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Then I saw my first wounded trooper, probably the first American wounded in LZ x-ray. | <0>4066<0>433<0>4009<0>1773<0>3150<0>2619<0>3782<0>3480<0>484<0>3809<0>2775<0>3067<0>3067<0>1539<0>3005<0>2442<0>3067<0>4062<0>484<0>4071<0>1695<0>1695<0>2251<0>3373<0>2619<0>3135<0>527<0>3963<0>1944<0>3235<0>313<0>1152<0>2365<0>3437<0>932<0>1777<0>1171<0>2615<0>3840<0>3242<0>3488<0>3647<0>2103<0>45<0>2703<0>3135<0>277... |
He was shot in the neck or mouth or both, was still carrying his rifle, was ambulatory, and appeared stunned at what had happened to him. | <0>1795<0>2935<0>3840<0>3713<0>3374<0>824<0>2748<0>1569<0>1688<0>632<0>1730<0>2475<0>967<0>2703<0>1846<0>1518<0>1214<0>1862<0>3782<0>259<0>1007<0>2864<0>1117<0>3067<0>527<0>2525<0>1729<0>1161<0>2869<0>359<0>3067<0>3850<0>3850<0>3373<0>545<0>1400<0>967<0>2860<0>776<0>3439<0>3713<0>2070<0>2619<0>3437<0>2530<0>2707<0>1954... |
When he asked where to go, I put my arm around him and pointed to where I'd last seen the battalion commander. | <0>1108<0>3146<0>1171<0>3089<0>2748<0>3791<0>3135<0>3146<0>3146<0>2357<0>2488<0>3782<0>366<0>3180<0>1790<0>43<0>3341<0>2865<0>484<0>484<0>2001<0>484<0>3617<0>1073<0>361<0>501<0>2839<0>472<0>2703<0>2498<0>259<0>2415<0>984<0>2103<0>3526<0>2543<0>3184<0>974<0>1645<0>553<0>3626<0>1882<0>1850<0>3002<0>1710<0>3561<0>2991<0>3... |
So it's immediately on and you, of course it is because there's, there's three battalions of Vietnamese soldiers there. | <0>3792<0>770<0>3373<0>1819<0>3973<0>3158<0>3713<0>2070<0>1214<0>3585<0>2011<0>3176<0>1655<0>3898<0>1261<0>2697<0>2864<0>2230<0>1318<0>38<0>546<0>698<0>553<0>2684<0>1502<0>951<0>2495<0>1500<0>1842<0>1954<0>2750<0>3264<0>3909<0>1773<0>838<0>2070<0>782<0>1719<0>1614<0>4077<0>1740<0>705<0>2104<0>3658<0>353<0>2935<0>3082<0... |
This is Hal Moore talking back to the book. The military historian SLA Marshall wrote that at the beginning of a battle, units fractionalized groping between the antagonist takes place and the battle takes form from all of this. Marshall had it right. That is precisely what was happening up in the scrub brush above, a... | <0>2116<0>2826<0>2826<0>1500<0>1819<0>3184<0>2865<0>2517<0>2541<0>1819<0>807<0>3134<0>1329<0>1108<0>3373<0>3877<0>3791<0>229<0>1265<0>3392<0>1214<0>259<0>3898<0>1719<0>3146<0>1171<0>1321<0>3891<0>2865<0>3976<0>3707<0>1794<0>3235<0>2474<0>3373<0>3439<0>2989<0>1569<0>1653<0>3255<0>1575<0>1738<0>158<0>1007<0>151<0>2274<0>... |
And no other single event would have greater impact on the shape of this battle than what Lieutenant Henry Herrick was in the process of doing. Herrick charged right past Lieutenant Devaney's men, swung his platoon to the right in hot pursuit of a few fleeting enemy soldiers, and disappeared from sight into the bush. | <0>2089<0>75<0>3068<0>3447<0>2475<0>2475<0>3377<0>1500<0>586<0>3898<0>1165<0>287<0>3782<0>492<0>275<0>3556<0>3535<0>2935<0>492<0>3240<0>492<0>3447<0>2703<0>1406<0>2991<0>553<0>304<0>1518<0>1620<0>915<0>2935<0>2001<0>2970<0>237<0>3073<0>2703<0>1862<0>2599<0>809<0>1544<0>1989<0>2697<0>3972<0>512<0>1139<0>698<0>1568<0>237... |
Says Sergeant Ernie Savage of Herrick's orders. He made a bad decision. And we knew at the time it was a bad decision. We were breaking contact with the rest of the company. We were supposed to come up on the flank of First Platoon. In fact, we were moving away from them. | <0>213<0>2741<0>3821<0>3595<0>3535<0>3060<0>3150<0>2001<0>3488<0>1171<0>390<0>1111<0>366<0>2161<0>3457<0>3850<0>3923<0>3923<0>3067<0>1539<0>1171<0>151<0>221<0>1816<0>2197<0>3264<0>3435<0>1518<0>3240<0>3020<0>1710<0>957<0>936<0>4055<0>3585<0>2935<0>368<0>1351<0>2197<0>3976<0>2703<0>3713<0>3535<0>1171<0>3457<0>871<0>2004... |
We lost contact with everyone, everybody. So, again, this is what I just talked about. | <0>1989<0>1120<0>1406<0>122<0>2471<0>2471<0>3850<0>2232<0>2753<0>3240<0>1575<0>4062<0>2703<0>2365<0>692<0>229<0>1730<0>97<0>2703<0>1442<0>2542<0>1322<0>3122<0>3199<0>1078<0>2657<0>3373<0>3894<0>324<0>484<0>2632<0>3657<0>1108<0>530<0>976<0>362<0>3658<0>1467<0>2070<0>229<0>2178<0>2004<0>196<0>361<0>3585<0>3894<0>2826<0>2... |
And it's, you're gonna see throughout this book, uh, all these principles that we talk about all the time that | <0>3307<0>305<0>3821<0>1171<0>2710<0>1545<0>3762<0>3183<0>3063<0>353<0>1989<0>3003<0>3003<0>1108<0>1989<0>133<0>133<0>3179<0>1950<0>3176<0>3781<0>553<0>553<0>1773<0>2525<0>3850<0>3585<0>3793<0>1730<0>3185<0>1392<0>3135<0>1710<0>2185<0>1518<0>2471<0>3434<0>2900<0>1202<0>3164<0>797<0>3246<0>3107<0>3882<0>1277<0>1748<0>17... |
That we taught and that we lived through. You can see that these types of things happen and here's a classic thing I was just talking about. Like when you get out of distance from your supporting elements, you're now alone. And that's a bad situation to be in. | <0>648<0>3096<0>2735<0>1423<0>2929<0>1238<0>1858<0>2161<0>746<0>3782<0>2874<0>1392<0>306<0>457<0>368<0>3008<0>3899<0>2929<0>1238<0>1858<0>492<0>3447<0>1022<0>4062<0>3894<0>229<0>425<0>4079<0>1478<0>1298<0>2433<0>2155<0>2716<0>3096<0>3535<0>3585<0>1171<0>151<0>3204<0>1568<0>3585<0>22<0>1785<0>1950<0>589<0>3447<0>2703<0>... |
Back to the book. Now John Heron was up on my radio reporting that his men were under heavy attack by at least two enemy companies and that his second platoon was in danger of being surrounded and cut off from the rest of the company. | <0>1517<0>1850<0>1338<0>426<0>3598<0>327<0>327<0>2575<0>386<0>3447<0>3373<0>3176<0>3556<0>484<0>2001<0>2525<0>3668<0>2970<0>2517<0>3146<0>3067<0>3791<0>1569<0>1518<0>2799<0>3146<0>130<0>1171<0>698<0>2989<0>974<0>2707<0>512<0>623<0>2703<0>3096<0>3374<0>2769<0>1085<0>3146<0>1392<0>2697<0>348<0>2258<0>3073<0>3976<0>3874<0... |
Even as he spoke, mortar and rocket rounds hit in the clearing where I stood. | <0>213<0>3585<0>3079<0>824<0>2525<0>3457<0>3046<0>3002<0>2261<0>4009<0>3067<0>3404<0>3262<0>3946<0>3184<0>304<0>1500<0>915<0>3541<0>1738<0>3972<0>1777<0>2776<0>3122<0>83<0>3782<0>506<0>2525<0>2309<0>3821<0>923<0>1489<0>3681<0>1532<0>679<0>1857<0>288<0>553<0>259<0>553<0>3184<0>3882<0>457<0>327<0>599<0>3447<0>2506<0>3378... |
My worst case scenario had just come to pass. We were now in heavy contact before all my battalion was on the ground. And now, I had to deal with a cutoff platoon. My response was an angry SHIT. | <0>1025<0>2748<0>2989<0>2619<0>1400<0>3832<0>3096<0>553<0>3096<0>3976<0>3185<0>3447<0>561<0>4062<0>809<0>2369<0>3377<0>1214<0>229<0>1200<0>3782<0>2471<0>2525<0>1456<0>2385<0>3946<0>229<0>915<0>151<0>3782<0>2471<0>967<0>3892<0>2703<0>151<0>3175<0>3143<0>1569<0>484<0>866<0>3923<0>1862<0>4011<0>492<0>746<0>2769<0>2062<0>1... |
Captain John Heron's estimate that his Bravo Company men were trying to deal with two enemy companies was slightly off. One full enemy battalion, more than 500 determined enemy soldiers, was boiling down the mountain toward Herrick's trapped second platoon and maneuvering near Al Divini's pinned down first platoon. | <0>19<0>366<0>366<0>3873<0>3973<0>1710<0>2471<0>2450<0>1171<0>3875<0>2471<0>484<0>2703<0>3976<0>2142<0>2030<0>1794<0>1710<0>1467<0>2766<0>824<0>3199<0>3300<0>2569<0>1915<0>1435<0>2703<0>3713<0>866<0>3972<0>3972<0>3373<0>3404<0>1569<0>3174<0>3176<0>237<0>3976<0>3447<0>3184<0>1518<0>1314<0>599<0>2748<0>3509<0>587<0>3176<... |
Again, here's something that I failed to talk about with Helicopter Warfare. So, he's got a battalion of 500 guys, 550 guys. | <0>1277<0>1579<0>3585<0>553<0>1730<0>553<0>1715<0>1710<0>3972<0>1518<0>221<0>3373<0>3447<0>3342<0>543<0>2187<0>3720<0>491<0>3668<0>1518<0>2548<0>1748<0>2985<0>1730<0>1238<0>954<0>1603<0>3782<0>3782<0>2324<0>678<0>1518<0>2991<0>561<0>2703<0>1518<0>1518<0>678<0>2864<0>3435<0>411<0>3447<0>259<0>484<0>2044<0>2688<0>565<0>2... |
You can't fit all those guys on 16 helicopters. So you've got to do multiple laps. And that's what he's, he's worried. He was worried about it going in that, hey, I want to get my whole battalion on the ground before the fighting starts. He's already failed to do that. Or, I mean, he hasn't failed to do it, but it did... | <0>3526<0>2379<0>2506<0>2748<0>809<0>393<0>2525<0>2703<0>1518<0>411<0>1518<0>3264<0>3782<0>3373<0>2710<0>1968<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>3762<0>465<0>1108<0>2989<0>3972<0>679<0>2099<0>648<0>1989<0>1989<0>349<0>231<0>553<0>2462<0>3561<0>3447<0>1518<0>3972<0>2471<0>3883<0>1868<0>3457<0>1062<0>1414<0>114<0>1885<0>1715<0>746<0... |
Back to the book. I was tempted to join the Dolls or Edwards men, but resisted the temptation. I had no business getting involved with the actions of only one company. I might get pinned down and simply become another rifleman. My duty was to lead riflemen. So there's a, you know, we talked about the detachment. | <0>871<0>3349<0>1910<0>226<0>3348<0>229<0>3373<0>3782<0>3782<0>3447<0>3751<0>3480<0>3943<0>2075<0>2432<0>2432<0>1518<0>2703<0>3519<0>3153<0>3447<0>259<0>1659<0>2775<0>492<0>2239<0>2343<0>967<0>493<0>3435<0>1819<0>1422<0>3585<0>512<0>3668<0>2826<0>3184<0>3972<0>1238<0>1526<0>317<0>3535<0>3002<0>3474<0>1768<0>963<0>1217<... |
That he said, hey, look, I'm not going to be up in the helicopter. But right now he's saying, look, I'm not going to be in the helicopter overhead at 1500 feet, but I'm not going to be sitting in a platoon as a rifleman slugging it out with the enemy. That's not the right place to be either. You have to lead and in or... | <0>1277<0>756<0>3376<0>1010<0>1209<0>3457<0>698<0>698<0>3713<0>1171<0>3376<0>1321<0>2471<0>275<0>898<0>2787<0>2935<0>2471<0>4038<0>3447<0>3828<0>1129<0>3122<0>4071<0>1392<0>803<0>1071<0>1108<0>1108<0>1775<0>1053<0>225<0>3782<0>3782<0>2734<0>15<0>2619<0>2935<0>22<0>2935<0>3809<0>521<0>3341<0>1902<0>2787<0>2776<0>2935<0>... |
And here we go back to the book, just now the snaps and cracks of the rounds passing nearby took on a distinctly different sound like a swarm of bees around our heads. | <0>3585<0>1730<0>3642<0>546<0>3143<0>3373<0>3373<0>2471<0>2152<0>3894<0>2197<0>1921<0>3508<0>1715<0>3373<0>3782<0>1518<0>3235<0>3002<0>2703<0>2787<0>3782<0>3923<0>1319<0>2142<0>644<0>3160<0>3828<0>2471<0>366<0>2619<0>1007<0>2703<0>2735<0>3248<0>587<0>1171<0>3184<0>1569<0>3509<0>855<0>2753<0>678<0>2471<0>191<0>95<0>1097... |
I was on the radio trying to hear a transmission over the noise when I felt a firm hand on my right shoulder. It was Sergeant Major Plumleys. He shouted over the racket of the firefight, sir, if you don't find some cover, you're gonna go down. And if you go down, we all go down. | <0>2471<0>1862<0>2541<0>2619<0>1214<0>3146<0>553<0>3585<0>2471<0>3005<0>1687<0>2471<0>3184<0>1206<0>2462<0>623<0>974<0>3005<0>3437<0>1214<0>895<0>553<0>1139<0>2471<0>2989<0>3067<0>915<0>748<0>2989<0>1518<0>698<0>2710<0>3324<0>105<0>3883<0>3445<0>1944<0>1500<0>1518<0>2703<0>850<0>3927<0>484<0>484<0>824<0>1195<0>1085<0>2... |
Plumlee was right as always. Anyone waving, yelling, hand signaling, or talking on the radio was instantly targeted by the enemy. | <0>3150<0>3146<0>3519<0>130<0>2070<0>3135<0>2619<0>824<0>3092<0>3717<0>3782<0>3791<0>484<0>3420<0>1575<0>1611<0>2167<0>22<0>2282<0>3441<0>3466<0>3466<0>2631<0>1171<0>1171<0>221<0>3809<0>2043<0>2070<0>3821<0>368<0>3096<0>3585<0>3642<0>3170<0>2869<0>3657<0>1209<0>2935<0>3135<0>3535<0>368<0>3020<0>1167<0>957<0>1516<0>1730... |
These guys were quick to spot and shoot leaders, radio operators, and medics. | <0>213<0>3096<0>2588<0>2656<0>275<0>3944<0>1715<0>3435<0>3122<0>2295<0>2510<0>3980<0>2639<0>1517<0>2060<0>3002<0>1710<0>545<0>1569<0>2001<0>3434<0>515<0>3585<0>3320<0>1273<0>3641<0>3008<0>229<0>1614<0>3328<0>1076<0>3561<0>151<0>1500<0>368<0>2374<0>621<0>1117<0>512<0>1730<0>3793<0>1518<0>678<0>1518<0>2753<0>327<0>130<0>... |
I had never fretted about being wounded in combat in Korea or here, but Plumlee brought me up short. | <0>1872<0>2703<0>587<0>1171<0>1500<0>1500<0>3927<0>1500<0>824<0>1372<0>3541<0>366<0>2864<0>1579<0>3585<0>3655<0>990<0>2753<0>2421<0>221<0>1464<0>1569<0>1392<0>819<0>2703<0>2703<0>2707<0>949<0>2382<0>2494<0>221<0>3273<0>2133<0>221<0>1171<0>2703<0>3844<0>2865<0>2471<0>3585<0>1171<0>207<0>2044<0>1989<0>3003<0>3003<0>2051<... |
The game was just beginning. This was no time for me to go out of it. | <0>3003<0>1108<0>2185<0>1485<0>1171<0>1171<0>221<0>3713<0>3005<0>2883<0>1919<0>3176<0>3526<0>3585<0>3008<0>587<0>911<0>621<0>2629<0>191<0>3791<0>3373<0>2185<0>3373<0>3373<0>3264<0>366<0>2703<0>1928<0>2471<0>221<0>1539<0>3008<0>3541<0>3541<0>3541<0>2471<0>819<0>352<0>1108<0>1434<0>3263<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
The Sergeant Major pointed to a large termite hill, six or seven feet high, located in some trees in the wastes between the two open areas of the landing zone. It was about 30 yards away and three of us turned and ran toward it with bullets kicking up red dirt around our feet and the bees still buzzing around our head... | <0>1715<0>4009<0>2703<0>3713<0>2641<0>3821<0>658<0>3373<0>2427<0>2865<0>3445<0>3969<0>1388<0>2946<0>2946<0>2946<0>1575<0>3921<0>3891<0>3791<0>915<0>2471<0>553<0>148<0>3892<0>1463<0>1575<0>1575<0>1974<0>2254<0>924<0>317<0>809<0>233<0>1773<0>368<0>3850<0>2970<0>915<0>1730<0>1730<0>3585<0>1305<0>43<0>3782<0>898<0>3782<0>2... |
That termite hill, the size of a large automobile, would become the battalion command post. The aid station, the supply point, the collection area for enemy prisoners, weapons and equipment, and the place where our dead were brought. | <0>1200<0>366<0>855<0>2585<0>3828<0>3447<0>289<0>3585<0>3067<0>1575<0>1575<0>2254<0>2324<0>300<0>723<0>1500<0>824<0>3235<0>3067<0>3067<0>2471<0>3146<0>55<0>3972<0>2471<0>3067<0>3184<0>3342<0>148<0>492<0>1575<0>575<0>2053<0>3783<0>1238<0>919<0>2875<0>2748<0>2619<0>151<0>2799<0>1773<0>3002<0>1902<0>3067<0>3585<0>3642<0>3... |
Casualties were now beginning to pile up as we dropped behind that termite hill. I fleetingly thought about an illustration, an illustrious predecessor of mine in the seventh cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his final stay stand in the Valley of little bing horn in Montana 89 years earlier. | <0>3637<0>304<0>3782<0>782<0>3135<0>368<0>368<0>1710<0>1214<0>3509<0>366<0>1575<0>3176<0>632<0>587<0>1094<0>2185<0>3972<0>1862<0>1575<0>915<0>1575<0>2799<0>2769<0>3297<0>1485<0>2733<0>2471<0>2450<0>2575<0>2703<0>2471<0>221<0>2703<0>3642<0>3002<0>366<0>2471<0>3008<0>3892<0>3943<0>3067<0>1730<0>657<0>512<0>1539<0>3519<0>... |
I was determined that history would not repeat itself in the valley of the I Drang. | <0>465<0>3299<0>1862<0>2152<0>855<0>3891<0>3447<0>1500<0>1500<0>3874<0>362<0>3566<0>957<0>957<0>225<0>3176<0>3437<0>2703<0>1568<0>3821<0>1445<0>386<0>3067<0>512<0>587<0>2748<0>2648<0>614<0>3541<0>3592<0>3585<0>3008<0>3873<0>2826<0>3541<0>1007<0>3720<0>561<0>386<0>1022<0>746<0>2471<0>2799<0>369<0>2594<0>919<0>2161<0>43<... |
We were a tight, well-trained and disciplined fighting force, and we had one thing George Custer did not have. Fire support. | <0>4007<0>3894<0>1442<0>1862<0>3216<0>3447<0>2471<0>850<0>1406<0>1238<0>2799<0>1318<0>1400<0>4009<0>553<0>1684<0>493<0>2875<0>2070<0>2826<0>877<0>1500<0>3359<0>2594<0>2748<0>193<0>587<0>3143<0>1518<0>327<0>1171<0>3713<0>2710<0>3769<0>2254<0>2385<0>634<0>1829<0>1318<0>324<0>3585<0>304<0>493<0>1769<0>2092<0>3898<0>1484<0... |
It's, it's beyond critical. I mean, they would not have been able to do this without fire support. And that's the one thing that's gonna save them. I mean, | <0>3351<0>2677<0>2090<0>553<0>3927<0>3447<0>587<0>3024<0>212<0>3708<0>3585<0>2875<0>1730<0>3447<0>3972<0>3359<0>83<0>3617<0>3783<0>545<0>614<0>3122<0>587<0>587<0>130<0>1238<0>229<0>3134<0>2619<0>4009<0>679<0>361<0>2155<0>2324<0>1238<0>1579<0>3008<0>3541<0>2705<0>1442<0>3246<0>2864<0>3695<0>3246<0>1701<0>2705<0>1579<0>6... |
Obviously the discipline, obviously the training, obviously the bravery, but the fire support is, is a gift. | <0>957<0>2288<0>2987<0>898<0>3348<0>3020<0>3002<0>151<0>151<0>3176<0>1171<0>3002<0>3150<0>1224<0>2748<0>43<0>366<0>221<0>3376<0>527<0>4038<0>2432<0>824<0>553<0>1318<0>2103<0>43<0>1569<0>1214<0>553<0>3002<0>512<0>1238<0>1518<0>3556<0>2594<0>3894<0>2875<0>1579<0>2339<0>2594<0>3972<0>1882<0>1171<0>3378<0>1591<0>327<0>382<... |
Sergeant Steve Hansen was behind and to the right of Lieutenant Taft. | <0>751<0>3447<0>3373<0>3713<0>2769<0>2525<0>2710<0>3096<0>151<0>304<0>4009<0>1517<0>2703<0>2471<0>2152<0>3585<0>599<0>366<0>3447<0>221<0>338<0>3535<0>512<0>1518<0>1882<0>587<0>1484<0>1579<0>1710<0>2703<0>3438<0>2710<0>2703<0>43<0>1944<0>1587<0>1285<0>2669<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
He says, we moved at a trot across the open grass toward the tree line and heard fire up on the finger to the west where we were headed. | <0>3466<0>1568<0>3585<0>22<0>3821<0>355<0>3535<0>2309<0>3772<0>1974<0>1769<0>2070<0>2935<0>2716<0>1157<0>3131<0>1514<0>593<0>884<0>2721<0>409<0>1696<0>3782<0>2787<0>3431<0>2619<0>1518<0>3150<0>2485<0>974<0>3435<0>1117<0>2641<0>3146<0>599<0>3782<0>3264<0>3135<0>2753<0>3134<0>4024<0>1773<0>623<0>3122<0>366<0>2703<0>1011<... |
My radio operator friend, specialist for Ray Turner, Ray Tanner, and I crossed the stream bed. Captain Nadal's party and the two other platoons were off to the right. Lieutenant Taft was well forward as we crossed over into the trees. | <0>390<0>83<0>3146<0>3892<0>658<0>3089<0>678<0>2989<0>3240<0>2703<0>3541<0>1500<0>729<0>2001<0>824<0>361<0>1255<0>2204<0>2300<0>1013<0>530<0>1920<0>2710<0>2883<0>3480<0>855<0>3943<0>2543<0>1707<0>593<0>1715<0>895<0>3435<0>411<0>678<0>484<0>3658<0>1805<0>1120<0>3435<0>3445<0>3585<0>3874<0>744<0>2948<0>2471<0>484<0>1738<... |
Sergeant First Class Lorenzo Nathan Ray Turner and I were close, maybe 10 yards behind. We were moving fast. Specialist Spec 4 Pete Winter was near me. We ran into a wall of lead. Every man in the lead squad was shot. | <0>81<0>3150<0>2517<0>3713<0>2799<0>1830<0>2348<0>3809<0>838<0>3616<0>1392<0>366<0>2030<0>545<0>2864<0>1569<0>983<0>3966<0>1265<0>2888<0>553<0>3585<0>2826<0>2703<0>2989<0>3217<0>553<0>3024<0>3744<0>484<0>3240<0>484<0>974<0>2155<0>1304<0>3972<0>366<0>83<0>3435<0>1518<0>1883<0>1990<0>3185<0>3840<0>2055<0>1238<0>304<0>110... |
From the time we got the order to move to the time where men were dying was only five minutes. | <0>2007<0>1328<0>1265<0>46<0>691<0>366<0>3509<0>3067<0>546<0>219<0>366<0>3378<0>1834<0>3435<0>974<0>1738<0>1214<0>3950<0>3809<0>3809<0>2070<0>1830<0>1710<0>915<0>1098<0>3447<0>1569<0>3152<0>1214<0>3184<0>1819<0>678<0>1214<0>824<0>2881<0>221<0>1518<0>1575<0>2753<0>288<0>3782<0>1710<0>221<0>1322<0>2753<0>3840<0>411<0>358... |
The enemy were very close to us and overran some of our dead. The firing was heavy. | <0>3606<0>3096<0>809<0>3539<0>3020<0>3067<0>1518<0>304<0>259<0>2935<0>1352<0>288<0>932<0>1715<0>3160<0>2458<0>37<0>3185<0>3850<0>1152<0>788<0>2122<0>375<0>2412<0>1175<0>506<0>895<0>1007<0>3135<0>2703<0>3539<0>2471<0>3850<0>1007<0>2989<0>304<0>1500<0>1575<0>3376<0>3821<0>2904<0>1255<0>1748<0>1108<0>1748<0>3762<0>1989<0>... |
Sergeant Nathan pulled us back out of the woods of the stream bed. | <0>702<0>765<0>1710<0>2471<0>3713<0>1318<0>1539<0>3713<0>3585<0>3020<0>3894<0>2270<0>1740<0>3662<0>1031<0>895<0>2707<0>3287<0>3791<0>2105<0>406<0>2703<0>1882<0>1224<0>3972<0>678<0>2471<0>492<0>1422<0>1422<0>3067<0>3943<0>2185<0>2799<0>3626<0>3002<0>3907<0>386<0>587<0>237<0>1685<0>3031<0>3156<0>1434<0>3263<0>2068<0>2068... |
Bob Hazen, Bob Taft's radio operator recalls Lieutenant Taft got out in front of me. I was off to his left. He had his radio handset in his left hand connected to the radio on my back with that flexible rubber wire. It got tight and I pulled back on the lieutenant and hollered, we're getting offline. | <0>1518<0>2648<0>1518<0>2703<0>895<0>3158<0>2978<0>1710<0>587<0>871<0>3783<0>366<0>1575<0>1517<0>1850<0>3341<0>2525<0>1331<0>1989<0>3898<0>1175<0>2475<0>3020<0>2946<0>2619<0>545<0>484<0>3445<0>1575<0>2471<0>1759<0>2865<0>890<0>1858<0>2152<0>2881<0>21<0>2710<0>3782<0>2748<0>1019<0>3782<0>3782<0>3341<0>58<0>3927<0>3972<0... |
He glanced back at me, turned back to his front, and took four more steps. Then he fired two shots at something I couldn't see what. Then he dropped face down on the ground. | <0>3320<0>1209<0>2510<0>3447<0>3447<0>296<0>3447<0>1850<0>3822<0>1866<0>3585<0>698<0>2433<0>530<0>1588<0>2288<0>1743<0>1743<0>1428<0>4066<0>397<0>2970<0>2703<0>3894<0>3976<0>2748<0>480<0>1715<0>3067<0>3002<0>2594<0>2619<0>1569<0>1520<0>359<0>3176<0>149<0>2753<0>3166<0>3248<0>4008<0>3242<0>2865<0>1171<0>855<0>2703<0>286... |
Lieutenant Taft was hit. I didn't realize how bad until I rolled him over. | <0>1120<0>1858<0>3821<0>3976<0>305<0>1710<0>1850<0>3782<0>3783<0>1238<0>2710<0>1171<0>1800<0>2631<0>1108<0>1748<0>1748<0>1071<0>2162<0>1106<0>2599<0>3447<0>1730<0>298<0>3020<0>1518<0>1850<0>3821<0>2471<0>1575<0>3373<0>3447<0>2197<0>493<0>3535<0>2471<0>2703<0>3067<0>1518<0>1518<0>1022<0>1238<0>1575<0>1007<0>1620<0>1649<... |
He was shot in the throat and the round had ricocheted down and come out his left side. | <0>3657<0>3184<0>3008<0>3641<0>809<0>3341<0>2697<0>2393<0>348<0>2594<0>3348<0>3348<0>512<0>2213<0>2572<0>2821<0>3917<0>3373<0>3894<0>1575<0>83<0>1569<0>3146<0>819<0>2991<0>807<0>2161<0>3641<0>553<0>3342<0>2494<0>3447<0>484<0>3146<0>324<0>898<0>2471<0>366<0>2471<0>3373<0>2146<0>2703<0>1500<0>2710<0>3185<0>366<0>43<0>334... |
He was dead, and it was difficult to roll him over. Even though he was a slightly built man. | <0>3526<0>3874<0>3020<0>3637<0>2710<0>3892<0>3976<0>1539<0>1529<0>2104<0>2254<0>2376<0>3597<0>3519<0>3894<0>2710<0>3447<0>593<0>1883<0>1518<0>545<0>1710<0>3067<0>1518<0>1575<0>1238<0>954<0>1575<0>1007<0>2864<0>1649<0>290<0>1748<0>1376<0>4058<0>3003<0>1376<0>1209<0>151<0>3020<0>484<0>1526<0>3894<0>1710<0>144<0>2030<0>15... |
Captain Nadal says the enemy on the mountain started moving down rapidly in somewhat uncoordinated attacks. They streamed down the hill and down the creek bed. The enemy knew the area. They came down the best covered route. | <0>751<0>2471<0>458<0>3791<0>386<0>1858<0>191<0>3447<0>1518<0>259<0>1710<0>2826<0>824<0>3045<0>2775<0>2826<0>1740<0>957<0>1431<0>3153<0>3585<0>553<0>2375<0>512<0>1171<0>2619<0>3067<0>221<0>366<0>1518<0>880<0>2826<0>2769<0>226<0>2471<0>969<0>819<0>2471<0>1858<0>679<0>587<0>3184<0>967<0>1569<0>2989<0>1575<0>2787<0>3877<0... |
Bob Hazen struggled and rolled his dead platoon leader over. | <0>2818<0>3524<0>1518<0>3972<0>2541<0>2703<0>3821<0>3585<0>3713<0>1171<0>3713<0>3457<0>2777<0>2471<0>3972<0>3943<0>3180<0>2298<0>1442<0>304<0>4008<0>1579<0>2070<0>4062<0>2577<0>3447<0>3526<0>327<0>866<0>151<0>512<0>221<0>3452<0>327<0>611<0>327<0>2769<0>1734<0>1748<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
He was gone and there was nothing we could do. The first thing I thought of was what they taught me. Never let the enemy get his hands on a map or a signals code book. I got those from Lieutenant Taft and was kneeling over to try and pull his body back. | <0>2328<0>3096<0>1858<0>2070<0>3840<0>2619<0>3489<0>2735<0>2585<0>3972<0>3447<0>1318<0>1500<0>1800<0>4064<0>3067<0>289<0>1318<0>3342<0>3892<0>3115<0>457<0>1428<0>1989<0>1989<0>1108<0>1108<0>1748<0>746<0>484<0>1157<0>583<0>1100<0>3782<0>2703<0>2594<0>1518<0>1518<0>3115<0>3666<0>2688<0>732<0>3946<0>2650<0>2883<0>1007<0>8... |
That's when my radio was hit and the shrapnel from the radio hit me in the back of the head. | <0>1057<0>3782<0>898<0>144<0>2766<0>3972<0>512<0>3067<0>553<0>3585<0>3585<0>1518<0>1575<0>3535<0>1568<0>3821<0>3320<0>3829<0>471<0>128<0>3557<0>1915<0>2365<0>151<0>716<0>3801<0>3447<0>3877<0>2697<0>1191<0>3437<0>2365<0>1214<0>1575<0>2935<0>2161<0>2161<0>3821<0>327<0>3373<0>3821<0>3389<0>221<0>3585<0>3894<0>345<0>3782<0... |
It didn't really hurt, all of a sudden I was just laying face down on the ground next to Lieutenant Taft. | <0>2494<0>3176<0>3713<0>1076<0>3146<0>3150<0>553<0>3645<0>484<0>484<0>3434<0>1484<0>895<0>327<0>2060<0>3150<0>2348<0>3447<0>1007<0>1719<0>3535<0>3150<0>2070<0>1171<0>2594<0>3832<0>3821<0>3875<0>149<0>3447<0>3972<0>2946<0>3122<0>2324<0>2471<0>366<0>327<0>2989<0>2875<0>587<0>219<0>149<0>1171<0>3067<0>3084<0>2703<0>807<0>... |
I felt something running down my trick, down my neck, reached back, and came out with a handful of blood. | <0>465<0>2703<0>838<0>3782<0>2062<0>3447<0>1575<0>2766<0>2471<0>1569<0>221<0>221<0>2471<0>974<0>2471<0>4045<0>2442<0>3020<0>3561<0>3284<0>3199<0>3454<0>2840<0>1214<0>43<0>871<0>191<0>3782<0>2471<0>3447<0>2475<0>3447<0>1862<0>1448<0>2624<0>4084<0>2376<0>1859<0>1961<0>530<0>3184<0>1171<0>2588<0>3637<0>2703<0>2748<0>3877<... |
Carmen Maselli was on Hazen's right. We knew what had happened. The word passed fast. They got Lieutenant Taft. | <0>2866<0>2471<0>2142<0>83<0>3833<0>3535<0>3729<0>1473<0>259<0>3999<0>3821<0>3526<0>3913<0>1518<0>3150<0>3341<0>3073<0>2378<0>2935<0>2192<0>587<0>3907<0>366<0>2703<0>3968<0>3173<0>2455<0>3986<0>1120<0>3067<0>3020<0>2935<0>3898<0>3972<0>3518<0>3008<0>3447<0>3877<0>406<0>2582<0>1255<0>1071<0>1120<0>3898<0>3435<0>898<0>20... |
Again, we're talking within minutes of these guys arriving. This is going completely sideways. | <0>352<0>2185<0>1171<0>809<0>3067<0>3373<0>1842<0>2619<0>3695<0>512<0>3067<0>151<0>3894<0>2840<0>1071<0>3762<0>1071<0>1108<0>493<0>587<0>22<0>1171<0>249<0>3532<0>1217<0>2535<0>70<0>1738<0>2185<0>3096<0>2462<0>1944<0>1850<0>3713<0>327<0>3972<0>2221<0>1800<0>3735<0>3114<0>2060<0>1710<0>2710<0>9<0>4066<0>1318<0>2343<0>150... |
Back to the book. Captain Nadal, out of radio contact with Taf Splatoon, moved, moved toward the furious firing on his left flank to find out what was happening. | <0>382<0>1850<0>3037<0>915<0>229<0>3122<0>2866<0>2703<0>3341<0>3435<0>1568<0>2543<0>191<0>2619<0>3782<0>890<0>1283<0>1902<0>3782<0>1484<0>2989<0>1171<0>3585<0>2365<0>2221<0>1569<0>3589<0>3782<0>3434<0>3898<0>3729<0>3782<0>2748<0>2215<0>1659<0>1710<0>1007<0>2217<0>2641<0>3404<0>1007<0>2498<0>2452<0>1834<0>2471<0>3840<0>... |
Nadal says, my radio operator, Sergeant Jack E. Gale, the company communications chief who had volunteered to carry one of my two radios ran with me out from out of the creek bed and into the open area toward Taft's position. We ran into Sergeant Nathan and I asked him what was happening. | <0>2103<0>2075<0>3519<0>3782<0>259<0>3535<0>3535<0>824<0>2070<0>2775<0>2672<0>2122<0>164<0>2955<0>1819<0>1850<0>3067<0>2935<0>2375<0>3585<0>2471<0>3541<0>3184<0>797<0>1902<0>1569<0>545<0>1518<0>3892<0>1516<0>327<0>207<0>1614<0>3762<0>3003<0>3003<0>2754<0>2192<0>3150<0>1569<0>1388<0>3175<0>493<0>1655<0>3585<0>3782<0>274... |
He said the platoon had been attacked on the left flank. The left squad had taken a number of casualties and had pulled back out of the creek bed, refusing their left enemy, their left flank to the enemy. | <0>4066<0>3561<0>2462<0>3821<0>2432<0>1500<0>3898<0>3084<0>3447<0>3617<0>819<0>3373<0>2152<0>2710<0>2715<0>43<0>1243<0>3122<0>1422<0>1518<0>3447<0>3748<0>3135<0>3373<0>2703<0>3949<0>620<0>705<0>2756<0>1974<0>1108<0>2802<0>3898<0>1526<0>3447<0>3002<0>3180<0>1954<0>678<0>3603<0>871<0>2710<0>2935<0>1011<0>969<0>2471<0>286... |
Nathan said Taft had been hit and was left in the creek bed. | <0>1989<0>3024<0>1171<0>1171<0>386<0>3821<0>1171<0>2269<0>2703<0>599<0>2883<0>3894<0>3667<0>1539<0>2378<0>1100<0>1529<0>1676<0>780<0>2204<0>976<0>976<0>748<0>75<0>1372<0>1388<0>3135<0>3373<0>374<0>1659<0>1463<0>2324<0>2934<0>1171<0>3419<0>374<0>3663<0>1529<0>1748<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
That made me angry. We'd been taught never to leave any wounded or dead on the battlefield. Sergeant Gale and I crawled forward of our lines to that creek bed where the enemy were to find Taft. | <0>2703<0>4009<0>3894<0>553<0>587<0>1171<0>553<0>553<0>1214<0>1684<0>75<0>2004<0>3003<0>2492<0>1108<0>3769<0>2385<0>1078<0>3020<0>587<0>1171<0>2812<0>2883<0>2619<0>974<0>287<0>998<0>493<0>1539<0>2703<0>1500<0>484<0>855<0>3067<0>3305<0>3561<0>3585<0>1951<0>553<0>3585<0>3184<0>3067<0>3067<0>573<0>3445<0>1265<0>3038<0>270... |
We came under grenade attack from the west side of the creek bed, but had some cover from a few trees. We located Taft, dead. While bringing him back, we saw another soldier who had been left behind. After leaving Taft's body with his platoon, Gel and I went back again and we picked up the other man. | <0>3894<0>2353<0>3585<0>2935<0>4009<0>819<0>229<0>3894<0>3894<0>553<0>698<0>1171<0>2710<0>1850<0>43<0>3822<0>1238<0>1575<0>1575<0>2703<0>3535<0>3782<0>2883<0>221<0>611<0>3894<0>338<0>3774<0>3923<0>1171<0>3746<0>2730<0>1213<0>3864<0>3569<0>2044<0>3445<0>1850<0>2703<0>1710<0>1007<0>3434<0>3443<0>678<0>1518<0>484<0>1883<0... |
Back to the book. Dennis Deal remembers. We moved online for about 100 or 150 yards before the volume of firing forced us to stop. | <0>1579<0>2703<0>3877<0>3791<0>3894<0>871<0>1422<0>3943<0>2669<0>2420<0>1243<0>3881<0>641<0>3042<0>4045<0>3669<0>81<0>2433<0>3585<0>967<0>3376<0>22<0>2506<0>3176<0>3096<0>2935<0>2060<0>1518<0>3067<0>83<0>221<0>2703<0>1797<0>484<0>2799<0>2588<0>1715<0>3693<0>1120<0>1748<0>229<0>151<0>151<0>3447<0>3809<0>561<0>2703<0>148... |
We were taking too many casualties. I radioed Harex Platoon and said, I think we're getting close to you. Shoot one round off, wait to the count of three and shoot two more. | <0>3003<0>359<0>1858<0>3894<0>855<0>3892<0>386<0>3874<0>229<0>3278<0>3373<0>221<0>3561<0>2875<0>304<0>3782<0>1715<0>2751<0>3585<0>2475<0>2710<0>1478<0>563<0>559<0>678<0>2703<0>1238<0>151<0>3176<0>3585<0>1645<0>3445<0>553<0>130<0>2001<0>3935<0>296<0>1575<0>1467<0>1171<0>3976<0>2748<0>3539<0>3561<0>2710<0>2192<0>3376<0>8... |
The radioman or whoever was on the radio did that. So we had a pretty good fix on where he was. | <0>1071<0>1120<0>2991<0>512<0>2935<0>368<0>3617<0>1214<0>3437<0>2410<0>2619<0>3541<0>492<0>2703<0>3972<0>2989<0>3923<0>3150<0>3972<0>3348<0>3122<0>553<0>3585<0>1171<0>1579<0>2710<0>696<0>2029<0>2703<0>3782<0>2411<0>957<0>1588<0>3621<0>987<0>3792<0>3535<0>807<0>967<0>1850<0>819<0>3592<0>3020<0>926<0>2935<0>850<0>491<0>2... |
We got up and started the assault again. We went about 10 yards and the whole thing just blew in our faces. Blew up in our faces. | <0>4007<0>3894<0>2152<0>3341<0>2142<0>366<0>327<0>1710<0>3160<0>2142<0>3146<0>2506<0>809<0>855<0>1954<0>3435<0>1526<0>338<0>3585<0>2197<0>3894<0>229<0>1882<0>3541<0>2471<0>2548<0>3535<0>3668<0>587<0>587<0>3341<0>678<0>2471<0>3535<0>324<0>411<0>895<0>666<0>3447<0>2070<0>587<0>3005<0>2775<0>196<0>3067<0>492<0>65<0>2471<0... |
The enemy had infiltrated between Herrick's platoon and us, and now we're starting to come behind us. So that platoon that had gotten separated, this element with Dennis Deal was going out to try and get contact with him and bring him back inside the perimeter. | <0>1989<0>1108<0>3158<0>553<0>2197<0>221<0>2475<0>1175<0>3008<0>2494<0>1171<0>3176<0>895<0>406<0>55<0>3976<0>1539<0>2498<0>1485<0>3966<0>229<0>587<0>3874<0>2703<0>366<0>2471<0>2055<0>3180<0>1422<0>1710<0>221<0>3809<0>1463<0>2398<0>1368<0>1008<0>3787<0>75<0>553<0>2366<0>3730<0>652<0>2142<0>1217<0>2192<0>1198<0>3620<0>63... |
They meet, they, they, they're assaulting, they go 100 yards, 150 yards and they start getting mowed down. | <0>1284<0>648<0>2703<0>3585<0>3585<0>1730<0>133<0>1376<0>151<0>2375<0>2226<0>1171<0>587<0>2617<0>746<0>3617<0>3447<0>3850<0>259<0>2062<0>2766<0>2935<0>2471<0>2471<0>2471<0>3541<0>1485<0>2471<0>3341<0>2543<0>3348<0>3541<0>3180<0>2152<0>2462<0>3541<0>2799<0>361<0>716<0>855<0>1265<0>191<0>3597<0>2641<0>819<0>374<0>229<0>3... |
And now they realize that in between, they've got bad guys in between where Herrick Splatoon is and where the rest of the... | <0>1848<0>1171<0>2935<0>2645<0>3861<0>365<0>1335<0>1989<0>1989<0>1108<0>1491<0>3447<0>3373<0>2252<0>221<0>3008<0>2753<0>2471<0>1171<0>2710<0>1171<0>1382<0>1209<0>587<0>3894<0>855<0>898<0>623<0>3585<0>587<0>2187<0>2004<0>1108<0>2840<0>1171<0>1500<0>3447<0>2471<0>3894<0>219<0>3008<0>219<0>83<0>2710<0>3184<0>2129<0>3589<0... |
Perimeter is set up because they do have kind of a rough perimeter on this on this landing zone in the landing zone | <0>1989<0>1376<0>3447<0>3404<0>3299<0>3541<0>1675<0>1455<0>4066<0>2928<0>3535<0>3535<0>746<0>559<0>2669<0>3447<0>3713<0>2432<0>368<0>3373<0>3782<0>1007<0>1026<0>366<0>512<0>3972<0>1518<0>2619<0>2594<0>2645<0>484<0>1214<0>1675<0>2864<0>1214<0>3373<0>2525<0>2301<0>1819<0>3299<0>2060<0>1441<0>746<0>3008<0>587<0>1715<0>151... |
Apologize for not explaining this to me. In order to bring in helicopters in the jungle, you need some open space. So the landing zone, LZ X-ray, is an area where there's not much foliage for whatever reason. | <0>114<0>1120<0>1518<0>1518<0>3373<0>809<0>2748<0>366<0>2471<0>2152<0>1862<0>221<0>2471<0>1710<0>3184<0>221<0>493<0>1108<0>3024<0>1223<0>556<0>3874<0>512<0>2471<0>3541<0>3519<0>221<0>587<0>2703<0>1518<0>3877<0>2471<0>3373<0>3176<0>221<0>3005<0>2471<0>1819<0>221<0>3561<0>2161<0>1710<0>3972<0>327<0>866<0>386<0>3850<0>117... |
And so that's where they've kind of consolidated their forces, only because they can't go anywhere else. They hit the ground, they start getting shot at, so now they're setting up what's called a perimeter. | <0>1098<0>1331<0>2703<0>3535<0>3373<0>1518<0>196<0>3349<0>652<0>2775<0>2753<0>2410<0>967<0>3143<0>3622<0>1902<0>3899<0>3008<0>593<0>3927<0>955<0>3053<0>3447<0>368<0>3551<0>3348<0>2619<0>3943<0>3488<0>820<0>648<0>2001<0>1007<0>189<0>1773<0>2543<0>1715<0>2989<0>313<0>2638<0>824<0>1959<0>698<0>950<0>361<0>3821<0>3617<0>23... |
And obviously, Herrick Splatoon is outside the perimeter. | <0>3610<0>1950<0>768<0>3585<0>1171<0>1318<0>720<0>3341<0>1569<0>1518<0>1171<0>3002<0>2775<0>1858<0>3176<0>2378<0>3759<0>731<0>2935<0>2703<0>3146<0>3160<0>1587<0>3135<0>1710<0>623<0>1318<0>2060<0>2782<0>2221<0>1882<0>1289<0>2030<0>2775<0>1569<0>1085<0>1406<0>3067<0>1777<0>3122<0>1214<0>3299<0>1882<0>327<0>648<0>3981<0>2... |
Back to the book, Lieutenant Deal adds that he and another, he and the other two platoon leaders now began planning yet another attempt to break through and rescue Herrick's men. Leaders were running back and forth coordinating when all of a sudden firing began. The lull dissipated quickly. It was at this time, my wea... | <0>3894<0>644<0>1418<0>1526<0>229<0>2185<0>1518<0>2810<0>690<0>728<0>824<0>3374<0>3176<0>2734<0>89<0>286<0>1850<0>3612<0>2192<0>2525<0>3848<0>2378<0>2011<0>2060<0>2582<0>366<0>1819<0>3541<0>327<0>1649<0>3018<0>2751<0>3585<0>3585<0>1171<0>3585<0>2955<0>1500<0>1320<0>1255<0>809<0>3297<0>3180<0>3771<0>512<0>221<0>3008<0>1... |
His last words were, those bastards are trying to get me. He was caught rolling around on the ground. | <0>3281<0>313<0>2550<0>2142<0>652<0>2436<0>3067<0>259<0>2336<0>3966<0>895<0>2946<0>484<0>1480<0>2000<0>2255<0>3010<0>3913<0>3943<0>3791<0>2769<0>3373<0>2703<0>3791<0>3002<0>782<0>3480<0>3600<0>652<0>3447<0>2935<0>1485<0>3821<0>1087<0>2888<0>3561<0>2433<0>290<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>3003<0>869<0>1989<0>3003<0>2492... |
Later on, as my men were carrying him back, I had them put him down and turn his face toward me. And looked at him. I could not conceive of the Chief being dead. | <0>1406<0>2703<0>969<0>484<0>1518<0>1518<0>2142<0>1321<0>3348<0>2142<0>221<0>2703<0>512<0>2471<0>3187<0>2703<0>2142<0>623<0>2766<0>819<0>3185<0>3447<0>3877<0>3822<0>128<0>2997<0>620<0>921<0>3296<0>4011<0>2471<0>2703<0>3373<0>1171<0>3359<0>3150<0>3348<0>151<0>3008<0>3447<0>366<0>3617<0>3894<0>193<0>259<0>915<0>2710<0>19... |
Staff Sergeant Wilbur Curry Jr. Of Buffalo, New York was 35 years old. | <0>2116<0>1517<0>2703<0>3447<0>3850<0>2471<0>915<0>190<0>1790<0>1575<0>2799<0>1238<0>366<0>1567<0>2327<0>3943<0>512<0>3585<0>3561<0>1013<0>762<0>4066<0>78<0>1730<0>3447<0>1100<0>1518<0>3972<0>345<0>974<0>746<0>3898<0>327<0>2991<0>3519<0>587<0>3184<0>678<0>366<0>3949<0>2780<0>1974<0>2156<0>1743<0>4011<0>1120<0>1710<0>18... |
Herrick and the other two squads were holding precariously to the small knoll near the bottom of the finger. Savage, so. | <0>3892<0>2703<0>2142<0>1010<0>3082<0>1730<0>3782<0>3348<0>2896<0>3155<0>587<0>3155<0>3135<0>1518<0>2471<0>3373<0>1710<0>2415<0>304<0>3067<0>3180<0>386<0>587<0>1268<0>2679<0>3329<0>1079<0>3222<0>1265<0>2420<0>3096<0>3128<0>2197<0>3713<0>1715<0>492<0>151<0>2475<0>2398<0>1108<0>3762<0>465<0>869<0>1710<0>512<0>2525<0>2588... |
A kid named Savage is out there with Herrick Splatoon and he ends up running a lot of stuff and you'll find that out, but here we start hearing a little bit of him right now. Savage teamed up with McHenry Squad which was pinned to the ground. | <0>89<0>3943<0>3240<0>443<0>2799<0>770<0>3585<0>1318<0>1171<0>3968<0>548<0>3447<0>3782<0>1518<0>3373<0>2029<0>3155<0>645<0>3466<0>3762<0>1989<0>3681<0>2462<0>3176<0>2826<0>3927<0>1715<0>349<0>3434<0>2619<0>327<0>1031<0>2703<0>898<0>1442<0>1769<0>229<0>561<0>151<0>2703<0>366<0>3695<0>2705<0>1518<0>1200<0>3585<0>1738<0>1... |
Herrick was with that squad. Sergeant Zeiland's squad was off to the left rear. Savage checked on his men when he tied up with McHenry. | <0>3342<0>3146<0>3828<0>1846<0>3809<0>3373<0>3067<0>2703<0>366<0>2499<0>3791<0>1518<0>2946<0>974<0>2888<0>1775<0>2639<0>381<0>1021<0>3430<0>3966<0>3185<0>4062<0>2185<0>2769<0>22<0>967<0>3791<0>779<0>1715<0>1659<0>1954<0>366<0>1675<0>2092<0>3404<0>3791<0>1649<0>1289<0>1990<0>2826<0>2352<0>3155<0>298<0>2799<0>327<0>866<0... |
He knew that spec for Robert M. Hill, M79 Grenadier was no longer with them. | <0>2007<0>933<0>2378<0>3585<0>553<0>2935<0>2070<0>862<0>3850<0>3771<0>2970<0>2599<0>225<0>2199<0>3927<0>3181<0>666<0>3435<0>411<0>366<0>3898<0>2619<0>2619<0>1518<0>484<0>1649<0>970<0>3668<0>1214<0>1195<0>950<0>1773<0>259<0>3287<0>3420<0>1511<0>3241<0>621<0>3372<0>1676<0>1108<0>1950<0>3585<0>3667<0>1076<0>22<0>3535<0>25... |
He got killed in there somewhere. He had his M79 and a .45 caliber pistol and he was firing both at the same time. | <0>95<0>3561<0>2703<0>1866<0>855<0>1171<0>1518<0>1388<0>3874<0>3020<0>3445<0>1715<0>2775<0>492<0>2092<0>1214<0>1882<0>738<0>1298<0>1757<0>1676<0>2751<0>3585<0>3892<0>3713<0>2710<0>236<0>151<0>1710<0>509<0>3821<0>3348<0>698<0>587<0>484<0>484<0>3437<0>3735<0>3490<0>3445<0>1944<0>895<0>2989<0>1076<0>3592<0>366<0>3782<0>18... |
The 23 year old Hill came from Starkville, Mississippi. | <0>3967<0>492<0>3264<0>1886<0>1171<0>3668<0>3373<0>368<0>658<0>974<0>2989<0>2753<0>983<0>2070<0>3943<0>866<0>428<0>2823<0>3184<0>1211<0>3972<0>3883<0>3193<0>3605<0>2352<0>2550<0>2769<0>2151<0>2142<0>1649<0>2092<0>151<0>327<0>2991<0>1500<0>3535<0>2060<0>3535<0>2060<0>2663<0>3028<0>3526<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
That down there. When they threw, then they threw grenades on him. Hurdle 36 was from Washington D.C. | <0>3447<0>1850<0>2697<0>3373<0>1850<0>2989<0>2155<0>1882<0>3246<0>1989<0>1376<0>1108<0>3237<0>1376<0>1108<0>1108<0>2991<0>221<0>1730<0>368<0>3809<0>1117<0>3973<0>1108<0>493<0>3096<0>967<0>3821<0>1171<0>3020<0>3974<0>807<0>994<0>1171<0>191<0>1518<0>2864<0>1790<0>345<0>2004<0>1335<0>465<0>1108<0>1108<0>461<0>2970<0>288<0... |
Berenbaum24 was a native of New York City. | <0>1748<0>1120<0>493<0>2598<0>2001<0>2989<0>94<0>1392<0>1392<0>3541<0>359<0>513<0>2865<0>1085<0>3556<0>1007<0>411<0>2865<0>366<0>1546<0>105<0>896<0>1283<0>4007<0>1007<0>3791<0>1171<0>3713<0>3274<0>915<0>1238<0>2935<0>1011<0>1518<0>3980<0>3002<0>1773<0>546<0>3320<0>1108<0>1108<0>3003<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
PFC Donald Roddy, 22, hailed from Ann Arbor, Michigan. | <0>543<0>329<0>3561<0>3585<0>3082<0>3002<0>317<0>2875<0>3526<0>2619<0>3650<0>1954<0>3493<0>3898<0>3972<0>366<0>1100<0>3561<0>2873<0>2004<0>3762<0>3973<0>3003<0>2705<0>411<0>2471<0>1539<0>2509<0>2777<0>2935<0>229<0>1292<0>3630<0>702<0>3561<0>2935<0>1518<0>1710<0>1007<0>2989<0>2278<0>3419<0>553<0>3480<0>2619<0>3782<0>188... |
The three of them died in a hail of rifle fire and enemy grenades. | <0>3526<0>3079<0>3530<0>3067<0>1171<0>1518<0>3305<0>2703<0>493<0>2883<0>3972<0>2703<0>2776<0>3892<0>2017<0>3892<0>2935<0>1518<0>3435<0>457<0>1767<0>3415<0>1003<0>1520<0>1649<0>207<0>406<0>1671<0>593<0>3132<0>3762<0>1989<0>1108<0>1748<0>1518<0>3447<0>746<0>1518<0>1007<0>3782<0>2471<0>2703<0>1518<0>327<0>1649<0>2239<0>11... |
The enemy down below turned Surgeon Hurtle's M60 around and began using it on the Americans on the Null. | <0>3526<0>1171<0>2935<0>1171<0>3833<0>2710<0>3585<0>365<0>3762<0>1748<0>3175<0>1500<0>1990<0>3184<0>1518<0>866<0>3791<0>2517<0>1422<0>1748<0>1016<0>466<0>1546<0>3265<0>2790<0>1062<0>3850<0>1816<0>2001<0>3541<0>2070<0>3060<0>3556<0>3828<0>1265<0>658<0>2888<0>2<0>1905<0>3943<0>484<0>2946<0>2707<0>3150<0>3136<0>2996<0>512... |
So that causes all kinds of confusion. You can tell the difference between different types of weapons by the way they sound when they shoot. And when someone starts shooting a friendly weapon at you, it causes a lot of confusion. And the M60 is a beast of a weapon. | <0>365<0>2462<0>2060<0>366<0>2864<0>1834<0>2185<0>3349<0>2866<0>1007<0>2619<0>2775<0>3235<0>144<0>1283<0>1484<0>2707<0>1765<0>1594<0>1569<0>3067<0>3791<0>1976<0>2366<0>1641<0>2433<0>686<0>1993<0>2187<0>3769<0>3300<0>2194<0>1008<0>2104<0>2104<0>3540<0>3540<0>1036<0>3526<0>386<0>553<0>2525<0>3782<0>1518<0>122<0>2716<0>74... |
Belt fed machine gun, and it's, when I got in the SEAL teams, that was the, that was the machine gun that, that we used, was the M60 machine gun, and it's a devastating weapon. | <0>2251<0>3447<0>1518<0>2525<0>3447<0>2703<0>221<0>3556<0>3585<0>1530<0>623<0>366<0>366<0>2366<0>1688<0>3466<0>3762<0>1108<0>3681<0>3668<0>3753<0>151<0>703<0>3155<0>1117<0>512<0>599<0>807<0>3782<0>2471<0>895<0>3002<0>623<0>3135<0>2161<0>237<0>3447<0>2864<0>492<0>648<0>919<0>2161<0>493<0>493<0>1329<0>1095<0>543<0>1579<0... |
Back to the book. The enemy, more than 150 strong, now attacked the Knoll from three sides. North, south, and east. And soldiers on both sides were falling. | <0>1463<0>2703<0>2120<0>2769<0>229<0>3373<0>484<0>1978<0>1738<0>3874<0>3585<0>3480<0>2733<0>3892<0>3585<0>493<0>2004<0>4058<0>1108<0>1108<0>1989<0>133<0>2989<0>1500<0>561<0>580<0>1500<0>83<0>3505<0>1200<0>967<0>553<0>2462<0>3556<0>2060<0>1518<0>366<0>2766<0>83<0>678<0>366<0>3850<0>3612<0>3877<0>359<0>3874<0>1645<0>2062... |
Lieutenant Herrick ran from trooper to trooper trying to get a defense organized. An enemy volley cut across Herrick, his radio operator specialist, John R. Stewart, and the artillery recon sergeant, Sergeant John T. Brown, wounding all three. Herrick and Brown, seriously. | <0>1031<0>1007<0>2703<0>807<0>252<0>1530<0>3373<0>3373<0>1846<0>2471<0>3447<0>915<0>2748<0>3509<0>2773<0>492<0>229<0>512<0>409<0>3067<0>3180<0>3617<0>1653<0>366<0>3968<0>289<0>212<0>645<0>3894<0>2594<0>366<0>1526<0>1441<0>1575<0>382<0>3299<0>3972<0>580<0>3771<0>988<0>3410<0>2304<0>3023<0>56<0>2378<0>386<0>553<0>1730<0>... |
Stuart took a single bullet through the leg. Herrick radioed Bravo Company commander John Herron and told him he had been hit, and he was turning command of the platoon over to Sergeant Karl Palmer. Herrick then gave explicit instructions to his men to destroy the signals codes, redistribute the ammunition, and call i... | <0>305<0>2966<0>2060<0>3005<0>3067<0>3541<0>1108<0>1467<0>807<0>1007<0>2060<0>2710<0>623<0>3972<0>1518<0>1238<0>1518<0>1238<0>1618<0>1025<0>2646<0>1449<0>679<0>327<0>1769<0>1579<0>1842<0>88<0>653<0>802<0>3869<0>1146<0>1463<0>3146<0>3373<0>1617<0>3067<0>553<0>2161<0>3585<0>3782<0>2864<0>1575<0>3972<0>2989<0>1518<0>1883<... |
Heron says, I give Herrick all the credit in the world for pulling that platoon together so they could make their stand. So should we all. | <0>1592<0>3020<0>2142<0>679<0>3535<0>3595<0>3185<0>3535<0>3847<0>2288<0>957<0>2104<0>2955<0>2703<0>3585<0>967<0>2703<0>304<0>3923<0>3373<0>2363<0>1765<0>2707<0>3067<0>83<0>167<0>275<0>3976<0>3875<0>748<0>3067<0>3184<0>1518<0>678<0>130<0>1944<0>327<0>2669<0>3435<0>1518<0>623<0>2703<0>2864<0>1518<0>2874<0>3892<0>2766<0>1... |
Savage and zallen paint a clear picture of a green, young lieutenant who did a superb job in a hailstorm of enemy fire. | <0>1108<0>3466<0>2030<0>3821<0>2703<0>1518<0>1526<0>1655<0>2309<0>3096<0>645<0>2710<0>231<0>2703<0>1518<0>1518<0>819<0>780<0>957<0>1420<0>2104<0>3790<0>114<0>374<0>1171<0>2161<0>553<0>1732<0>1902<0>974<0>2935<0>3373<0>2357<0>809<0>221<0>1027<0>4038<0>327<0>1649<0>327<0>1238<0>1238<0>1684<0>512<0>3561<0>3585<0>221<0>221... |
His platoon stopped a very large North Vietnamese unit clearly heading down to join the attack on the landing zone. I long ago concluded that the very presence of this platoon so far to the northwest confused the enemy commander as to exactly where we were and how far we had penetrated in all directions and thus helpe... | <0>2631<0>2703<0>2261<0>1518<0>3084<0>3447<0>2766<0>3966<0>2616<0>43<0>2810<0>1238<0>2152<0>3146<0>2776<0>3067<0>1518<0>411<0>366<0>1575<0>1719<0>2989<0>2471<0>919<0>3585<0>1171<0>2103<0>237<0>2462<0>698<0>3535<0>3749<0>3772<0>2281<0>3526<0>151<0>3892<0>1171<0>461<0>1226<0>1736<0>1171<0>1171<0>2070<0>3096<0>3944<0>1171... |
Sergeant Savage recounts the final moments of Henry Herrick's life. He was lying beside me on the hill, and he said if I have to die, I'm glad to give my life for my country. I remember him saying that. | <0>2919<0>2070<0>2471<0>335<0>919<0>3850<0>3923<0>3923<0>406<0>318<0>3067<0>3894<0>1710<0>3782<0>2042<0>3382<0>3541<0>3832<0>1518<0>2471<0>2946<0>2753<0>3067<0>2991<0>2414<0>1007<0>3944<0>1463<0>2357<0>221<0>3923<0>1518<0>334<0>3420<0>1862<0>3008<0>2323<0>1578<0>3511<0>1549<0>3367<0>930<0>709<0>2494<0>3020<0>2070<0>178... |
He was going into shock, hit in the hip and in a lot of pain. He didn't live long. He died early in the fight next to a little brush pile. | <0>3657<0>512<0>2543<0>2543<0>1518<0>221<0>3561<0>753<0>3875<0>3374<0>3972<0>2471<0>2450<0>3172<0>2122<0>2397<0>4055<0>2823<0>3875<0>3713<0>1171<0>950<0>1171<0>1171<0>3893<0>1318<0>3008<0>3146<0>2946<0>1518<0>3445<0>1575<0>1171<0>1171<0>3158<0>1491<0>543<0>465<0>2492<0>3003<0>3003<0>2492<0>1989<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>2... |
Spec for Charles R. Lowes, 22 of Mobile Ammo, Alabama, was the new platoon medic. He joined the platoon only a few days earlier. Lieutenant Herrick was kneeling when hit. He had a bullet wound to the hip. He told me to go help the other wounded. | <0>3780<0>1710<0>3589<0>3437<0>2130<0>3927<0>3435<0>2753<0>182<0>1273<0>1518<0>3923<0>130<0>3287<0>3850<0>2535<0>1954<0>411<0>678<0>1921<0>1388<0>2799<0>3840<0>492<0>2769<0>1517<0>1714<0>2496<0>2215<0>390<0>1919<0>3264<0>2946<0>2142<0>3585<0>3024<0>2563<0>2935<0>1401<0>3974<0>3898<0>1738<0>361<0>3305<0>3435<0>1422<0>27... |
Uhm, and he made that majorly offensive move and pursued and got out of touch, but | <0>3003<0>4058<0>3469<0>2178<0>1819<0>3918<0>1320<0>2251<0>3762<0>1428<0>1346<0>3555<0>1944<0>3929<0>2187<0>2840<0>3672<0>3176<0>561<0>553<0>1171<0>1318<0>2703<0>2946<0>2929<0>1057<0>2352<0>3003<0>1748<0>225<0>1989<0>2199<0>3378<0>707<0>1108<0>1463<0>2703<0>3585<0>658<0>3373<0>231<0>2703<0>2471<0>746<0>3447<0>3373<0>35... |
What Hal Moore is saying, hey, that confused the enemy. Even though it confused the friendlies too, it confused the enemy as well. So there's some, there's some good that came out of it. | <0>1108<0>3140<0>1422<0>2799<0>218<0>2239<0>3466<0>465<0>2954<0>1850<0>2799<0>3373<0>3976<0>521<0>1773<0>3850<0>3976<0>221<0>1171<0>2935<0>1171<0>3152<0>141<0>746<0>1944<0>698<0>553<0>1171<0>2935<0>3894<0>3585<0>623<0>3987<0>484<0>1319<0>3447<0>3457<0>2935<0>3447<0>2530<0>2735<0>3373<0>2935<0>698<0>2935<0>715<0>2848<0>... |
Back to the book, Sergeant Reuben Thomas was struck by a bullet above his heart that exited under his left arm. Bleeding heavily, he grabbed a rifle and fought on. | <0>3222<0>3447<0>2578<0>3791<0>1238<0>871<0>3541<0>1304<0>2525<0>2978<0>3782<0>3373<0>3713<0>2989<0>3067<0>2299<0>1388<0>587<0>2775<0>1518<0>1518<0>1683<0>1710<0>2775<0>3907<0>2735<0>2450<0>2365<0>599<0>1575<0>1518<0>327<0>1738<0>1579<0>327<0>1526<0>1273<0>2946<0>1738<0>2669<0>243<0>553<0>3539<0>855<0>191<0>2471<0>1214... |
The encircled infantrymen of the lost platoon refused to give up. | <0>4055<0>3096<0>698<0>2978<0>313<0>484<0>2541<0>3943<0>2629<0>2494<0>3585<0>1773<0>3008<0>1773<0>3439<0>2970<0>2142<0>492<0>2989<0>3435<0>1990<0>1392<0>1683<0>751<0>3135<0>3771<0>807<0>512<0>492<0>3621<0>3096<0>2378<0>623<0>3637<0>3176<0>2029<0>3373<0>1238<0>2001<0>3730<0>1441<0>207<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
Here's what Specialist Dorman said. We were all on the ground now, and if you moved, you got hit. | <0>3735<0>2935<0>2070<0>3966<0>3873<0>678<0>3002<0>3374<0>1659<0>259<0>1715<0>2369<0>4058<0>493<0>3067<0>2619<0>2471<0>3373<0>823<0>2710<0>809<0>2703<0>168<0>2397<0>2397<0>395<0>1117<0>298<0>2348<0>3844<0>411<0>479<0>1033<0>411<0>3447<0>2002<0>2471<0>366<0>2471<0>2197<0>652<0>484<0>1518<0>458<0>2760<0>518<0>2287<0>1171... |
Our training really showed then, we shifted into defensive positions. We had five men killed in 25 minutes. Then all of a sudden they tried a mass assault from three directions, rushing from bush to bush, laying fire on us. We put our M16s on full automatic and killed most of them. | <0>4007<0>2703<0>2543<0>1400<0>553<0>1171<0>130<0>3373<0>3791<0>3556<0>2777<0>2799<0>3528<0>2185<0>824<0>3373<0>3038<0>3772<0>3308<0>3358<0>1422<0>3556<0>1273<0>553<0>2423<0>3713<0>527<0>2432<0>3526<0>3585<0>553<0>3373<0>3150<0>2185<0>3373<0>2769<0>2060<0>3713<0>191<0>3328<0>2826<0>112<0>196<0>2935<0>668<0>2199<0>3972<... |
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