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had handed him when the fight was over. Galloway told Beckwith that, strictly speaking, under the Geneva Convention, he was a civilian non-combatant. | <0>9<0>1108<0>1463<0>3020<0>1730<0>1710<0>3445<0>2776<0>984<0>3509<0>819<0>2840<0>465<0>1057<0>2004<0>2492<0>465<0>1108<0>465<0>1120<0>3067<0>3968<0>151<0>2525<0>2471<0>1530<0>3184<0>1858<0>1715<0>1238<0>1238<0>1738<0>2864<0>2572<0>471<0>2840<0>2378<0>2715<0>2471<0>3828<0>492<0>3892<0>209<0>259<0>545<0>871<0>3373<0>185... |
Beckwith's response, no such thing in these mountains, boy. Take that rifle. So if you know anything about... | <0>3526<0>2703<0>1759<0>3067<0>3892<0>2588<0>2070<0>3637<0>1981<0>1819<0>1819<0>2146<0>2525<0>1198<0>390<0>2639<0>3179<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>2840<0>2991<0>3373<0>1715<0>932<0>3005<0>155<0>2935<0>3833<0>221<0>2378<0>368<0>3968<0>83<0>1518<0>819<0>2769<0>1238<0>3435<0>2864<0>2475<0>2398<0>1748<0>3466<0>1710<0>2161<0>133... |
Charles Beckwith, Major Charlie Beckwith, it's the guy that created Delta Force, complete badass warrior. And he was a special forces commander in Vietnam and was one of the first people that apparently Galloway worked with and Galloway said, you know, you better arm yourself. | <0>1989<0>305<0>544<0>2471<0>1191<0>1441<0>2185<0>2703<0>3783<0>3067<0>2703<0>237<0>1463<0>2875<0>664<0>2099<0>3005<0>2471<0>2989<0>361<0>361<0>2703<0>3420<0>2471<0>746<0>403<0>151<0>3615<0>3660<0>504<0>1214<0>361<0>1850<0>1882<0>1730<0>919<0>3539<0>531<0>3081<0>1642<0>3809<0>3585<0>3585<0>3561<0>753<0>2498<0>3287<0>15... |
So, here's Galloway talking. Galloway remembers. | <0>212<0>2525<0>3447<0>3067<0>512<0>3389<0>3803<0>2612<0>3762<0>3466<0>3762<0>1108<0>1989<0>3762<0>2663<0>148<0>1401<0>782<0>3176<0>967<0>4009<0>3067<0>1981<0>3668<0>3447<0>2619<0>2324<0>2830<0>2641<0>493<0>3803<0>3693<0>1108<0>77<0>3447<0>1500<0>1500<0>1525<0>2703<0>2471<0>3509<0>3348<0>3122<0>2506<0>2826<0>3693<0>174... |
My first time out with Hal Moore's 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry was a hellish walk into the sun to remote Montegard Mountain Village. | <0>3913<0>2703<0>746<0>3809<0>1715<0>2008<0>366<0>2001<0>1954<0>3348<0>1944<0>3899<0>1518<0>3067<0>1990<0>782<0>1944<0>484<0>3828<0>1665<0>3642<0>2070<0>2001<0>221<0>221<0>3535<0>3146<0>2991<0>2252<0>2619<0>1518<0>1518<0>807<0>3642<0>1321<0>1478<0>2471<0>3240<0>3374<0>3435<0>3420<0>2946<0>2365<0>338<0>4038<0>2075<0>317... |
We got into a patch of brush and wait a minute vines so thick and thorny that every step had to be carved out with machetes. We covered maybe 300 yards in 4 hours and forwarded a fast running chest deep mountain stream just as darkness fell, then huddled in our ponchos wet and freezing all night long. | <0>4007<0>623<0>1741<0>2471<0>2703<0>1171<0>4062<0>3373<0>1620<0>1200<0>2648<0>366<0>698<0>1238<0>1117<0>1518<0>1882<0>2881<0>1445<0>2451<0>1529<0>221<0>3184<0>1858<0>3585<0>2776<0>221<0>3376<0>3177<0>2989<0>484<0>3447<0>3713<0>3535<0>1328<0>313<0>3405<0>1171<0>3707<0>1539<0>1730<0>3910<0>2946<0>3445<0>2475<0>2935<0>31... |
At first light I pinched off a small piece of C4 plastic explosive from the emergency supply in my pack and used it to boil up a canteen of water for coffee. | <0>4058<0>3524<0>2703<0>3927<0>2001<0>495<0>2541<0>366<0>1171<0>2197<0>1480<0>2703<0>698<0>3589<0>321<0>1518<0>2550<0>2769<0>1518<0>1518<0>3420<0>3874<0>698<0>2703<0>212<0>698<0>1730<0>561<0>411<0>1518<0>1518<0>1500<0>3150<0>748<0>2684<0>2055<0>2450<0>2471<0>55<0>3020<0>2594<0>2569<0>2254<0>3148<0>738<0>1431<0>2748<0>3... |
If you lit C4 very carefully, you could be drinking hot coffee in maybe 30 seconds. If you were careless, it blew off your arm. | <0>3854<0>1730<0>1076<0>895<0>3295<0>509<0>1097<0>3585<0>746<0>1518<0>1518<0>1858<0>2217<0>3519<0>838<0>2579<0>313<0>1484<0>3067<0>1171<0>3679<0>1420<0>563<0>1420<0>2433<0>587<0>623<0>3028<0>3561<0>824<0>553<0>1123<0>3642<0>2619<0>321<0>1981<0>618<0>3782<0>3585<0>1171<0>1684<0>3892<0>2475<0>3585<0>3146<0>1094<0>658<0>3... |
Over a first cigarette, I watched Moore's Men. | <0>1238<0>304<0>1484<0>484<0>484<0>1734<0>2899<0>3658<0>1645<0>313<0>1097<0>2506<0>2525<0>3828<0>379<0>3457<0>3374<0>2935<0>3828<0>3445<0>2197<0>2612<0>948<0>1117<0>1862<0>3435<0>2471<0>1865<0>397<0>2152<0>3184<0>1191<0>1819<0>3713<0>3874<0>2703<0>3002<0>2366<0>3015<0>3222<0>465<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
First, they shaved. Shaved? Up here? I was amazed. Then the Colonel himself, blonde, jut-jawed and very intense, a son of Bardstown, Kentucky and West Point, walked by on this morning rounds with Sergeant Major Plumlee. | <0>4058<0>365<0>2323<0>1500<0>3828<0>2935<0>3155<0>1339<0>1145<0>1108<0>1108<0>1730<0>2475<0>3374<0>3875<0>553<0>232<0>2888<0>3239<0>2328<0>2051<0>1989<0>465<0>1950<0>3657<0>1299<0>3374<0>3821<0>3585<0>1171<0>561<0>1255<0>1071<0>3881<0>2352<0>1977<0>3840<0>3096<0>1171<0>3373<0>484<0>2779<0>3148<0>2740<0>2488<0>3067<0>1... |
Moore looked at me over and said, we all shave in my outfit, reporters included. | <0>324<0>3976<0>2707<0>3782<0>2471<0>3923<0>2133<0>2696<0>107<0>2396<0>1214<0>698<0>2703<0>895<0>1484<0>484<0>1684<0>509<0>3535<0>809<0>1539<0>620<0>1588<0>2851<0>1743<0>1120<0>3067<0>3539<0>259<0>3821<0>396<0>3376<0>3376<0>368<0>2766<0>2471<0>2703<0>2703<0>2989<0>3447<0>2703<0>3271<0>4007<0>1748<0>1108<0>4058<0>1989<0... |
My steaming coffee water went for a wash and a shave and I gained a measure of respect for the man. | <0>4007<0>3445<0>3457<0>2710<0>3585<0>2766<0>1539<0>3434<0>2619<0>3782<0>838<0>3067<0>3435<0>974<0>484<0>1518<0>3135<0>580<0>703<0>484<0>2989<0>3435<0>1518<0>1500<0>3556<0>4038<0>2542<0>2371<0>3376<0>3376<0>3376<0>1171<0>362<0>563<0>982<0>4<0>2651<0>1351<0>3439<0>1171<0>698<0>1539<0>2776<0>3242<0>3376<0>1351<0>3828<0>1... |
Neat grinder that it turned into. So. | <0>3024<0>493<0>3526<0>3833<0>553<0>3585<0>3670<0>3840<0>2471<0>2715<0>3342<0>2542<0>361<0>593<0>1539<0>1508<0>3002<0>366<0>1579<0>1485<0>1539<0>3320<0>221<0>1620<0>3882<0>240<0>3436<0>3405<0>115<0>1053<0>1968<0>2070<0>2703<0>3067<0>871<0>2004<0>3003<0>1108<0>3003<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
These guys, you know, in their workup, they knew that they were going to fight, but they didn't, they didn't know. | <0>305<0>296<0>1489<0>1532<0>3158<0>3002<0>967<0>3782<0>3002<0>2978<0>3155<0>948<0>2492<0>648<0>3713<0>1500<0>1238<0>1372<0>2989<0>3435<0>259<0>2427<0>2748<0>1862<0>1738<0>871<0>2395<0>3393<0>1989<0>1108<0>592<0>1484<0>2339<0>1118<0>698<0>967<0>1171<0>1171<0>3821<0>130<0>3447<0>2753<0>1191<0>2471<0>1213<0>729<0>2787<0>... |
It wasn't the Vietnam that we think of now, where there's a lot of casualties happening. It hadn't gotten there yet. As a matter of fact, this battle is really the first one where you start seeing very significant American casualties. | <0>1676<0>2631<0>3305<0>2092<0>1007<0>3235<0>2185<0>3447<0>229<0>3096<0>1171<0>1463<0>366<0>3541<0>229<0>1768<0>3668<0>1307<0>1777<0>2178<0>1318<0>580<0>3122<0>2004<0>3018<0>1502<0>819<0>3067<0>1862<0>1862<0>327<0>1649<0>2492<0>648<0>1748<0>3973<0>1485<0>1882<0>1710<0>3435<0>1518<0>2348<0>2715<0>1598<0>2970<0>1773<0>21... |
The guy that's in charge over Hal, over Hal Moore is a guy named Colonel Brown and he shows up going back to the book not long after Colonel Brown flew in, checked on the situation with Alpha Company and then called me aside. Hal, I'm moving your battalion west tomorrow morning. | <0>2710<0>3585<0>2875<0>3024<0>919<0>1850<0>967<0>22<0>1710<0>1751<0>975<0>3082<0>1518<0>259<0>1171<0>3331<0>1834<0>1238<0>895<0>2146<0>1883<0>3404<0>1649<0>3882<0>2639<0>2639<0>738<0>738<0>354<0>3173<0>911<0>1850<0>3980<0>3877<0>1518<0>2697<0>2697<0>1518<0>826<0>1883<0>484<0>1331<0>390<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>3612<0>15... |
Your mission is the same one you have now. Find and kill the enemy. | <0>2435<0>3713<0>807<0>967<0>1719<0>1171<0>1526<0>3378<0>1217<0>3535<0>1171<0>298<0>1518<0>3759<0>3519<0>2471<0>2471<0>3894<0>807<0>3541<0>2955<0>993<0>3625<0>976<0>921<0>3448<0>2541<0>1518<0>3447<0>1171<0>221<0>1481<0>698<0>3509<0>825<0>2060<0>3447<0>3240<0>1575<0>1108<0>3526<0>2378<0>3707<0>4038<0>3144<0>1067<0>2398<... |
He rapidly outlined the scope of operations and the resources he could spare. 16 UH. | <0>221<0>2197<0>2715<0>3377<0>1254<0>2935<0>2970<0>2946<0>1575<0>3373<0>1684<0>2060<0>1419<0>226<0>915<0>2753<0>1518<0>678<0>1518<0>3240<0>3782<0>3556<0>658<0>338<0>3791<0>3541<0>3894<0>658<0>1719<0>3135<0>3713<0>3966<0>3713<0>1655<0>1539<0>3637<0>4062<0>3447<0>3923<0>366<0>1513<0>621<0>3772<0>2370<0>509<0>3235<0>3713<... |
1D Hueys, so that's a Huey helicopter, it's the most, I guess the most iconic helicopter, probably of any military, and certainly of Vietnam, the Huey helicopter is, is completely iconic. | <0>871<0>3184<0>1518<0>593<0>1318<0>2472<0>3526<0>3526<0>2710<0>2462<0>698<0>3585<0>3803<0>765<0>672<0>3457<0>1238<0>587<0>2421<0>698<0>2710<0>765<0>1710<0>366<0>3122<0>2070<0>368<0>3457<0>3067<0>3376<0>2471<0>1819<0>3171<0>2946<0>1575<0>915<0>2030<0>77<0>648<0>648<0>1919<0>229<0>492<0>492<0>1710<0>2769<0>3803<0>3003<0... |
16 Hueys to move my troops, 2 105 Howitzer batteries within range to support us in at least 2 days. | <0>3454<0>3729<0>2410<0>8<0>2710<0>1171<0>1171<0>221<0>1070<0>672<0>3158<0>1007<0>3585<0>3433<0>1710<0>690<0>1007<0>1819<0>2197<0>193<0>782<0>3974<0>838<0>2978<0>1890<0>876<0>4066<0>3693<0>2734<0>1858<0>3067<0>1032<0>3980<0>3185<0>1500<0>366<0>3373<0>3782<0>3341<0>1990<0>3850<0>2299<0>406<0>259<0>3828<0>3146<0>3713<0>3... |
One more thing Hal, in that area be sure your companies are close enough for mutual support. So, the reason I highlighted that, a lot of times, | <0>3184<0>4009<0>2703<0>3185<0>3082<0>553<0>1171<0>3439<0>2703<0>2471<0>1518<0>2650<0>563<0>563<0>2017<0>2281<0>3854<0>553<0>1171<0>3480<0>950<0>3735<0>2197<0>1171<0>2703<0>1318<0>3457<0>1315<0>3647<0>546<0>2543<0>4013<0>2471<0>1620<0>3008<0>3713<0>2517<0>1682<0>3185<0>3373<0>3966<0>3176<0>3541<0>1500<0>3927<0>3541<0>3... |
People have a tendency in combat situations, especially when planning, to get too far apart from each other. And I would see this all the time. | <0>963<0>548<0>895<0>1500<0>1500<0>2775<0>3447<0>1773<0>1710<0>2070<0>3585<0>2029<0>1108<0>3762<0>1989<0>1989<0>3466<0>1989<0>3762<0>2591<0>3096<0>3522<0>1491<0>390<0>338<0>3561<0>2408<0>1491<0>556<0>3925<0>1902<0>2471<0>2142<0>2775<0>3713<0>3373<0>3447<0>3457<0>2710<0>3002<0>3910<0>3447<0>3433<0>3184<0>3541<0>543<0>15... |
What happens is it seems to make sense because you cover more ground or you have better angles and it seems like a good idea like hey, we'll just split up and you can take care of your guys and I'll take care of my guys. | <0>327<0>1850<0>1850<0>3782<0>3348<0>368<0>3535<0>3458<0>2405<0>2657<0>1508<0>919<0>2588<0>1097<0>696<0>3373<0>151<0>3850<0>2060<0>3146<0>3585<0>3374<0>3535<0>2881<0>779<0>2030<0>3176<0>553<0>1719<0>1813<0>1842<0>1484<0>3447<0>2989<0>678<0>229<0>2471<0>3899<0>898<0>1518<0>1265<0>915<0>587<0>3447<0>2787<0>1007<0>3180<0>... |
You always need to stay within a position where you can mutually support each other. Where if we get into trouble, we can cover and move. That's what it is. You want to be able to cover to move. Cover and move. So the minute you're out of sight, out of line of sight, out of radio, out of a distance where your weapons ... | <0>3585<0>1858<0>2748<0>2049<0>94<0>3821<0>1990<0>606<0>1097<0>2826<0>948<0>465<0>1989<0>2840<0>2155<0>3561<0>493<0>317<0>1217<0>1100<0>1100<0>2751<0>3015<0>2840<0>1989<0>3466<0>3762<0>1108<0>1575<0>151<0>151<0>2357<0>1526<0>809<0>2378<0>3184<0>1261<0>926<0>2888<0>3561<0>716<0>1422<0>3376<0>2136<0>2989<0>1214<0>3320<0>... |
That's the thing, you get away from line of sight, radio contact, the distance that weapons can be shot effectively, from the other unit that you're out there with, now you are alone. | <0>1145<0>1431<0>3393<0>304<0>3349<0>3349<0>2525<0>3079<0>3750<0>3484<0>3735<0>2888<0>895<0>3096<0>2368<0>3024<0>561<0>553<0>3963<0>2619<0>2470<0>3927<0>1569<0>2471<0>3299<0>3973<0>2612<0>1989<0>2092<0>2619<0>1105<0>1401<0>2087<0>1157<0>1308<0>597<0>287<0>2314<0>465<0>4058<0>457<0>1518<0>967<0>3176<0>3821<0>1819<0>1569... |
So when you're planning, make sure, and he's saying in that area, I always use that rule. As often as possible. Are there times where you can, you can, you can flex that rule a little bit? Of course there are. There are situations you can get into and you can, it might be a better tactical call, but always keep in min... | <0>977<0>73<0>3791<0>3782<0>3185<0>3435<0>1170<0>613<0>2765<0>3882<0>3067<0>587<0>915<0>144<0>2619<0>967<0>3612<0>2935<0>1878<0>1223<0>662<0>3874<0>426<0>2251<0>3762<0>1071<0>1108<0>493<0>151<0>3821<0>972<0>2773<0>11<0>2883<0>1708<0>553<0>1171<0>1967<0>3096<0>2525<0>901<0>3642<0>3976<0>3437<0>1065<0>3274<0>3595<0>4004<... |
What you're doing and what you're sacrificing when you can no longer mutually support the other units that you're out with and they can't mutually support you. You're alone. | <0>1748<0>3435<0>3447<0>679<0>151<0>221<0>1858<0>3447<0>3968<0>3509<0>1575<0>2716<0>2375<0>3433<0>1321<0>2970<0>2120<0>3348<0>3377<0>1171<0>1462<0>1611<0>2475<0>29<0>587<0>2799<0>1518<0>2471<0>819<0>3541<0>3299<0>2700<0>493<0>2766<0>587<0>304<0>2989<0>3561<0>553<0>3005<0>3067<0>2046<0>1321<0>3589<0>1954<0>366<0>1675<0>... |
We had never maneuvered in combat as an entire battalion, although all three rifle companies had been minor scrapes. So they'd been in Vietnam for a while, they'd been in a little bit of contact, but nothing too major. And like he just said, none of them had been out as a group, as a battalion. | <0>3585<0>3561<0>3821<0>1500<0>2348<0>2142<0>236<0>3067<0>3828<0>221<0>2324<0>366<0>1518<0>2471<0>2174<0>3235<0>2070<0>3976<0>3311<0>3782<0>1518<0>1575<0>3287<0>2703<0>898<0>3067<0>2766<0>2617<0>2548<0>2989<0>3972<0>1518<0>1241<0>2062<0>895<0>2594<0>3894<0>2471<0>1850<0>3447<0>1819<0>3434<0>2864<0>819<0>1539<0>672<0>19... |
20 of their authorized 23 officers, but the enlisted ranks have been badly whittled down by expiring enlistments, malaria cases and requirements for base camp guards and workers back in NK. | <0>955<0>4066<0>3264<0>1990<0>2142<0>1100<0>2748<0>3447<0>3677<0>1283<0>1392<0>259<0>895<0>3122<0>974<0>1569<0>1171<0>3850<0>2449<0>399<0>259<0>2471<0>3892<0>3585<0>3373<0>546<0>3341<0>2471<0>1944<0>698<0>95<0>645<0>698<0>963<0>1748<0>3003<0>1989<0>1108<0>1748<0>2864<0>2799<0>3585<0>3146<0>313<0>3535<0>782<0>229<0>275<... |
Alpha Company had 115 men, 49 fewer than authorized. Bravo Company had 114 men, was 50 short. Charlie Company had 106 men, down by 58. | <0>1338<0>2619<0>3447<0>1819<0>1883<0>2471<0>720<0>3585<0>1850<0>2787<0>3972<0>83<0>83<0>1730<0>1171<0>3792<0>3561<0>3735<0>2766<0>2703<0>1844<0>2004<0>2004<0>1108<0>3003<0>1989<0>2569<0>3045<0>1518<0>2894<0>3735<0>3782<0>130<0>819<0>1748<0>1108<0>2187<0>3405<0>3561<0>3067<0>3541<0>3894<0>1882<0>1819<0>561<0>1575<0>188... |
And the weapons company Delta had only 76 men, 42 fewer than authorized. | <0>693<0>1989<0>3348<0>3146<0>3067<0>3782<0>3207<0>3990<0>2874<0>2471<0>3122<0>3894<0>3585<0>2494<0>2970<0>304<0>1854<0>374<0>1480<0>3148<0>563<0>1592<0>3377<0>3617<0>453<0>546<0>3376<0>3535<0>2970<0>3828<0>1100<0>3535<0>2935<0>3160<0>3585<0>2703<0>2703<0>809<0>744<0>1914<0>3166<0>3821<0>3067<0>3373<0>3585<0>3526<0>337... |
Headquarters company was also under strength and I had been forced to draw it down further by sending men out to fill crucial medical and communications vacancies in the line companies. | <0>2433<0>967<0>2012<0>545<0>974<0>782<0>3160<0>2471<0>3122<0>2823<0>3663<0>1683<0>2865<0>2874<0>2070<0>3857<0>1569<0>2776<0>1445<0>409<0>1850<0>3833<0>2010<0>306<0>553<0>2197<0>3437<0>221<0>1318<0>3143<0>2146<0>2753<0>3278<0>855<0>2129<0>3373<0>2471<0>366<0>1575<0>3447<0>1518<0>3122<0>1265<0>395<0>1272<0>1567<0>3927<0... |
I didn't like being shorthanded, but things had been no different in the Korean War, and somehow we made do. | <0>3946<0>3447<0>2375<0>890<0>3437<0>1268<0>2378<0>130<0>716<0>2094<0>1990<0>1171<0>967<0>3445<0>3529<0>191<0>604<0>471<0>3055<0>1509<0>3864<0>1813<0>4066<0>1108<0>1117<0>83<0>1855<0>3707<0>967<0>3445<0>3535<0>2703<0>3782<0>3184<0>3184<0>2935<0>1171<0>3561<0>3595<0>990<0>819<0>3713<0>746<0>3809<0>819<0>1783<0>3561<0>35... |
You just suck it up and do it. And we would do the same, we'd do the same way in the eye drag. | <0>1108<0>3681<0>3561<0>3488<0>3713<0>3433<0>3535<0>366<0>3408<0>221<0>1816<0>3122<0>567<0>1120<0>3320<0>493<0>2432<0>2185<0>3115<0>2931<0>1108<0>1989<0>1748<0>1989<0>1989<0>3003<0>1989<0>1108<0>869<0>819<0>1406<0>229<0>229<0>3028<0>3020<0>527<0>3535<0>3535<0>2935<0>2674<0>1372<0>819<0>3003<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<... |
The officers and NCOs would do what they could to make up the slack. Just as we had done in Korea. So. | <0>3526<0>221<0>3341<0>219<0>3002<0>368<0>368<0>3185<0>3585<0>3535<0>230<0>2883<0>2799<0>1526<0>1517<0>3265<0>3308<0>3308<0>2784<0>3083<0>1575<0>3894<0>4062<0>546<0>3135<0>3943<0>3493<0>2823<0>1313<0>652<0>2753<0>1094<0>345<0>4062<0>819<0>221<0>3342<0>1862<0>4007<0>2775<0>3535<0>2541<0>1882<0>3341<0>827<0>802<0>1078<0>... |
My point of reading that, these guys are heavily undermanned. They're supposed to have 150 people and they have, you know, 100, 105, whatever. And... | <0>1329<0>1500<0>2799<0>2619<0>1687<0>3828<0>3380<0>130<0>4009<0>898<0>3524<0>3096<0>1123<0>3976<0>1112<0>3067<0>1238<0>735<0>3447<0>484<0>807<0>1862<0>3299<0>3299<0>2748<0>2187<0>212<0>2548<0>1211<0>2748<0>2989<0>3972<0>3347<0>3299<0>345<0>553<0>1441<0>493<0>2029<0>3883<0>871<0>3057<0>1959<0>43<0>3299<0>3753<0>324<0>4... |
There's nothing you can do about it. And it's also interesting and worth noting that he has a headquarters company so you got the battalion commander and he's got a group of guys that do weapons for him and also communications and he's pushed those guys out so instead of keeping those guys and making him his | <0>2612<0>3373<0>368<0>3447<0>1007<0>3008<0>1011<0>3008<0>3642<0>366<0>384<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>365<0>1756<0>1318<0>3015<0>3380<0>3002<0>3235<0>189<0>3535<0>3809<0>3603<0>4009<0>385<0>1530<0>2776<0>3184<0>1484<0>1500<0>1446<0>83<0>3348<0>553<0>512<0>2396<0>287<0>1748<0>1108<0>3003<0>1108<0>3176<0>553<0>2826<0>950<0>9... |
His own team, all fat and happy. Nope, he makes his team thin and gives as much as he can to the forces that are out in the field. So another good note on leadership. | <0>2314<0>2483<0>3096<0>1715<0>1902<0>304<0>65<0>3373<0>3535<0>2823<0>1171<0>969<0>1768<0>1108<0>1748<0>1329<0>3373<0>259<0>3821<0>2525<0>1028<0>3339<0>1866<0>368<0>3082<0>1687<0>2883<0>1171<0>1414<0>1268<0>3373<0>3305<0>3705<0>3479<0>3585<0>3585<0>237<0>2888<0>553<0>3376<0>3713<0>3966<0>2710<0>221<0>587<0>2144<0>2030<... |
Now they're getting ready to roll in and we will talk about, he's kind of going through the plan a little bit. | <0>3526<0>3447<0>1500<0>65<0>3642<0>3585<0>3374<0>3445<0>3217<0>3713<0>2542<0>3898<0>3185<0>3923<0>1518<0>3447<0>304<0>361<0>2398<0>1108<0>3762<0>3762<0>3762<0>3762<0>3003<0>3762<0>1108<0>3466<0>3762<0>1108<0>305<0>1098<0>2612<0>3759<0>3096<0>3096<0>3750<0>2393<0>3373<0>218<0>3973<0>3762<0>3003<0>3762<0>3003<0>3762<0>3... |
In the American Civil War, it was a matter of principle that a good officer rode his horse as little as possible. | <0>2462<0>3519<0>252<0>1171<0>3509<0>3976<0>932<0>2517<0>3667<0>3850<0>2775<0>492<0>3898<0>1575<0>1191<0>2989<0>1569<0>3799<0>2122<0>1920<0>82<0>229<0>2775<0>819<0>3509<0>3447<0>484<0>1007<0>704<0>3791<0>2152<0>2769<0>3255<0>3435<0>2799<0>3541<0>345<0>1007<0>313<0>3782<0>2619<0>2826<0>2734<0>3943<0>866<0>898<0>2550<0>2... |
There were sound reasons for this. If you are riding and your soldiers are marching, how can you judge how tired they are? How thirsty? How heavy their packs weigh on their shoulders? | <0>3216<0>2989<0>3146<0>2588<0>3535<0>3447<0>1518<0>2348<0>3067<0>3713<0>2588<0>2152<0>491<0>2152<0>2072<0>104<0>3850<0>2978<0>2183<0>3308<0>3308<0>1169<0>1730<0>919<0>259<0>1518<0>3898<0>3341<0>3821<0>1171<0>553<0>236<0>1035<0>3561<0>1684<0>3002<0>3850<0>2707<0>1452<0>2070<0>2588<0>3185<0>2517<0>3833<0>3782<0>3943<0>1... |
I applied the same philosophy in Vietnam, where every battalion commander had his own command and control helicopter. Some commanders use their helicopter as their personal mount. | <0>359<0>599<0>1862<0>866<0>1518<0>83<0>3585<0>2070<0>3850<0>901<0>1171<0>690<0>1518<0>1518<0>2471<0>3535<0>746<0>698<0>1318<0>3176<0>1100<0>2498<0>3122<0>3122<0>2864<0>789<0>2122<0>2140<0>1575<0>1113<0>2643<0>1085<0>1858<0>221<0>807<0>3966<0>2471<0>3976<0>3008<0>374<0>2471<0>3976<0>3146<0>3923<0>219<0>3713<0>3791<0>31... |
I never believed in that. You had to get on the ground with your troops to see and hear what was happening. | <0>2650<0>368<0>3821<0>3348<0>229<0>3791<0>3096<0>3585<0>2710<0>972<0>3447<0>3877<0>1676<0>3331<0>1781<0>2631<0>3821<0>3976<0>546<0>338<0>3821<0>2619<0>3185<0>3447<0>1799<0>1518<0>2619<0>4009<0>698<0>2299<0>1672<0>1773<0>3297<0>227<0>1710<0>1710<0>212<0>3457<0>698<0>1539<0>3585<0>3185<0>1518<0>1191<0>1575<0>2543<0>2070... |
You have to soak up firsthand information for your instincts to operate accurately. | <0>1467<0>3976<0>3771<0>3447<0>3850<0>3447<0>492<0>1883<0>275<0>2594<0>561<0>484<0>173<0>312<0>2751<0>2707<0>2776<0>3439<0>3791<0>974<0>1685<0>698<0>1719<0>587<0>1481<0>2742<0>1775<0>1830<0>3809<0>3667<0>3952<0>2011<0>658<0>1306<0>1467<0>553<0>3439<0>8<0>1777<0>3434<0>2142<0>2864<0>484<0>3923<0>658<0>1868<0>2703<0>2715... |
Besides, it's too easy to be crisp, cool, and detached at 1500 feet. Too easy to demand the impossible of your troops. Too easy to make mistakes that are fatal only to those souls far below in the mud, the blood, and confusion. So this is something we talk about all the time from a leadership perspective. You cannot b... | <0>2492<0>1171<0>2525<0>898<0>3782<0>3447<0>3176<0>2978<0>2547<0>802<0>4<0>2089<0>3067<0>1545<0>368<0>3067<0>698<0>2506<0>3457<0>2029<0>3585<0>2492<0>1618<0>3447<0>3551<0>1545<0>2705<0>425<0>3053<0>2551<0>2860<0>3067<0>3435<0>406<0>2753<0>338<0>3551<0>1710<0>1028<0>2735<0>3002<0>3713<0>2830<0>1730<0>368<0>2435<0>1710<0... |
You know, it's, it's the, it's the dichotomy of detachment, right? It does pay and there's certain times where you can tell in, in these situations, if you're in the command helicopter that's up above the fighting, well, you're, you're de facto. I mean, you, you are detached from the situation and you can see what's h... | <0>3681<0>148<0>2748<0>2799<0>1703<0>3019<0>3096<0>2550<0>3873<0>2645<0>3541<0>3681<0>3096<0>1710<0>2525<0>1730<0>3447<0>3443<0>2210<0>2142<0>83<0>3821<0>3894<0>2432<0>3892<0>2471<0>838<0>1878<0>3882<0>3762<0>2984<0>1502<0>3541<0>2703<0>684<0>332<0>1502<0>2589<0>698<0>369<0>1171<0>374<0>277<0>63<0>2645<0>2598<0>1085<0>... |
You have a good view of what's going on, but even though you have a good view, you're also missing a bunch. You're missing what it's like down there. You're missing what the men are seeing. You're missing what it looks like to them. You're missing the communication breakdowns that are happening down there. So you have... | <0>2433<0>151<0>1850<0>3348<0>229<0>3180<0>3235<0>2410<0>1022<0>3457<0>3373<0>3067<0>3898<0>2753<0>3264<0>2471<0>2471<0>3439<0>2471<0>1518<0>3174<0>1649<0>1649<0>1502<0>1502<0>3307<0>196<0>2181<0>259<0>33<0>3469<0>1108<0>1989<0>1108<0>2710<0>3874<0>231<0>527<0>259<0>492<0>871<0>3150<0>2348<0>493<0>2506<0>1782<0>339<0>9... |
Called Street Without Joy by a guy named Bernard Fall. And it's... | <0>1331<0>1862<0>457<0>3435<0>871<0>3222<0>2051<0>9<0>3003<0>1950<0>3762<0>290<0>3457<0>716<0>151<0>361<0>3894<0>3339<0>1882<0>871<0>4024<0>3184<0>1575<0>1862<0>345<0>678<0>3668<0>3968<0>2049<0>1850<0>493<0>414<0>2641<0>543<0>327<0>1738<0>3246<0>3246<0>327<0>3894<0>1649<0>465<0>465<0>465<0>1108<0>2594<0>403<0>327<0>278... |
It's a book about Vietnam. It's a book about the tragedy that the French troops went through fighting the Vietnamese. And he says that he took one lesson away from that book. And this is the lesson. Death is the price you pay for underestimating this tenacious enemy. | <0>1206<0>1710<0>1007<0>3180<0>3809<0>3404<0>2864<0>43<0>2864<0>919<0>632<0>2648<0>2864<0>1441<0>1238<0>1862<0>2221<0>229<0>3972<0>678<0>2864<0>2239<0>869<0>1989<0>3003<0>2492<0>1989<0>2612<0>305<0>2182<0>305<0>305<0>1376<0>1485<0>2544<0>3134<0>1376<0>1579<0>1697<0>616<0>2878<0>2705<0>151<0>2314<0>465<0>1335<0>1329<0>1... |
So he was aware. And like, General Mattis said, you know, | <0>3307<0>3307<0>290<0>1346<0>1062<0>1198<0>2365<0>3585<0>3874<0>3373<0>1715<0>1518<0>901<0>1085<0>1575<0>465<0>1071<0>1989<0>3762<0>424<0>1146<0>1146<0>1146<0>2204<0>354<0>2314<0>3469<0>3466<0>3597<0>1601<0>2471<0>745<0>1108<0>1485<0>553<0>83<0>2536<0>2197<0>3782<0>1085<0>698<0>3535<0>3535<0>824<0>3526<0>3526<0>3561<0... |
Not too long ago, they were talking about General Madison, how can we read so many books, and he says, because I get to see, I get to learn. And this is a classic case. He, he knew, he read books about the, the French that had fought the Vietnamese, what, 10 years earlier, 11 years earlier. And that made him more prep... | <0>2314<0>543<0>3348<0>3150<0>807<0>2471<0>1214<0>3541<0>3894<0>3509<0>3150<0>2471<0>1214<0>3894<0>1171<0>1214<0>1214<0>2748<0>3445<0>2710<0>1850<0>2799<0>3434<0>2221<0>2187<0>3894<0>2187<0>3780<0>2753<0>3299<0>3342<0>3299<0>2420<0>3585<0>2161<0>2506<0>1587<0>3037<0>3150<0>2471<0>361<0>353<0>2506<0>1593<0>2826<0>1097<0... |
Now talking a little bit, like I said, there's a, there's great information in here about the enemy. And like I said, they went and interviewed and got reports from the enemy. | <0>2492<0>4009<0>1842<0>2989<0>3972<0>3585<0>527<0>3898<0>2181<0>229<0>83<0>1738<0>1850<0>3821<0>3535<0>3373<0>2875<0>3008<0>1517<0>366<0>2700<0>2239<0>2004<0>3509<0>1715<0>2646<0>870<0>229<0>3348<0>3972<0>1730<0>148<0>745<0>3681<0>3561<0>3134<0>746<0>1819<0>3741<0>2161<0>3641<0>3561<0>3781<0>2029<0>1491<0>3781<0>2161<... |
And here we go, a little bit about the enemy. Back to the book. The soldiers commanded by Brigadier General Chu Hui Man had been training for more than 18 months. | <0>698<0>698<0>901<0>587<0>3364<0>224<0>3457<0>2615<0>623<0>2161<0>1850<0>2799<0>327<0>1518<0>2799<0>3348<0>3180<0>3541<0>1862<0>1738<0>1441<0>3668<0>3509<0>3968<0>2462<0>493<0>543<0>2612<0>1108<0>191<0>3447<0>3171<0>231<0>229<0>2799<0>3434<0>2799<0>3002<0>3821<0>189<0>3909<0>3295<0>312<0>366<0>1214<0>3976<0>1171<0>300... |
When they joined the People's Army, each recruit was issued two khaki shirts, two pairs of khaki trousers, a sewing kit, and a pair of ho chi min sandals cut from used tire trucks. | <0>1094<0>527<0>1539<0>3593<0>3185<0>2703<0>1435<0>2060<0>3585<0>304<0>231<0>4009<0>1569<0>3821<0>2493<0>148<0>658<0>3373<0>492<0>342<0>3809<0>492<0>3713<0>2475<0>1719<0>3008<0>493<0>3005<0>3374<0>229<0>2152<0>2970<0>1862<0>3753<0>78<0>2777<0>932<0>229<0>2459<0>2192<0>3059<0>3288<0>4084<0>3257<0>377<0>190<0>1768<0>3373... |
Those uniforms were expected to last five years. | <0>3116<0>2799<0>3713<0>658<0>3445<0>2594<0>2865<0>3185<0>2543<0>2753<0>1152<0>2236<0>2716<0>2412<0>819<0>2989<0>3541<0>366<0>1977<0>296<0>1456<0>4084<0>1588<0>1368<0>3881<0>2639<0>2639<0>1108<0>1989<0>2492<0>365<0>403<0>3782<0>3447<0>1530<0>1377<0>1539<0>1903<0>698<0>3637<0>1062<0>2492<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>20... |
Basic training lasted 13 weeks, 6 days a week, 6 a.m. to 9.15 p.m. The instructors emphasized weapons and tactics, the house of warfare, while the political commissaries had time, had time set aside each day to lecture on the whys of this war. | <0>744<0>1171<0>3556<0>2525<0>3842<0>1445<0>304<0>553<0>1171<0>1265<0>2471<0>1587<0>3894<0>1007<0>915<0>1718<0>2710<0>3452<0>3067<0>3585<0>2563<0>3002<0>1085<0>3850<0>1467<0>3892<0>698<0>895<0>3067<0>2161<0>193<0>3821<0>1525<0>3535<0>3892<0>3892<0>2703<0>2433<0>2883<0>3894<0>366<0>1730<0>2594<0>3892<0>2875<0>1209<0>237... |
The recruits were reminded constantly that their fathers had beaten the French colonialists. Now it was their duty to defeat the American imperialists. | <0>2068<0>3122<0>1303<0>3082<0>3067<0>193<0>3135<0>1575<0>2989<0>1569<0>2703<0>1206<0>3014<0>1569<0>1819<0>3150<0>2550<0>2935<0>3595<0>3180<0>2142<0>746<0>1007<0>3782<0>3898<0>65<0>3850<0>3561<0>3526<0>3526<0>1797<0>3024<0>3114<0>3874<0>838<0>2748<0>151<0>397<0>2005<0>1518<0>2619<0>2579<0>698<0>259<0>2070<0>3850<0>2030... |
They were imbued with Ho Chi Minh's dictum, nothing is more precious than freedom and independence. | <0>3028<0>2935<0>2989<0>262<0>3299<0>4062<0>2462<0>492<0>1799<0>1422<0>1730<0>2799<0>3809<0>3297<0>1445<0>3561<0>3655<0>1710<0>1491<0>3873<0>1467<0>553<0>3173<0>2152<0>2748<0>3509<0>1220<0>2122<0>3938<0>345<0>151<0>3447<0>1710<0>994<0>2978<0>1238<0>2946<0>2810<0>3373<0>1990<0>1139<0>3287<0>855<0>3874<0>3328<0>1773<0>35... |
After basic training, some were selected for six months of NCO school and would emerge as new corporals. For the rest, advanced infantry training included familiarization with all weapons, the use of explosive. | <0>3728<0>2471<0>1587<0>1620<0>1261<0>3457<0>3850<0>966<0>2773<0>3976<0>553<0>1011<0>587<0>246<0>2742<0>80<0>2688<0>1997<0>2769<0>3447<0>3854<0>2415<0>1719<0>2775<0>866<0>2703<0>4011<0>191<0>3832<0>3447<0>2978<0>3535<0>1622<0>3966<0>545<0>3240<0>144<0>2888<0>1195<0>1730<0>509<0>2588<0>839<0>484<0>1715<0>385<0>2753<0>13... |
Ambush tactics, reconnaissance tactics, adjusting mortar fire, and patrol tactics. In June of 1964, manned soldiers moved up into the mountains of North Vietnam, terrain similar to that in western highlands of South Vietnam. | <0>1376<0>3024<0>553<0>3509<0>1575<0>3082<0>855<0>2703<0>2471<0>2599<0>221<0>855<0>1388<0>3373<0>1978<0>1819<0>2619<0>3535<0>3373<0>3966<0>2883<0>678<0>1759<0>1481<0>2655<0>2030<0>3348<0>2432<0>824<0>3791<0>855<0>623<0>2766<0>2946<0>3122<0>2799<0>1007<0>1882<0>3541<0>1882<0>1117<0>807<0>3503<0>1990<0>1518<0>3596<0>1882... |
Here, physical conditioning was emphasized. They scaled steep slopes while wearing rucksacks loaded with 50 to 60 pounds of rocks. Their advanced training now also focused on the art of camouflage. | <0>1782<0>2462<0>4009<0>484<0>3180<0>1740<0>2628<0>714<0>2525<0>3535<0>1773<0>1981<0>1981<0>221<0>1100<0>3374<0>2710<0>3735<0>2753<0>1467<0>1944<0>819<0>3840<0>2030<0>484<0>3972<0>906<0>1467<0>2236<0>2122<0>3975<0>3526<0>1967<0>1097<0>4069<0>3585<0>3976<0>68<0>3551<0>855<0>3854<0>718<0>2055<0>46<0>3150<0>229<0>3840<0>2... |
When the time came for them to begin the arduous two month journey down the Ho Chi Minh trail through Laos, General Mann's regiment broke down into battalions for security purposes, each moving separately at least three days ahead of the next. | <0>229<0>3447<0>46<0>366<0>2471<0>807<0>789<0>276<0>2700<0>2914<0>3585<0>1171<0>3439<0>3987<0>2070<0>3152<0>2155<0>3713<0>3894<0>1539<0>2029<0>3821<0>1076<0>1530<0>618<0>1518<0>1452<0>3067<0>3713<0>2406<0>855<0>1094<0>2989<0>1518<0>954<0>2392<0>2773<0>484<0>2935<0>1539<0>2471<0>3122<0>3972<0>492<0>229<0>1719<0>1539<0>3... |
Each soldier carried four pounds of rice, seven days rations, plus another eight pounds of foodstuffs that were expected to last him the whole trip. Two pounds of salt, two pounds of wheat flour, and four pounds of salt pork. | <0>2710<0>3759<0>2055<0>1715<0>3185<0>259<0>318<0>1321<0>932<0>2420<0>22<0>2336<0>546<0>1944<0>1230<0>2062<0>1954<0>457<0>2471<0>1392<0>2753<0>1007<0>327<0>2619<0>3976<0>698<0>3535<0>509<0>2301<0>1053<0>1676<0>1996<0>2978<0>824<0>3373<0>1730<0>3376<0>698<0>3713<0>3146<0>3782<0>1773<0>3647<0>3509<0>2978<0>2172<0>3694<0>... |
One man in every squad carried the aluminum cook pot that would, that the squad's rice would be boiled in. | <0>3024<0>2043<0>83<0>553<0>3821<0>3976<0>3376<0>1232<0>2070<0>1445<0>3259<0>1518<0>678<0>3541<0>1098<0>3373<0>3067<0>1539<0>2011<0>2070<0>1780<0>1007<0>512<0>2471<0>2989<0>2740<0>2133<0>2864<0>1748<0>366<0>3782<0>2697<0>2175<0>2122<0>2629<0>406<0>974<0>1238<0>819<0>3526<0>2978<0>4050<0>3066<0>4066<0>1989<0>3003<0>3003... |
Each man also carried 50 anti-malaria pills, one for each day on the trail, and 100 vitamin B1 tabs to be taken at the rate of 3 per week. | <0>2414<0>3585<0>2563<0>3976<0>3595<0>3122<0>4008<0>2775<0>1620<0>3821<0>3185<0>546<0>3861<0>3155<0>3821<0>3340<0>2011<0>2961<0>553<0>3373<0>3150<0>2471<0>2365<0>1518<0>2142<0>2579<0>189<0>1326<0>2883<0>1518<0>3135<0>2030<0>223<0>4084<0>1748<0>2043<0>2142<0>1449<0>2860<0>3585<0>698<0>686<0>2710<0>698<0>2471<0>3174<0>40... |
Despite the pills virtually every man who walked the trail contracted malaria and on average three or four soldiers of each 160 man company would die on the journey. | <0>869<0>2051<0>855<0>770<0>678<0>698<0>866<0>2205<0>3447<0>3185<0>3135<0>2769<0>915<0>397<0>3373<0>1186<0>3754<0>1500<0>3020<0>221<0>3976<0>1032<0>3894<0>492<0>2989<0>94<0>678<0>877<0>1669<0>3373<0>1518<0>545<0>196<0>3005<0>1518<0>4029<0>1463<0>819<0>1575<0>1518<0>2471<0>3519<0>3923<0>2389<0>1695<0>1917<0>2287<0>553<0... |
Malaria, diarrhea, accidents, poisonous snakes, and American area raids took their toll. | <0>2092<0>1518<0>3447<0>2703<0>3447<0>698<0>1500<0>1575<0>3913<0>3526<0>3447<0>3782<0>3447<0>1518<0>3585<0>3821<0>3373<0>1851<0>924<0>2870<0>2589<0>1850<0>644<0>1365<0>3002<0>824<0>561<0>3850<0>1198<0>1025<0>3067<0>3067<0>2734<0>3585<0>2935<0>2826<0>2506<0>776<0>553<0>3002<0>3096<0>1171<0>1214<0>1518<0>2348<0>1434<0>37... |
Man's soldiers march nine miles each day, the distance between rest camps where they spent each night. | <0>3882<0>1214<0>553<0>3349<0>151<0>2769<0>2705<0>3116<0>589<0>1517<0>3135<0>4008<0>3488<0>2070<0>782<0>3642<0>2865<0>366<0>397<0>1485<0>1539<0>1902<0>3782<0>3373<0>1214<0>1569<0>1518<0>1518<0>2550<0>2657<0>3585<0>2494<0>3637<0>2710<0>3668<0>3668<0>1800<0>2642<0>3327<0>1937<0>2185<0>1318<0>776<0>2710<0>1526<0>2509<0>28... |
Every day, every fourth day they stayed in camp, taking the day off to rest up, wash their clothes, and tend to minor medical problems. So this is a legit enemy. | <0>2695<0>2703<0>679<0>3585<0>3342<0>3821<0>3376<0>3821<0>895<0>266<0>1385<0>1307<0>3348<0>386<0>1830<0>231<0>2510<0>1618<0>2511<0>2378<0>527<0>3561<0>2462<0>3084<0>2598<0>1306<0>1539<0>345<0>224<0>3821<0>2619<0>1620<0>2205<0>2156<0>125<0>3881<0>3252<0>2352<0>3821<0>2161<0>919<0>1214<0>3305<0>3526<0>2378<0>1741<0>3341<... |
And ready. And you can't ever, you know, this is one of the biggest problems with fighting a counterinsurgency is you're going against someone that's fighting on their home turf. And that is just, you can't, how do you overcome that advantage? Well, you overcome that advantage with firepower and with some technology, ... | <0>2494<0>1171<0>1238<0>4009<0>597<0>718<0>3803<0>543<0>3762<0>305<0>3769<0>1636<0>3076<0>714<0>361<0>967<0>1730<0>3585<0>561<0>3837<0>3668<0>967<0>1822<0>780<0>3046<0>3349<0>3195<0>484<0>2799<0>611<0>3882<0>2161<0>386<0>1500<0>2769<0>2769<0>3067<0>922<0>1738<0>871<0>2239<0>1074<0>229<0>2703<0>373<0>1710<0>2096<0>1500<... |
Kind of by chance set up on the same spot where these guys are gonna go in, which is LZ X-ray, Landing Zone X-ray. | <0>634<0>1078<0>3187<0>2787<0>2935<0>1265<0>2619<0>553<0>3875<0>190<0>1171<0>2471<0>2324<0>3850<0>1517<0>1155<0>349<0>3535<0>3535<0>3821<0>1842<0>1842<0>1084<0>2987<0>2258<0>2004<0>1108<0>1488<0>618<0>618<0>1819<0>3662<0>3067<0>1120<0>3762<0>1108<0>196<0>3235<0>3751<0>809<0>1011<0>587<0>3950<0>648<0>3762<0>465<0>3762<0... |
Captain John Heron, whose Bravo Company troops filled the helicopter, recalls it was a cool, it was a misty cool morning with some low hanging fog when we lifted off. But shortly after takeoff, we broke into the clear and you could see the 105 artillery pounding the areas around the LZ as we headed in. | <0>3310<0>3782<0>678<0>1526<0>1539<0>379<0>1902<0>4009<0>729<0>1028<0>2001<0>2471<0>3299<0>2700<0>3003<0>1748<0>1989<0>3762<0>1748<0>567<0>990<0>4062<0>974<0>3782<0>1518<0>1883<0>3972<0>3122<0>386<0>79<0>3067<0>3155<0>1944<0>1518<0>3898<0>1500<0>259<0>1883<0>3341<0>2450<0>3898<0>3122<0>1883<0>678<0>1518<0>3150<0>3122<0... |
Vietnam, even in war, was scenic. With green jungle, heavy forested mountains, and wild looking rivers criss-crossing the terrain. | <0>4058<0>3096<0>3821<0>531<0>898<0>898<0>3782<0>2056<0>3585<0>3585<0>1171<0>4038<0>3184<0>3435<0>1169<0>4008<0>366<0>2669<0>359<0>229<0>1715<0>3002<0>1171<0>1318<0>4086<0>1903<0>2818<0>1108<0>1120<0>492<0>653<0>1328<0>623<0>587<0>2421<0>3447<0>3980<0>1921<0>2753<0>1575<0>1767<0>1953<0>1592<0>1568<0>824<0>1401<0>3561<0... |
Now the helicopters of the aerial rocket artillery slam the perimeter with rockets, grenades, and machine gun fire using 24 of the 48 2.7 inch rockets they carried. | <0>3447<0>3972<0>2525<0>3447<0>1518<0>3404<0>366<0>366<0>2864<0>3828<0>3020<0>2525<0>3344<0>1071<0>2799<0>1675<0>3598<0>3585<0>2462<0>2266<0>2703<0>2142<0>553<0>3668<0>1518<0>545<0>2548<0>3898<0>2619<0>1500<0>1338<0>3585<0>2935<0>133<0>3469<0>869<0>1712<0>2619<0>484<0>855<0>259<0>1500<0>3146<0>1175<0>950<0>1<0>22<0>355... |
It's the same thing that we've heard before, it's a cover move, right? Uhm, as you come into a landing zone like they did in D-Day. What do you do first? You bomb the crap out of it. You hit it with naval gunfire and they're doing the same thing here. They're prepping the landing zone by dropping a bunch of 105 Howitz... | <0>2888<0>151<0>2553<0>3210<0>3447<0>2639<0>2907<0>192<0>3927<0>2525<0>3002<0>3539<0>729<0>967<0>298<0>3976<0>1079<0>3184<0>1007<0>553<0>1500<0>484<0>229<0>3899<0>1484<0>2348<0>385<0>4013<0>2619<0>3404<0>954<0>3122<0>2864<0>3748<0>1748<0>366<0>3612<0>1227<0>2106<0>405<0>2054<0>327<0>1502<0>1649<0>4074<0>1773<0>3457<0>1... |
Into the, around the, the surrounding area around the landing zone and then the helicopters, once it's too close and the, and the howitzers have to turn off, then the helicopters start shooting and they do their best to clear the area around the landing zone. That's what's going on. | <0>3637<0>1171<0>3561<0>2703<0>527<0>3373<0>3972<0>678<0>1518<0>3972<0>1518<0>819<0>1422<0>2092<0>871<0>3541<0>1277<0>871<0>3374<0>3809<0>366<0>512<0>2776<0>553<0>807<0>3519<0>974<0>2989<0>1792<0>3373<0>151<0>221<0>3278<0>4009<0>3146<0>3894<0>819<0>3642<0>221<0>3541<0>4058<0>1944<0>2703<0>229<0>1902<0>3341<0>2471<0>171... |
Back to the book. The People's Army Commander on the battlefield, then Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Hu Anh says, when you dropped troops into X-ray, I was on Chupong Mountain. | <0>3028<0>3447<0>1862<0>2152<0>492<0>229<0>3373<0>2339<0>151<0>3593<0>1568<0>2433<0>1990<0>990<0>562<0>3910<0>2879<0>2872<0>2860<0>3821<0>3585<0>746<0>2471<0>3892<0>3445<0>1990<0>2619<0>1575<0>1265<0>1500<0>2989<0>3910<0>2152<0>3894<0>1422<0>382<0>3566<0>4079<0>732<0>648<0>2525<0>698<0>3668<0>22<0>3585<0>221<0>492<0>18... |
We were ready, had prepared for you and expected you to come. The only question was when. | <0>1117<0>1401<0>2174<0>288<0>2970<0>1100<0>1306<0>2328<0>3190<0>4084<0>3173<0>2703<0>3976<0>3373<0>3122<0>3892<0>3146<0>915<0>746<0>236<0>221<0>3809<0>207<0>2004<0>911<0>553<0>1206<0>1462<0>3457<0>2062<0>3782<0>2130<0>191<0>2029<0>587<0>1579<0>1603<0>366<0>1214<0>3798<0>2004<0>465<0>2612<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>465<0>3... |
The trees and bush limited our view of the helicopter's landing but we had an observation post on top of the mountain and they reported to us when you drop troops and when you move them. So. | <0>1836<0>1669<0>1399<0>1171<0>3176<0>3002<0>3373<0>1117<0>974<0>3447<0>1710<0>3135<0>3509<0>3020<0>638<0>3341<0>1518<0>561<0>3585<0>3067<0>1309<0>1850<0>974<0>1575<0>3877<0>1569<0>1620<0>1526<0>3067<0>807<0>221<0>3585<0>3184<0>530<0>3511<0>1895<0>2989<0>3305<0>3821<0>3152<0>3617<0>2648<0>1518<0>3002<0>3067<0>3976<0>69... |
Man, you know, I talk about all the time about having a high ground. | <0>2641<0>3509<0>43<0>2497<0>2959<0>1494<0>2187<0>148<0>3176<0>746<0>3972<0>2471<0>2703<0>1007<0>3782<0>3972<0>3972<0>94<0>1518<0>2753<0>1648<0>1780<0>1518<0>2096<0>898<0>2471<0>1328<0>1575<0>366<0>3122<0>1649<0>1071<0>1108<0>1108<0>3003<0>871<0>3526<0>493<0>41<0>2715<0>2471<0>3509<0>2748<0>3782<0>475<0>2970<0>3782<0>3... |
These guys are landing in a valley, and they're surrounded by high ground, so you're at a tactical disadvantage there. | <0>869<0>3466<0>1730<0>561<0>1944<0>1715<0>2471<0>895<0>3447<0>553<0>1539<0>3585<0>1171<0>2799<0>1190<0>644<0>3828<0>289<0>3114<0>2398<0>3973<0>332<0>2158<0>848<0>2088<0>3973<0>1123<0>2099<0>3509<0>698<0>2753<0>43<0>1214<0>3347<0>2864<0>3447<0>2703<0>3509<0>3419<0>3972<0>1862<0>3359<0>1214<0>1790<0>2710<0>1862<0>3299<0... |
Right as soon as, just about as soon as they hit the ground, they're there for a little while and they get a prisoner. The, the Americans get a prisoner. | <0>68<0>1500<0>3045<0>2935<0>2070<0>3850<0>3002<0>3828<0>2775<0>2176<0>2075<0>1715<0>2474<0>3152<0>2659<0>3535<0>221<0>2775<0>1085<0>3892<0>3893<0>3184<0>3115<0>2748<0>2471<0>2471<0>229<0>889<0>746<0>1500<0>259<0>2415<0>3420<0>43<0>1569<0>1022<0>2029<0>3176<0>3541<0>2921<0>3617<0>11<0>3966<0>559<0>207<0>1062<0>1428<0>1... |
And here's, there's a translator and he translates the prisoner's words and here's what the prisoner says. Or here's what the translator says. He says there are three battalions on the mountain who want very much to kill Americans but have not been able to find any. | <0>3179<0>1108<0>1989<0>1989<0>3762<0>702<0>3585<0>553<0>3447<0>2155<0>374<0>3222<0>465<0>1108<0>1989<0>9<0>2492<0>1108<0>3681<0>1730<0>2716<0>368<0>2506<0>151<0>553<0>3020<0>2769<0>83<0>2261<0>1400<0>553<0>3447<0>509<0>3447<0>3892<0>366<0>3299<0>1016<0>955<0>3003<0>3585<0>3585<0>658<0>3480<0>3089<0>3617<0>2550<0>3447<... |
Now, you take that with a grain of salt because it's coming from a prisoner, but it's not nothing. I'll put it to you that way. | <0>3509<0>2410<0>3782<0>1500<0>1882<0>3720<0>1914<0>561<0>2155<0>3861<0>3861<0>3861<0>2840<0>2187<0>3637<0>2703<0>3976<0>1518<0>3828<0>2357<0>2471<0>406<0>2826<0>1392<0>618<0>359<0>3373<0>2509<0>1365<0>974<0>2888<0>1007<0>1738<0>1620<0>2471<0>2775<0>3828<0>1575<0>1575<0>3541<0>2700<0>2239<0>2700<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>... |
Back to the book, suddenly a few rifle shots rang out in the area where the prisoner had been captured. Sergeant Gilrith's men were in contact. It was now 12, 15 p.m. We had to move fast if we were going to survive, had to get off the landing zone and hit them before they could hit us. | <0>871<0>3447<0>1800<0>374<0>492<0>2883<0>1683<0>3002<0>2860<0>1696<0>3376<0>1944<0>1730<0>1518<0>3341<0>2703<0>304<0>2060<0>3508<0>1084<0>1683<0>259<0>1085<0>221<0>3447<0>1518<0>3243<0>3585<0>1530<0>2579<0>2935<0>623<0>2989<0>366<0>915<0>3348<0>1649<0>2142<0>782<0>3966<0>3828<0>2970<0>512<0>221<0>2875<0>304<0>275<0>74... |
Only if we brought the enemy to battle deep in the trees and brush, could we stand even a slim chance of holding on to the clearing and getting the rest of the battalion landed. | <0>2548<0>1518<0>2598<0>368<0>3668<0>746<0>3999<0>3184<0>1575<0>974<0>327<0>148<0>1135<0>3750<0>3509<0>3585<0>3585<0>718<0>3585<0>871<0>3184<0>2703<0>2488<0>1575<0>1769<0>871<0>1797<0>3585<0>2433<0>4055<0>3561<0>3365<0>2442<0>1171<0>3561<0>2710<0>1463<0>871<0>229<0>3782<0>3972<0>1175<0>1445<0>2177<0>957<0>105<0>1588<0>... |
That football field size clearing was our lifeline and our supply line. If the enemy closed away to the helicopters, all of us would die in this place. So, that's one of the, one of the hard things about helicopter warfare. | <0>1435<0>2703<0>2633<0>1213<0>1518<0>457<0>457<0>1990<0>2703<0>770<0>3585<0>3898<0>3382<0>288<0>2970<0>1462<0>3619<0>2703<0>1085<0>2536<0>2946<0>1683<0>2471<0>3435<0>1518<0>3892<0>746<0>1954<0>3122<0>2471<0>3889<0>2766<0>1214<0>2471<0>2710<0>877<0>3420<0>3972<0>1862<0>2864<0>2864<0>819<0>3597<0>2254<0>3225<0>465<0>826... |
Especially in Vietnam, well actually anywhere, is, you, you, that's great, you can go a long distance and get in there, but then once you're there, | <0>1108<0>2531<0>2826<0>2324<0>3447<0>2826<0>3020<0>1171<0>2161<0>3821<0>553<0>974<0>89<0>2989<0>2753<0>1518<0>2471<0>3402<0>1693<0>587<0>3447<0>1171<0>3888<0>3877<0>1777<0>1071<0>2462<0>809<0>2525<0>1432<0>3526<0>3585<0>553<0>745<0>3585<0>2684<0>2563<0>2970<0>3150<0>3377<0>1085<0>1135<0>221<0>3980<0>1518<0>1518<0>1392... |
There's, if the helicopters can't come get you out or they can't resupply you. | <0>237<0>2894<0>135<0>353<0>1377<0>3158<0>746<0>3447<0>1850<0>3828<0>2898<0>1392<0>3122<0>1773<0>838<0>1032<0>3095<0>366<0>3184<0>3585<0>698<0>3713<0>2471<0>2619<0>2697<0>3435<0>130<0>2047<0>2598<0>1386<0>3821<0>974<0>3067<0>3875<0>3535<0>1777<0>1990<0>775<0>232<0>229<0>2178<0>359<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>3... |
You're in real problem, you're back to the word that I said earlier, you're alone. | <0>1078<0>2029<0>3447<0>652<0>2748<0>3067<0>3020<0>3447<0>4008<0>2619<0>2619<0>386<0>3373<0>3434<0>704<0>2161<0>151<0>1575<0>3642<0>3782<0>2236<0>1858<0>3067<0>1518<0>2946<0>4038<0>1710<0>824<0>275<0>3067<0>3452<0>3008<0>587<0>2748<0>527<0>3373<0>3373<0>3185<0>1079<0>1632<0>551<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
There's all these characters, I mean there's all the company commanders, the platoon commanders, the platoon leaders, the platoon sergeants, there's the ground troops, there's all these characters, and the book does an outstanding job of detailing who all these individuals were, what their background was, where they c... | <0>1526<0>386<0>3927<0>771<0>2874<0>2094<0>492<0>1171<0>1152<0>2060<0>2510<0>2799<0>1031<0>3541<0>3850<0>3833<0>1530<0>3447<0>2935<0>3378<0>1198<0>807<0>368<0>3985<0>3962<0>1500<0>1883<0>1500<0>1579<0>3176<0>3359<0>2766<0>2703<0>3020<0>2826<0>1575<0>1518<0>3850<0>3447<0>3976<0>2748<0>2716<0>967<0>2197<0>2799<0>3155<0>3... |
And I, I just don't, we can't do that right now. But that's why you buy the book and you read the book. | <0>329<0>746<0>746<0>967<0>3447<0>3374<0>2543<0>1794<0>3882<0>1790<0>679<0>386<0>1941<0>492<0>746<0>3892<0>1539<0>2029<0>1858<0>232<0>1850<0>3122<0>3782<0>2103<0>2155<0>43<0>2989<0>2864<0>1748<0>2924<0>1320<0>1738<0>1649<0>653<0>2799<0>3447<0>3791<0>4009<0>151<0>221<0>3782<0>3447<0>229<0>915<0>546<0>1539<0>3184<0>3561<... |
But this guy Nadal is one of the company commanders. So here we go. Turning to Nadal. I told him that the original plan was out the window. | <0>2420<0>2799<0>824<0>3160<0>3782<0>1685<0>527<0>3373<0>3185<0>259<0>259<0>457<0>132<0>3457<0>809<0>2060<0>2775<0>3155<0>1890<0>955<0>1108<0>2092<0>3435<0>3447<0>83<0>492<0>779<0>3561<0>3561<0>2462<0>1989<0>898<0>3888<0>561<0>3968<0>1214<0>553<0>1214<0>2641<0>3457<0>87<0>2492<0>1989<0>2414<0>2748<0>2748<0>553<0>807<0>... |
That his alpha company should immediately take over LC security and get ready to move up on Bravo companies left when Charlie, when enough of Charlie company had arrived on the next lift to assume the job of securing and clearing. So. | <0>1071<0>2669<0>2703<0>22<0>22<0>3782<0>1007<0>1973<0>1518<0>1819<0>2991<0>3713<0>190<0>3667<0>221<0>3585<0>3585<0>2954<0>3585<0>672<0>3892<0>1981<0>2989<0>3828<0>1845<0>3782<0>259<0>2710<0>1171<0>698<0>3637<0>2563<0>2579<0>3667<0>1710<0>2433<0>3330<0>1449<0>3436<0>744<0>3642<0>1171<0>2415<0>1085<0>2111<0>65<0>1214<0>... |
Classic. You hit the ground, and now all of a sudden the plan is out the window. Right? Out the window. We're going with our standard operating procedures, which is, hey, we're gonna move a company here, you're gonna set up perimeter security and go. Back to the book. And the small cops, the other two platoons of | <0>2251<0>2381<0>2619<0>898<0>1683<0>4009<0>1609<0>802<0>1428<0>4066<0>4066<0>4066<0>1989<0>3762<0>3657<0>3158<0>2100<0>148<0>386<0>1171<0>716<0>3821<0>1799<0>2142<0>3782<0>3828<0>1480<0>1222<0>1171<0>587<0>1318<0>3526<0>2060<0>3008<0>1500<0>1518<0>1518<0>1710<0>1683<0>915<0>3943<0>3180<0>279<0>3821<0>1773<0>3321<0>286... |
Bravo Company men had opened sea ration cans and were grabbing a bite when they heard the first shots in the brush. The older sergeants glanced at one another and nodded. Eat fast, they told the men, and get ready to move. | <0>2492<0>1579<0>2619<0>1500<0>1518<0>1518<0>484<0>3972<0>1575<0>1171<0>130<0>2197<0>3668<0>1171<0>1095<0>1108<0>2970<0>3892<0>3107<0>512<0>3435<0>3373<0>1372<0>3002<0>1715<0>2378<0>2991<0>3445<0>2471<0>3556<0>191<0>3526<0>1710<0>553<0>3509<0>3541<0>2060<0>1866<0>2989<0>2316<0>2471<0>2471<0>2716<0>1238<0>327<0>1944<0>2... |
The battle of LZ X-Ray had just begun. | <0>1748<0>1579<0>1388<0>3447<0>3348<0>1518<0>1518<0>366<0>1848<0>374<0>3943<0>2775<0>3176<0>698<0>3395<0>3892<0>334<0>3155<0>1388<0>3892<0>698<0>768<0>1748<0>3524<0>1167<0>3287<0>2029<0>3593<0>855<0>3526<0>1209<0>3868<0>3677<0>1168<0>2729<0>602<1>3173<1>3411<1>3692<1>1995<1>634<1>2954<1>3320<1>2090<1>1508<1>1890<1>2427... |
It doesn't take long to begin going back to the book. | <0>3526<0>3176<0>4062<0>3447<0>2550<0>2566<0>3002<0>2935<0>3135<0>94<0>2619<0>3833<0>3373<0>338<0>493<0>2710<0>3585<0>3447<0>3509<0>1238<0>1428<0>3377<0>3067<0>3509<0>382<0>691<0>3877<0>3910<0>512<0>871<0>3373<0>1819<0>8<0>3535<0>824<0>3535<0>22<0>2070<0>3782<0>3373<0>3002<0>3024<0>493<0>3096<0>3235<0>1518<0>3892<0>345... |
We were virtually pinned to the ground and taking casualties. Lieutenant Dennis Deal remembers that moment. | <0>2631<0>512<0>4009<0>3782<0>3927<0>2001<0>2443<0>3535<0>2935<0>4031<0>2060<0>1175<0>1076<0>2750<0>2099<0>3445<0>1500<0>2619<0>587<0>3435<0>3002<0>3585<0>2353<0>3894<0>3892<0>3782<0>2775<0>406<0>2710<0>3670<0>2462<0>3311<0>2352<0>3762<0>1108<0>1108<0>1989<0>1376<0>1108<0>151<0>3002<0>967<0>776<0>2433<0>1100<0>967<0>30... |
Devne's platoon was taking moderate fire. We could all hear it through the foliage and I heard it crackling on my radio. | <0>3526<0>1967<0>355<0>1022<0>1100<0>1100<0>1710<0>3135<0>2062<0>3002<0>3067<0>3373<0>2753<0>3373<0>855<0>3821<0>1171<0>3585<0>3874<0>2471<0>3972<0>366<0>366<0>746<0>1007<0>3972<0>2703<0>3130<0>3246<0>2300<0>359<0>3067<0>2848<0>2833<0>1954<0>259<0>94<0>259<0>1568<0>527<0>3828<0>1830<0>151<0>1526<0>746<0>595<0>1518<0>15... |
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