradition we still had. We did that all the time when I was running training the SEAL teams. The minute the leaders started to get a grip on things, it was like, okay, you're dead. Next man's gotta step up. And sometimes that would... | <0>465<0>1108<0>305<0>3609<0>2030<0>2471<0>3541<0>898<0>2001<0>2563<0>1773<0>3150<0>1659<0>1526<0>553<0>1773<0>1539<0>2151<0>2703<0>3380<0>3128<0>3146<0>2471<0>3532<0>504<0>3071<0>707<0>2406<0>1031<0>1738<0>334<0>2500<0>2651<0>1445<0>3585<0>229<0>1076<0>3850<0>259<0>974<0>2471<0>2703<0>229<0>3297<0>2751<0>3505<0>2548<0... |
Just wreck a platoon or a task unit. The leader dies if they're a good leader and they're not, and no one is used to stepping up, it'd be problematic. But sometimes it would actually be beneficial. | <0>3526<0>3038<0>3713<0>3378<0>1422<0>275<0>2703<0>1630<0>3882<0>2989<0>1117<0>1883<0>3850<0>3509<0>2799<0>819<0>614<0>1748<0>2989<0>2864<0>1992<0>3821<0>2715<0>1710<0>2663<0>1318<0>1684<0>353<0>1108<0>191<0>1409<0>3918<0>229<0>3373<0>3373<0>3713<0>915<0>3647<0>2471<0>3152<0>3535<0>3447<0>3444<0>915<0>1620<0>3447<0>337... |
You get some guy that's a micromanager, kill him, and then watch everything run smoothly and you come back and you go, dude. | <0>3307<0>3155<0>3556<0>3850<0>1518<0>2715<0>824<0>2070<0>2799<0>3782<0>2716<0>2471<0>2471<0>1085<0>3667<0>3593<0>2931<0>317<0>3447<0>259<0>915<0>614<0>457<0>3020<0>1254<0>2989<0>2619<0>1719<0>3067<0>1171<0>130<0>819<0>259<0>2978<0>2353<0>229<0>4072<0>1539<0>3735<0>3782<0>1214<0>2970<0>3642<0>3184<0>229<0>2099<0>2086<0... |
You better back off a little bit, because this guy's running a better show than you are. And it's really clear. So sometimes we teach guys lessons that way. | <0>1580<0>1463<0>1463<0>512<0>1575<0>2860<0>2142<0>1777<0>2619<0>3782<0>2474<0>1575<0>2099<0>3541<0>2498<0>290<0>2931<0>3373<0>1526<0>3535<0>3089<0>2703<0>2152<0>3541<0>3541<0>1575<0>3541<0>1738<0>3922<0>2475<0>4029<0>3122<0>1575<0>1748<0>869<0>2924<0>1668<0>587<0>3556<0>3305<0>2489<0>2697<0>2044<0>465<0>1108<0>1950<0>... |
Less who had 60 days or less left to serve on his enlistment as of the date of deployment August 16th must be left behind. We were sick at heart. | <0>1442<0>3480<0>3235<0>3002<0>73<0>349<0>1108<0>1108<0>1944<0>2799<0>3373<0>3437<0>3373<0>1097<0>3374<0>3557<0>2432<0>3320<0>3821<0>3821<0>1321<0>2415<0>2970<0>1977<0>3751<0>397<0>589<0>3071<0>1769<0>231<0>3447<0>3771<0>1710<0>3433<0>3809<0>484<0>484<0>2838<0>1283<0>2619<0>824<0>2775<0>3528<0>652<0>149<0>1214<0>3509<0... |
We were being shipped off to war sadly under strength and crippled by the loss of almost a hundred troopers in my battalion alone. | <0>3469<0>229<0>954<0>2864<0>1318<0>3561<0>2542<0>3374<0>3595<0>1083<0>1990<0>2619<0>3382<0>406<0>3435<0>3435<0>678<0>1773<0>2978<0>3821<0>2703<0>3297<0>1076<0>2161<0>1886<0>1113<0>1878<0>1773<0>716<0>1823<0>3617<0>1741<0>744<0>3861<0>77<0>634<0>2288<0>2851<0>266<0>744<0>553<0>221<0>2853<0>2348<0>3146<0>1591<0>1422<0>1... |
The very men who would be the most useful in combat, those who had trained the longest in the new techniques of helicopter warfare, were by this order taken away from us. | <0>3526<0>3894<0>130<0>3146<0>1171<0>2766<0>3976<0>3821<0>3376<0>3373<0>3840<0>3067<0>3894<0>1171<0>221<0>587<0>304<0>2510<0>3713<0>4025<0>369<0>3713<0>2144<0>1518<0>3146<0>3883<0>1777<0>1392<0>3122<0>2471<0>2715<0>395<0>2254<0>1767<0>1031<0>2799<0>492<0>3713<0>3508<0>3146<0>2763<0>3480<0>729<0>1710<0>2471<0>1954<0>411... |
It made no sense then, it makes no sense now. So, again, I talked about the strategic kind of implications that these guys felt, and this is one of them, and obviously I'm jumping through the book, they talked more about the workup and what they did to prepare, but now he's getting to this point where President Johnso... | <0>1137<0>2103<0>3892<0>2875<0>130<0>3373<0>1693<0>824<0>2935<0>2775<0>3667<0>776<0>2881<0>1463<0>3526<0>3003<0>9<0>1108<0>1108<0>869<0>3854<0>2103<0>3892<0>658<0>1318<0>3943<0>1587<0>1321<0>2197<0>1467<0>807<0>43<0>2864<0>471<0>580<0>1299<0>850<0>2916<0>3535<0>652<0>1007<0>2697<0>443<0>3101<0>2519<0>1683<0>122<0>3096<... |
You know, that's a political decision, obviously. But, where does it impact? Sure, it impacts the guys on the front line. That's where it impacts. | <0>2840<0>1730<0>3447<0>4009<0>1007<0>2799<0>3067<0>3509<0>1981<0>2799<0>3850<0>809<0>3713<0>3184<0>237<0>1329<0>1569<0>2471<0>2766<0>746<0>46<0>2365<0>3585<0>1732<0>3762<0>1108<0>797<0>1738<0>3882<0>1639<0>3762<0>365<0>1108<0>3180<0>2799<0>3299<0>2239<0>4095<0>3018<0>2396<0>2092<0>895<0>83<0>2753<0>221<0>1351<0>3535<0... |
Like I said, this book is written not only by, not only by, | <0>1108<0>1500<0>1944<0>967<0>3002<0>2525<0>967<0>3821<0>2070<0>2525<0>3180<0>1500<0>3404<0>3447<0>368<0>492<0>1794<0>2187<0>1730<0>1500<0>1569<0>1518<0>3561<0>1730<0>361<0>1862<0>43<0>1850<0>3668<0>1688<0>543<0>1108<0>1442<0>1902<0>1214<0>1324<0>2161<0>361<0>1862<0>3972<0>691<0>729<0>1361<0>2427<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
Lieutenant General Howe Moore is how he retired in this book. I'll refer to him as Lieutenant Colonel or sometimes I guess I'm just, uh, disrespectful and call him Howe Moore. I don't mean it disrespectfully, but | <0>3526<0>679<0>1710<0>3447<0>632<0>3320<0>553<0>3541<0>2989<0>1862<0>1862<0>2471<0>1214<0>237<0>1214<0>559<0>931<0>1649<0>1108<0>871<0>2864<0>2396<0>1710<0>3447<0>1862<0>3509<0>382<0>382<0>2703<0>3171<0>1265<0>1094<0>1318<0>593<0>3438<0>1238<0>1265<0>3949<0>1031<0>2697<0>974<0>1518<0>1862<0>327<0>2799<0>632<0>2641<0>3... |
Anyways, Hal Moore wrote the book, but he also wrote the book along with another guy named Joe Galloway and | <0>3681<0>3585<0>1730<0>229<0>3707<0>1967<0>1517<0>1541<0>1850<0>2748<0>2541<0>895<0>895<0>2707<0>1518<0>484<0>3180<0>2213<0>1325<0>1274<0>1950<0>1575<0>3067<0>2748<0>3359<0>3348<0>1579<0>3828<0>490<0>2324<0>151<0>3437<0>2070<0>3447<0>1518<0>3943<0>1238<0>2471<0>2471<0>545<0>1518<0>2471<0>2799<0>2142<0>2471<0>3541<0>23... |
You know, you know what a ghostwriter is? Yeah. Yeah. Ghostwriter. Well, this is so ghostwriter writes a person's book, but no one's supposed to know it. And then there's people that write the book, but they get credit for it. | <0>2029<0>151<0>1518<0>586<0>95<0>3828<0>3146<0>196<0>3943<0>3592<0>2063<0>4042<0>2888<0>3435<0>527<0>2883<0>3535<0>2663<0>3762<0>3003<0>1377<0>3874<0>2544<0>3299<0>3556<0>2715<0>2221<0>2799<0>3373<0>2785<0>2471<0>3976<0>2703<0>1518<0>3067<0>2750<0>313<0>1442<0>3295<0>3002<0>782<0>1517<0>3566<0>957<0>957<0>44<0>2543<0>... |
And you might think that's the situation here, looking at the title, because you've got Lieutenant General Harold Moore, retired, and Joseph L. Galloway. Like, you know, it doesn't say any service thing. Well, | <0>698<0>1710<0>3821<0>1171<0>1318<0>2205<0>1108<0>2161<0>151<0>3617<0>2536<0>1701<0>729<0>3585<0>289<0>2970<0>3850<0>2775<0>2070<0>716<0>2753<0>1525<0>3376<0>1171<0>553<0>3146<0>1500<0>3143<0>587<0>3447<0>3373<0>2775<0>2703<0>4009<0>2753<0>1730<0>1022<0>3143<0>2787<0>1620<0>2339<0>1022<0>4062<0>2966<0>2328<0>2029<0>34... |
In this particular case, that could give you an absolutely wrong impression because Joe Galloway was a reporter, a combat reporter who was obviously, he was very courageous and | <0>1848<0>3585<0>1730<0>2070<0>509<0>3642<0>2060<0>386<0>3999<0>3348<0>1710<0>1175<0>3096<0>3002<0>963<0>948<0>3526<0>4009<0>2594<0>789<0>746<0>361<0>701<0>3585<0>2161<0>3585<0>1238<0>3299<0>998<0>593<0>1798<0>2748<0>3910<0>1007<0>327<0>2594<0>2864<0>3972<0>1214<0>361<0>3180<0>1882<0>1730<0>3457<0>493<0>493<0>648<0>314... |
So, I'll go in where they introduce him a little bit. Back to the book, UPI reporter Joe Galloway, a 23 year old native of Refugio, Texas, marched with us. When he hooked up with us, he carried on his shoulder an M16 rifle, which the special forces commander, Major Charles Beckwith, | <0>3433<0>3447<0>366<0>3135<0>3435<0>1455<0>3300<0>3614<0>2940<0>2639<0>1335<0>948<0>4029<0>3404<0>1007<0>3447<0>3128<0>3067<0>2619<0>3447<0>701<0>3024<0>1171<0>969<0>819<0>3894<0>698<0>553<0>2471<0>545<0>327<0>1238<0>382<0>2251<0>374<0>3447<0>1862<0>1022<0>1238<0>3373<0>2864<0>3585<0>3585<0>2152<0>3096<0>3782<0>1518<0... |
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