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Another guy named Galen Bungman Bungham said, | <0>457<0>3541<0>1518<0>3541<0>3642<0>2471<0>2703<0>926<0>3944<0>3024<0>2185<0>3158<0>3020<0>2336<0>1491<0>1277<0>484<0>2619<0>1372<0>1268<0>3973<0>1277<0>1518<0>3828<0>587<0>484<0>2940<0>3973<0>3003<0>1108<0>1748<0>229<0>4009<0>3906<0>3511<0>3299<0>114<0>3441<0>957<0>1298<0>783<0>1198<0>317<0>1685<0>3373<0>3526<0>2669<... |
We gathered up all the full magazines we could find and stacked them up in front of us. There was no way we could dig a foxhole. The handle was blown off my entrenching tool and one of my canteens had a hole blown through it. | <0>1117<0>561<0>1171<0>1850<0>3447<0>65<0>1500<0>1862<0>2955<0>3563<0>126<0>895<0>3927<0>1200<0>3287<0>2348<0>1865<0>2536<0>2070<0>2935<0>2152<0>3184<0>3968<0>3927<0>1518<0>2142<0>1171<0>895<0>1217<0>3535<0>3782<0>1862<0>3923<0>2471<0>3240<0>1265<0>746<0>3972<0>1569<0>2864<0>1886<0>3535<0>3535<0>963<0>707<0>1108<0>1108... |
The fire was so heavy that if you tried to raise up to dig, you were dead. There was death and destruction all around. | <0>3179<0>3913<0>1575<0>3447<0>3782<0>652<0>3146<0>3067<0>1715<0>2151<0>2753<0>304<0>2471<0>2935<0>573<0>3839<0>760<0>3185<0>2471<0>3146<0>3435<0>2970<0>698<0>1517<0>1111<0>3180<0>191<0>2710<0>1085<0>3320<0>527<0>2471<0>3342<0>2185<0>2935<0>1171<0>142<0>2893<0>1739<0>1739<0>473<0>1435<0>2471<0>1526<0>3526<0>3821<0>3447... |
By now 8 men of the platoons 29 have been killed in action. Another 13 were wounded. The 25 yard wide perimeter was a circle of pain, death, fear, and raw courage. Medic Charlie Lowe's | <0>2864<0>3447<0>1171<0>366<0>1518<0>3946<0>1834<0>1171<0>2161<0>1329<0>3923<0>809<0>1238<0>492<0>406<0>3150<0>3976<0>221<0>2710<0>3447<0>2471<0>221<0>2471<0>3373<0>1463<0>361<0>2494<0>2378<0>3067<0>1575<0>1094<0>1463<0>2703<0>2120<0>1445<0>237<0>3189<0>976<0>2680<0>803<0>1575<0>2799<0>3894<0>2323<0>1703<0>915<0>1675<0... |
Crawled from man to man throughout the raging firefight, doing his best to patch the wounded with limited supplies in his medical pack. | <0>771<0>1304<0>2510<0>2946<0>1033<0>890<0>729<0>3972<0>3894<0>3892<0>3892<0>1171<0>2888<0>3976<0>3892<0>512<0>1710<0>3115<0>678<0>1518<0>229<0>130<0>3585<0>3005<0>2989<0>3927<0>2471<0>2970<0>1200<0>366<0>3976<0>3526<0>2070<0>304<0>3585<0>2379<0>1120<0>1794<0>2070<0>149<0>122<0>1587<0>3782<0>3152<0>3966<0>406<0>1422<0>... |
Although he himself was wounded twice, Lowe's never slowed his pace. He would keep all 13 of the wounded alive for the, for 26 long harrowing hours. Lowe's says, on several occasions I had to stand or sit up to treat the wounded. Each time the VC fired heavily at me. | <0>457<0>3898<0>492<0>3373<0>3585<0>1100<0>3821<0>3509<0>509<0>3535<0>1084<0>4008<0>1500<0>3135<0>2775<0>1191<0>3067<0>221<0>2432<0>3526<0>1683<0>1518<0>366<0>3892<0>22<0>1217<0>1456<0>1054<0>1054<0>457<0>915<0>3373<0>2070<0>3176<0>3821<0>1518<0>484<0>1518<0>353<0>3365<0>2588<0>2775<0>3373<0>3115<0>1171<0>2710<0>3438<0... |
Lowe's used his 45 and M16 rifle to help defend his patients. | <0>457<0>2799<0>1526<0>1719<0>1171<0>3713<0>2710<0>3713<0>1710<0>1518<0>3146<0>1944<0>1862<0>678<0>1816<0>527<0>2594<0>2204<0>1420<0>762<0>2901<0>3015<0>1950<0>3657<0>3376<0>1171<0>2703<0>2710<0>1171<0>1133<0>2710<0>3561<0>1214<0>1214<0>1944<0>1518<0>3435<0>1769<0>3762<0>1108<0>2663<0>2152<0>3008<0>2703<0>327<0>1592<0>... |
Getting attacked from three sides. Thirteen wounded. Eight dead. Was it nine dead? | <0>2550<0>493<0>1171<0>3585<0>304<0>2710<0>2703<0>2716<0>746<0>561<0>3910<0>1022<0>1730<0>3002<0>3447<0>3782<0>3089<0>1196<0>3985<0>3386<0>1855<0>3927<0>2799<0>1442<0>2700<0>2192<0>895<0>3585<0>3067<0>492<0>3972<0>237<0>3008<0>1076<0>2129<0>2051<0>1062<0>1108<0>1989<0>133<0>3585<0>151<0>3670<0>75<0>1209<0>3096<0>1835<0... |
You know, when someone, if the leader gets killed, it goes to the next person. That person gets killed, it goes to the next person. So here's what's happening in Herrick's platoon, the lost platoon. Back to the book. Command had passed from Lieutenant Henry Herrick to Sergeant Karl Palmer to Sergeant Robert Stokes and... | <0>390<0>2433<0>1532<0>2864<0>1238<0>361<0>1834<0>1238<0>1730<0>3782<0>3980<0>3359<0>324<0>3973<0>2924<0>561<0>1938<0>3328<0>2594<0>2769<0>2799<0>3305<0>368<0>2152<0>368<0>770<0>967<0>484<0>1518<0>132<0>2873<0>2989<0>2199<0>1500<0>2769<0>3541<0>2703<0>1102<0>1265<0>3146<0>2710<0>3184<0>3526<0>1335<0>1322<0>366<0>3943<0... |
Now it was the turn of Buck Sergeant Ernie Savage. Sergeant Savage came up on the radio, Captain Heron recalls. He said Herrick Palmer and Stokes were dead to give him more artillery and he would direct it in as close as possible. | <0>1485<0>3447<0>1862<0>1007<0>1238<0>2769<0>1500<0>397<0>366<0>366<0>1238<0>345<0>3972<0>2785<0>1710<0>2471<0>3647<0>2641<0>3246<0>366<0>2187<0>3561<0>3821<0>3447<0>1862<0>3509<0>1993<0>3457<0>2385<0>2382<0>3300<0>1467<0>3185<0>3809<0>2185<0>3433<0>1977<0>2703<0>512<0>1719<0>838<0>2935<0>2471<0>678<0>2471<0>2471<0>354... |
We could never establish the platoon's exact position, but Lieutenant Riddle could adjust fire on savages sensing, and he began to do that. | <0>1748<0>492<0>807<0>2542<0>3782<0>327<0>1500<0>1719<0>3821<0>2471<0>1518<0>855<0>3180<0>1518<0>4057<0>2703<0>1539<0>2710<0>3821<0>2471<0>3783<0>3373<0>2070<0>809<0>1139<0>221<0>2739<0>705<0>2254<0>2780<0>2026<0>3898<0>1238<0>2269<0>3082<0>3122<0>2989<0>3445<0>327<0>1575<0>1743<0>1016<0>1777<0>969<0>142<0>3713<0>259<0... |
The extraordinary unyielding resistance that a dozen or so effective fighters were putting up. Plus the artillery barrages that Ernie Savage was bringing down finally beat off the heavy enemy attack. | <0>3585<0>2161<0>193<0>1967<0>3744<0>3923<0>3541<0>3305<0>3976<0>1171<0>2208<0>2521<0>1484<0>374<0>3585<0>3561<0>2070<0>895<0>368<0>2989<0>3894<0>2710<0>317<0>3535<0>2282<0>807<0>2710<0>4009<0>3447<0>1748<0>1108<0>3626<0>493<0>2772<0>3750<0>3235<0>2769<0>1113<0>3976<0>3637<0>2748<0>1518<0>2748<0>3850<0>1850<0>2412<0>56... |
Ernie Savage and his small band hunkered down, determined to hold their ground to the end. | <0>3469<0>259<0>3585<0>698<0>3002<0>3892<0>2471<0>1518<0>2710<0>1710<0>3585<0>3535<0>2769<0>1518<0>1518<0>3435<0>871<0>3447<0>967<0>2703<0>3541<0>1255<0>1974<0>1520<0>237<0>3782<0>298<0>1138<0>871<0>191<0>1850<0>1518<0>1518<0>1214<0>1895<0>1108<0>3003<0>1108<0>2840<0>3752<0>3966<0>3782<0>484<0>2070<0>493<0>4062<0>1518<... |
These guys are calling in to Danger Close. Have we ever talked about Danger Close? No, not talking about Danger Close. Okay, Danger Close is when you're calling in fire support. | <0>1944<0>580<0>561<0>2462<0>3785<0>3437<0>2070<0>3171<0>3949<0>2872<0>2989<0>1518<0>3447<0>3833<0>3447<0>130<0>1441<0>2185<0>3526<0>368<0>3585<0>716<0>1819<0>259<0>374<0>512<0>1529<0>1687<0>229<0>3952<0>1171<0>573<0>3264<0>1533<0>915<0>2705<0>1025<0>3237<0>3762<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0... |
And you want it to be very close to where you are, and you on the ground have to take responsibility for it. So in other words, the person, whether it's artillery, whether it's aircraft, | <0>3681<0>553<0>3184<0>2161<0>3585<0>3435<0>1191<0>2946<0>3373<0>701<0>751<0>1579<0>3526<0>3585<0>386<0>2703<0>3541<0>1579<0>2921<0>484<0>144<0>2060<0>855<0>3067<0>1238<0>3445<0>1318<0>2433<0>1238<0>2989<0>974<0>1518<0>3132<0>789<0>2251<0>1195<0>2848<0>919<0>1500<0>2475<0>2935<0>2070<0>1518<0>1328<0>1620<0>3972<0>1500<... |
You have to call in, say, danger close, yes, send the rounds, we know it's close. It's, we take responsibility for what happens. | <0>1108<0>3526<0>3561<0>690<0>4009<0>1200<0>2748<0>1902<0>1518<0>1518<0>484<0>1463<0>212<0>151<0>1318<0>3585<0>553<0>190<0>3404<0>366<0>3541<0>3373<0>3535<0>1198<0>3526<0>3585<0>2703<0>3447<0>3002<0>3378<0>77<0>718<0>3002<0>2799<0>1238<0>1738<0>3348<0>1819<0>1463<0>1238<0>2161<0>2799<0>327<0>199<0>877<0>3541<0>2799<0>2... |
As this fifth left lift of the day roared out at treetop level, the landing zone was suddenly turned red hot. So they haven't even landed everyone yet. So this is going on, they haven't even gotten everyone on the landing zone yet. | <0>1950<0>3565<0>776<0>2978<0>2506<0>396<0>3002<0>2708<0>1830<0>1708<0>1564<0>3166<0>1769<0>895<0>598<0>3447<0>1944<0>347<0>2099<0>492<0>3235<0>776<0>73<0>492<0>492<0>191<0>2598<0>3376<0>298<0>2541<0>3782<0>652<0>3782<0>580<0>3005<0>368<0>1655<0>2488<0>1518<0>866<0>1977<0>2989<0>2707<0>2092<0>348<0>2648<0>967<0>2161<0>... |
And here's Crandall talking, and again, he's the, the pilot, unbelievably heroic pilot, and, uh, commanding officer of this helicopter unit. Says Crandall, as I was flaring out to touchdown, we started receiving heavy, heavy ground fire. | <0>3425<0>3821<0>587<0>701<0>3585<0>746<0>3266<0>2748<0>1525<0>3008<0>3045<0>1518<0>2883<0>2619<0>521<0>3990<0>221<0>587<0>698<0>2716<0>3561<0>3585<0>3457<0>3320<0>2462<0>1635<0>2924<0>290<0>3606<0>4048<0>2274<0>3972<0>3782<0>2339<0>1857<0>1108<0>1376<0>3762<0>3003<0>3466<0>1989<0>2497<0>2497<0>1108<0>365<0>263<0>225<0... |
I had three dead and three wounded on my bird. The wounded included my crew chief who had been hit in the throat. When we landed we saw that every bullet had struck the wounded in the head or neck. | <0>1649<0>2703<0>2703<0>3176<0>1582<0>2070<0>3809<0>1710<0>191<0>191<0>1100<0>3595<0>3647<0>3968<0>3378<0>3809<0>1685<0>1307<0>130<0>2471<0>638<0>37<0>3122<0>2471<0>2471<0>871<0>1954<0>3341<0>306<0>4095<0>3840<0>484<0>89<0>3658<0>2044<0>1108<0>3180<0>3067<0>130<0>1232<0>1539<0>2854<0>3833<0>1820<0>3894<0>638<0>490<0>38... |
Excellent markmanship by the other side and not a happy thought for a helicopter pilot to say the least. So the enemy's taking headshots. Back to the book with Crandall. Flying serpent yellow three. | <0>3361<0>3447<0>4069<0>2775<0>3373<0>82<0>2989<0>2753<0>359<0>3184<0>3875<0>1685<0>2955<0>4011<0>2471<0>696<0>3511<0>366<0>819<0>3002<0>3535<0>2471<0>678<0>3008<0>2873<0>2382<0>1274<0>2614<0>1171<0>1318<0>1902<0>366<0>1944<0>2748<0>2450<0>3874<0>1730<0>1518<0>974<0>2769<0>2001<0>2703<0>1575<0>1575<0>3877<0>678<0>3122<... |
We're Chief Warrant Officers Ricardo J. Lombardo, 34 of Hartford, Connecticut and Alex S. | <0>1769<0>974<0>2856<0>1719<0>3585<0>746<0>3255<0>1954<0>1111<0>1569<0>1518<0>368<0>3373<0>782<0>2753<0>2753<0>1981<0>411<0>484<0>2510<0>1518<0>1819<0>1153<0>3526<0>3637<0>3668<0>3944<0>3944<0>1170<0>3898<0>1518<0>2864<0>411<0>3782<0>484<0>43<0>1518<0>838<0>1738<0>3122<0>1730<0>1007<0>2707<0>366<0>1484<0>1032<0>1392<0>... |
Pop Jekyll, 43 of Seattle, Washington. Pop Jekyll was a father of nine children. During World War II, at the age of 20, he had flown B-24s out of England and B-29s during the post-war years until he left the service in 1950. | <0>3650<0>1116<0>3946<0>871<0>871<0>1655<0>3713<0>366<0>3563<0>3420<0>457<0>1108<0>3832<0>2707<0>2471<0>3176<0>1730<0>3642<0>3976<0>3457<0>698<0>366<0>2471<0>2805<0>678<0>3447<0>3854<0>3854<0>819<0>2818<0>1090<0>2300<0>3658<0>2324<0>898<0>1579<0>1719<0>3126<0>1518<0>1518<0>3150<0>3235<0>2638<0>2102<0>898<0>3809<0>3828<... |
Pop Jackal re-enlisted in 1952 and had been flying helicopters since 1963. | <0>1129<0>1392<0>4058<0>3713<0>219<0>521<0>1518<0>3020<0>1685<0>3185<0>2030<0>3873<0>3519<0>2366<0>652<0>483<0>3176<0>587<0>3782<0>3493<0>2710<0>130<0>2152<0>623<0>1209<0>2379<0>3433<0>3809<0>1351<0>3303<0>3373<0>3968<0>1484<0>1392<0>2365<0>2703<0>1518<0>1518<0>3341<0>678<0>3177<0>3966<0>2838<0>1467<0>1518<0>191<0>338<... |
Pop Jekyll keyed the intercom and said, I flew 31 missions in B-24s in World War II, and that's the closest I've ever come to swallowing my balls. | <0>3615<0>1569<0>1518<0>538<0>3535<0>3437<0>1883<0>1981<0>3062<0>3002<0>3585<0>493<0>2598<0>3961<0>1035<0>2881<0>2142<0>169<0>366<0>1518<0>1819<0>2799<0>2379<0>1097<0>3376<0>3821<0>1816<0>359<0>1569<0>3447<0>1944<0>492<0>1526<0>2563<0>1500<0>3067<0>623<0>2707<0>932<0>1214<0>824<0>3713<0>221<0>3826<0>527<0>3024<0>1108<0... |
So these, these landing zones were crazy with these helicopter pilots flying in there. | <0>2406<0>374<0>2070<0>1171<0>368<0>2769<0>224<0>3585<0>368<0>2769<0>3378<0>4095<0>2339<0>3565<0>3585<0>623<0>1710<0>3150<0>3962<0>1858<0>1711<0>1518<0>2295<0>2832<0>1518<0>1232<0>1171<0>3046<0>698<0>2494<0>1414<0>693<0>3307<0>3134<0>3617<0>3096<0>3158<0>3480<0>2619<0>1392<0>3341<0>678<0>819<0>352<0>3877<0>678<0>1738<0... |
It's a, it's, you're, you're, you're getting there as fast as you can, but there's not much you can do. You know, you bring it in as fast as you can, you try and get loaded up quick and you try and take off, but it's not like you're able to shoot back. Even once you're on the ground, your machine gunners in the Hueys,... | <0>3657<0>3585<0>3713<0>700<0>3158<0>491<0>3373<0>1022<0>1671<0>1071<0>2437<0>1987<0>3637<0>2695<0>1071<0>3378<0>553<0>83<0>369<0>3020<0>1500<0>2497<0>3882<0>1071<0>1989<0>3466<0>1108<0>4048<0>561<0>3143<0>1175<0>313<0>882<0>1773<0>1944<0>3349<0>3447<0>73<0>668<0>1730<0>3892<0>219<0>3894<0>3393<0>1108<0>1989<0>1748<0>2... |
This goes to the Delta company commander, Lefebvre. | <0>3526<0>1773<0>193<0>4009<0>1118<0>3850<0>1171<0>3020<0>2378<0>3585<0>3781<0>114<0>1335<0>465<0>3003<0>4058<0>493<0>2710<0>1500<0>1526<0>1777<0>1569<0>819<0>3008<0>1959<0>2365<0>2703<0>819<0>327<0>1649<0>955<0>3762<0>1108<0>1769<0>1500<0>1944<0>824<0>3541<0>2921<0>678<0>2864<0>1071<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
I called again Colonel Moore and told him that I was going to turn over the company to Sergeant Gonzalez. | <0>4011<0>2703<0>4029<0>479<0>406<0>587<0>3821<0>3976<0>3813<0>1569<0>1518<0>2365<0>2707<0>2865<0>898<0>3450<0>802<0>4<0>2162<0>823<0>3976<0>3020<0>1587<0>2707<0>406<0>3373<0>3348<0>2142<0>366<0>3185<0>3626<0>1232<0>275<0>3891<0>3185<0>2133<0>2471<0>3067<0>2142<0>827<0>1569<0>545<0>969<0>632<0>1715<0>3850<0>3185<0>3373... |
Then the medic arrived to bandage my wound. Shortly after, I remember someone putting me in a poncho and hauling me over to the area of the battalion command post. When I saw Lieutenant Tabota again, | <0>1485<0>3821<0>698<0>3373<0>2197<0>3821<0>553<0>3146<0>974<0>366<0>3509<0>1587<0>345<0>3821<0>1171<0>1539<0>919<0>2471<0>2753<0>2989<0>929<0>2103<0>4026<0>3809<0>3677<0>3892<0>3976<0>691<0>1850<0>3127<0>259<0>2605<0>852<0>3218<0>2471<0>366<0>3923<0>1518<0>1518<0>3002<0>3809<0>2883<0>3185<0>2324<0>3067<0>3667<0>3833<0... |
Later, we never did talk much about it. It was just too damn close to the real thing. | <0>390<0>457<0>2070<0>2935<0>2703<0>1518<0>2044<0>1025<0>1575<0>546<0>2935<0>3067<0>3373<0>2152<0>855<0>1518<0>1392<0>2989<0>2471<0>1685<0>229<0>366<0>2946<0>1932<0>225<0>1108<0>2287<0>1238<0>3176<0>3637<0>3593<0>3637<0>3637<0>386<0>3894<0>2432<0>3821<0>2365<0>3403<0>1819<0>374<0>3907<0>983<0>3146<0>3184<0>546<0>1518<0... |
Ray Lefebvre and his handful of Delta Company troopers had unknowingly joined the Alpha Company fight at a crucial moment. About 30 North Vietnamese were flanking the Dahl's men on their left, and Captain Lefebvre's party ran smack into them and killed most of them. The Dahl's men dispatched the rest. | <0>2753<0>2935<0>259<0>2703<0>1730<0>3185<0>1238<0>1500<0>3447<0>1338<0>1546<0>2376<0>802<0>2162<0>2089<0>424<0>2996<0>1171<0>368<0>2060<0>3892<0>2142<0>3968<0>1518<0>1518<0>2682<0>824<0>2883<0>2846<0>1400<0>189<0>3373<0>1913<0>2471<0>457<0>3008<0>2029<0>2773<0>229<0>3541<0>3020<0>2060<0>154<0>998<0>484<0>3155<0>3823<0... |
Unknown to Lefebvre, Sergeant Gonzalez had been hit in the face by an enemy bullet. | <0>465<0>3469<0>3150<0>3617<0>1683<0>259<0>1685<0>1388<0>1518<0>746<0>259<0>1518<0>1238<0>974<0>366<0>1292<0>621<0>1546<0>1109<0>3850<0>4009<0>2934<0>3758<0>2748<0>3067<0>2769<0>2619<0>890<0>890<0>1710<0>1422<0>1539<0>1171<0>696<0>3015<0>3176<0>2323<0>3976<0>3713<0>1710<0>1518<0>3067<0>527<0>1094<0>1503<0>2007<0>3447<0... |
Gonzalez simply said Roger when Lefebvre told him he was now in command and for the next hour and a half, he ran Delta Company. | <0>1108<0>707<0>2735<0>3585<0>3235<0>1990<0>890<0>3535<0>2703<0>1846<0>3999<0>770<0>824<0>4038<0>2929<0>4055<0>259<0>3782<0>3146<0>2588<0>3923<0>207<0>1805<0>287<0>1406<0>298<0>484<0>746<0>824<0>1518<0>3067<0>3589<0>3185<0>1954<0>1265<0>1710<0>1171<0>368<0>221<0>2471<0>3122<0>1684<0>3509<0>2471<0>3976<0>2471<0>3028<0>3... |
Sergeant Gonzales. Shot in the face, no factor. I'm still gonna take leadership right now. | <0>1213<0>3927<0>3377<0>1569<0>1171<0>1117<0>561<0>2769<0>3972<0>1392<0>974<0>3235<0>2775<0>3873<0>648<0>648<0>3762<0>1989<0>3003<0>3762<0>2492<0>3003<0>1108<0>1989<0>1989<0>2612<0>1376<0>1133<0>3374<0>3152<0>1084<0>3348<0>746<0>1085<0>3376<0>3002<0>2769<0>259<0>1200<0>1157<0>2471<0>3171<0>820<0>2471<0>2989<0>2060<0>37... |
Going back to the book, it was during all this horror that Beck remembers fear coming over him. And here's Beck talking. While Doc Naul was here with me working on Russell, fear, real fear hit me. Fear like I had never known before. Fear comes and once you recognize it and accept it, it passes just as fast as it comes... | <0>1214<0>1214<0>1500<0>286<0>1710<0>492<0>229<0>3541<0>1620<0>3166<0>1730<0>2840<0>3681<0>1442<0>1858<0>3637<0>2152<0>259<0>553<0>2697<0>411<0>1014<0>492<0>1977<0>2525<0>895<0>3923<0>259<0>2070<0>512<0>871<0>895<0>1850<0>1921<0>3541<0>3541<0>3541<0>492<0>368<0>2525<0>1941<0>3556<0>3585<0>2799<0>1620<0>3695<0>3972<0>27... |
You just do what you have to do, but you learn the real meaning of fear and life and death. | <0>2029<0>369<0>2060<0>3526<0>3176<0>492<0>3373<0>3907<0>151<0>2471<0>2471<0>1517<0>191<0>1171<0>3541<0>1620<0>471<0>852<0>3958<0>3794<0>1569<0>2155<0>3373<0>3373<0>1569<0>484<0>2799<0>1463<0>2810<0>3946<0>229<0>1575<0>3020<0>698<0>3373<0>527<0>587<0>3585<0>221<0>587<0>2753<0>3861<0>1701<0>369<0>3585<0>3923<0>484<0>322... |
For the next two hours I was alone on that gun shooting the enemy. | <0>2705<0>2799<0>313<0>3447<0>3037<0>2588<0>3809<0>2471<0>2471<0>2946<0>2799<0>366<0>3541<0>2775<0>866<0>3180<0>1518<0>66<0>3341<0>1214<0>3899<0>286<0>3184<0>374<0>144<0>1539<0>3457<0>3556<0>3894<0>1539<0>3655<0>3561<0>3089<0>2014<0>3144<0>2494<0>2398<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>206... |
Enemy were shooting at me and bullets were hitting the ground beside me and cracking above my head. They were attacking me and I fired as fast as I could in long bursts. My M60 was cooking. | <0>1783<0>1171<0>587<0>3894<0>65<0>3909<0>587<0>1539<0>1684<0>3184<0>3585<0>1730<0>819<0>1518<0>866<0>3150<0>3135<0>3146<0>1171<0>1171<0>587<0>1562<0>2316<0>2001<0>2471<0>2471<0>3002<0>3185<0>3976<0>3184<0>3735<0>2929<0>1319<0>366<0>1630<0>623<0>954<0>1265<0>652<0>690<0>2787<0>3376<0>3976<0>3821<0>1529<0>1739<0>1334<0>... |
I had to take a crap and a leak bad so I pulled my pants down while laying on my side and did it on my side, taking fire at the time. Now, we're going back to Hal Moore talking here. | <0>2489<0>2703<0>2703<0>3519<0>2710<0>3821<0>3376<0>1562<0>739<0>2348<0>2471<0>366<0>3171<0>2230<0>3135<0>1858<0>338<0>3973<0>3447<0>1850<0>3447<0>3850<0>2471<0>359<0>1518<0>3185<0>840<0>1862<0>1591<0>967<0>4009<0>2556<0>3160<0>366<0>2946<0>1518<0>1518<0>3373<0>1195<0>1214<0>2989<0>3341<0>3002<0>3150<0>2471<0>3713<0>21... |
From my command post at the termite hill, the enemy were clearly visible 100 yards to the south. | <0>3143<0>3447<0>3972<0>1850<0>3377<0>1214<0>967<0>1977<0>1463<0>1569<0>3373<0>2055<0>492<0>1579<0>3832<0>3373<0>484<0>2787<0>3296<0>950<0>3096<0>1500<0>2989<0>614<0>1428<0>1057<0>1108<0>1325<0>3822<0>2612<0>493<0>1530<0>3480<0>219<0>221<0>229<0>1620<0>1902<0>3447<0>144<0>561<0>2594<0>3447<0>2775<0>1518<0>411<0>678<0>1... |
They were damned good soldiers. Used cover and concealment to perfection and were deadly shots. Most of my dead and wounded soldiers have been shot in the head or upper body. | <0>2840<0>2152<0>1238<0>3184<0>3176<0>623<0>2703<0>2368<0>29<0>3447<0>2185<0>2769<0>3791<0>1518<0>3642<0>3880<0>3359<0>212<0>3792<0>1989<0>2051<0>3422<0>461<0>3681<0>3561<0>1318<0>3176<0>3155<0>1603<0>3447<0>3972<0>492<0>1318<0>3452<0>561<0>2055<0>553<0>484<0>2471<0>3837<0>1587<0>2799<0>3143<0>3447<0>1261<0>3155<0>3519... |
The North Vietnamese paid particular attention to radio operators and leaders. They did not appear to have radios themselves. They controlled their men by shouts, waves, pointing, whistles, and sometimes bugle calls. | <0>3967<0>2075<0>3020<0>1518<0>2748<0>561<0>698<0>1684<0>587<0>698<0>718<0>1171<0>130<0>2129<0>538<0>809<0>3622<0>512<0>3617<0>2874<0>3976<0>3320<0>338<0>3809<0>1575<0>2935<0>3008<0>2946<0>3341<0>2864<0>1575<0>2641<0>3541<0>3713<0>3894<0>919<0>3176<0>1539<0>1111<0>975<0>3457<0>1109<0>2239<0>2639<0>1079<0>2049<0>2162<0>... |
It was 2.45pm. All three of my rifle companies were heavily engaged. We had lost the use of the larger clearing for the helicopter landings. Wounded were streaming into the command post aid station. We were in a desperate fix and I was worried that it could become even more desperate. | <0>3024<0>3894<0>2769<0>3850<0>2935<0>561<0>3447<0>2989<0>512<0>1730<0>1902<0>366<0>2703<0>2492<0>2075<0>1169<0>2378<0>599<0>3305<0>2955<0>3120<0>2955<0>1108<0>2062<0>259<0>2707<0>2152<0>3067<0>901<0>2368<0>43<0>2989<0>1882<0>746<0>1518<0>1883<0>1518<0>2864<0>221<0>3155<0>3135<0>3445<0>3089<0>2703<0>3067<0>3585<0>587<0... |
By now I believed we were fighting at least two People's Armies battalions. Turns out it was three. | <0>4007<0>2471<0>3735<0>2703<0>3782<0>678<0>2703<0>3373<0>1780<0>3585<0>1238<0>2615<0>954<0>3809<0>746<0>1392<0>553<0>3158<0>553<0>651<0>756<0>2506<0>3433<0>397<0>3909<0>3974<0>229<0>809<0>2011<0>1480<0>1518<0>1217<0>3341<0>1569<0>3561<0>3637<0>1579<0>1710<0>2787<0>1569<0>623<0>824<0>1306<0>770<0>1546<0>1334<0>790<0>19... |
They were very determined to wipe us out, but a major difference between Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Hu An of the People's Army of Vietnam and Lieutenant Colonel Hao Moore of the 1st Cavalry Division was that I had major fire support and he didn't. | <0>1137<0>2525<0>327<0>779<0>3376<0>3217<0>3793<0>1339<0>1710<0>3240<0>1738<0>2471<0>1518<0>2703<0>3774<0>2799<0>1710<0>2471<0>974<0>3180<0>4009<0>3894<0>622<0>3585<0>3020<0>1318<0>3437<0>746<0>3642<0>1208<0>4062<0>1007<0>1007<0>3585<0>324<0>614<0>492<0>3771<0>2703<0>2579<0>2427<0>366<0>1886<0>4064<0>2365<0>3976<0>2060... |
Air Force Captain Bruce Wallace and his fellow A-1E Skyraider pilots as well as the jet fighter bombers from all three services help provide that edge. Flying 50 sorties in close air support that Sunday afternoon. | <0>2011<0>2703<0>746<0>895<0>3185<0>3264<0>304<0>2619<0>458<0>1858<0>345<0>3135<0>3809<0>2773<0>3180<0>1954<0>2946<0>37<0>3791<0>2775<0>3042<0>99<0>563<0>1481<0>369<0>2525<0>2769<0>2142<0>3943<0>1518<0>1834<0>1146<0>1797<0>3892<0>3874<0>871<0>3184<0>1518<0>1480<0>3681<0>1209<0>3585<0>2506<0>102<0>3037<0>3341<0>2197<0>2... |
And then, so he, they're in these old school, uh, sky raiders, but then Captain Wallace is talking about. | <0>3668<0>493<0>3175<0>2060<0>3874<0>2086<0>1739<0>105<0>1467<0>807<0>1076<0>979<0>1175<0>2844<0>151<0>2410<0>3020<0>3713<0>1200<0>4008<0>3002<0>3150<0>3067<0>895<0>327<0>1834<0>443<0>180<0>348<0>1370<0>2178<0>509<0>2525<0>1594<0>678<0>3373<0>3146<0>3735<0>3445<0>3713<0>3180<0>1463<0>151<0>3008<0>2498<0>3637<0>2619<0>2... |
It was different with a Huey. To watch four or eight of them at a time maneuvering up and down and laterally and even backwards boggles the fighter pilot's mind. Those guys swarm a target like bees over honey. I had to hand it to those Huey guys. They really got down there in the trees with the troops. | <0>623<0>527<0>1773<0>2769<0>2769<0>824<0>1944<0>2619<0>2989<0>3821<0>3668<0>3457<0>1171<0>229<0>2103<0>2398<0>2555<0>589<0>2799<0>3435<0>3844<0>2210<0>1773<0>1944<0>1944<0>2707<0>3185<0>484<0>1537<0>553<0>3008<0>3874<0>3457<0>967<0>83<0>2934<0>345<0>1146<0>128<0>3945<0>4029<0>2703<0>2703<0>2682<0>2799<0>3782<0>3447<0>... |
Then this is Hal Moore talking again, the field artillery, what we call tube artillery to distinguish howitzer folks from the helicopter rocket folks proudly calls itself the king of battle. | <0>3783<0>561<0>2826<0>2769<0>2769<0>2715<0>1819<0>2989<0>2641<0>2799<0>1649<0>1329<0>1794<0>2471<0>1518<0>4008<0>2471<0>2420<0>2471<0>3171<0>1318<0>2875<0>3668<0>1730<0>2594<0>2799<0>2594<0>1449<0>3447<0>1200<0>2619<0>1388<0>3447<0>3541<0>151<0>3642<0>2989<0>1238<0>3837<0>3377<0>1518<0>1575<0>2274<0>1773<0>492<0>3184<... |
The brave Cannon Cockers and LZ Falcon went without sleep for three days and three nights to help keep us surrounded by a wall of steel. | <0>2239<0>3642<0>229<0>2619<0>698<0>553<0>3637<0>895<0>304<0>2935<0>1921<0>3377<0>1569<0>1777<0>3617<0>3713<0>1171<0>2109<0>1500<0>1990<0>2775<0>368<0>1730<0>1944<0>366<0>1518<0>1759<0>2935<0>620<0>705<0>1272<0>3882<0>3348<0>3888<0>512<0>1850<0>2619<0>1217<0>3535<0>2070<0>587<0>3419<0>83<0>1405<0>561<0>3067<0>3176<0>14... |
Those two batteries, 12 guns, fired more than 4,000 rounds of high explosive shells on the first day alone. | <0>1108<0>3943<0>2799<0>3966<0>397<0>3020<0>3642<0>1850<0>1882<0>3541<0>2244<0>2710<0>1623<0>1078<0>3967<0>1587<0>1981<0>3349<0>3489<0>3999<0>3840<0>3373<0>484<0>2398<0>3850<0>307<0>2104<0>1034<0>403<0>366<0>2703<0>2703<0>3833<0>974<0>3067<0>1730<0>1944<0>3435<0>3923<0>3447<0>3927<0>3782<0>1518<0>3135<0>1526<0>3541<0>2... |
Says Barker. On the first afternoon both batteries fired for effect directly on target for five straight hours. | <0>3637<0>2966<0>776<0>2775<0>1579<0>2989<0>2619<0>484<0>2357<0>327<0>2639<0>1272<0>1267<0>443<0>2548<0>1484<0>3348<0>1944<0>1007<0>3828<0>855<0>2970<0>2748<0>3822<0>2197<0>3735<0>221<0>3809<0>3184<0>3184<0>3067<0>231<0>3563<0>3782<0>2970<0>2991<0>2935<0>1730<0>1007<0>3782<0>2703<0>1518<0>2594<0>974<0>1850<0>3668<0>378... |
One of Bruce Crandall's Huey Slick pilots, Captain Paul Winkle, touched down at Falcon briefly that first afternoon and was astounded by what he saw. There were stacks of shell casings at least 10 feet high and exhausted gun crews. They had fired for effect for three straight hours by then without even pausing to leve... | <0>623<0>2619<0>3972<0>1200<0>3067<0>2773<0>1908<0>2715<0>1472<0>3146<0>4008<0>3002<0>397<0>3067<0>2935<0>3535<0>2471<0>2697<0>3774<0>366<0>1518<0>3828<0>1217<0>1517<0>3191<0>2288<0>23<0>895<0>43<0>1846<0>819<0>237<0>411<0>259<0>1518<0>3184<0>304<0>1759<0>3240<0>877<0>3782<0>3287<0>1339<0>1171<0>366<0>2471<0>3972<0>746... |
One tube was burned out, two had busted hydraulics. That's some shooting. No matter how bad things got for Americans fighting for their lives on the x-ray perimeter. | <0>1406<0>3782<0>313<0>209<0>2935<0>3067<0>3067<0>1339<0>1919<0>484<0>2799<0>191<0>2703<0>1990<0>2864<0>3625<0>802<0>1509<0>2589<0>589<0>1773<0>3809<0>2991<0>2324<0>3782<0>3264<0>2560<0>2703<0>2471<0>221<0>2579<0>1518<0>974<0>1759<0>3751<0>2775<0>3566<0>1994<0>2185<0>4009<0>3782<0>3259<0>1355<0>3150<0>690<0>1273<0>2777... |
We can look out to the scrub brush in every direction into that seething inferno of exploding artillery shells, 2.75 inch rockets, napalm canisters, 250 and 500 pound bombs and 20 millimeter cannon fire. And thank God and our lucky stars that we didn't have to walk through that to get to work. | <0>3184<0>2848<0>3020<0>3898<0>3373<0>3695<0>2970<0>2471<0>2991<0>3828<0>3535<0>804<0>2471<0>3341<0>1238<0>484<0>1882<0>55<0>1171<0>701<0>1195<0>1500<0>3079<0>3020<0>2103<0>3828<0>327<0>2703<0>3924<0>2773<0>221<0>75<0>2589<0>735<0>97<0>3561<0>3176<0>2577<0>2703<0>3287<0>1097<0>1097<0>3457<0>3585<0>2475<0>2823<0>1171<0>... |
So, like I said, the, the close air support is absolutely, or the close air support, the artillery is absolutely what, and that's, that's happened many, on many occasions for, for American soldiers, sailors, marines. | <0>2769<0>1569<0>3972<0>3888<0>1108<0>1108<0>1989<0>1108<0>1108<0>3003<0>2700<0>1108<0>1108<0>1500<0>2716<0>3089<0>3535<0>824<0>3447<0>493<0>1209<0>1209<0>1523<0>1108<0>3003<0>1108<0>2506<0>2132<0>4048<0>701<0>224<0>2548<0>1902<0>1500<0>2769<0>3447<0>368<0>1587<0>1518<0>3541<0>2769<0>2419<0>1850<0>2799<0>2030<0>3898<0>... |
Overseas fighting, uh, you know, the Air Force, the Navy pilots, the Marine Corps pilots coming in and actually the guy on the ground controlling these guys is an Air Force pilot as well. So, having that air superiority is a wonderful thing. | <0>3122<0>3067<0>1007<0>368<0>368<0>3457<0>3158<0>3405<0>3861<0>3447<0>2748<0>3008<0>1730<0>2155<0>1944<0>3869<0>1598<0>620<0>1844<0>4007<0>3246<0>1738<0>1738<0>1277<0>1748<0>1108<0>1108<0>2492<0>493<0>2155<0>3299<0>148<0>1123<0>366<0>746<0>895<0>327<0>2703<0>3046<0>3378<0>3894<0>2187<0>3585<0>2187<0>2187<0>1862<0>1862... |
Now speaking of the aviators, going back to the helicopters, chapter 9 in this book is called Brave Aviators in it. | <0>3320<0>1500<0>3235<0>2769<0>1171<0>2161<0>1171<0>1858<0>2506<0>153<0>2462<0>148<0>148<0>2462<0>3541<0>3155<0>1981<0>2989<0>3541<0>1882<0>1448<0>512<0>2703<0>1645<0>2324<0>1862<0>678<0>2697<0>366<0>1730<0>509<0>3289<0>2104<0>2364<0>757<0>2418<0>2247<0>899<0>2589<0>2840<0>3693<0>1171<0>2471<0>3617<0>2197<0>2799<0>3373... |
Again, these sitting ducks coming in is crazy to read about. | <0>4066<0>1858<0>679<0>3585<0>1171<0>2703<0>2155<0>2187<0>2398<0>324<0>1944<0>2483<0>3457<0>1405<0>2797<0>1967<0>1097<0>3875<0>1539<0>587<0>2488<0>2471<0>1693<0>2705<0>1500<0>1214<0>1318<0>1318<0>1756<0>2705<0>3414<0>469<0>545<0>2220<0>3672<0>3457<0>1377<0>1409<0>3973<0>3837<0>1007<0>3184<0>919<0>1254<0>196<0>366<0>974... |
Going back to the book, over the 20 months of air mobile training, a bond had been welded between the infantry and their rides, the Huey helicopter pilots and crewmen. | <0>2740<0>3185<0>3146<0>3447<0>2703<0>685<0>1579<0>2471<0>1981<0>304<0>313<0>3626<0>1977<0>411<0>3768<0>2823<0>2619<0>2619<0>895<0>3373<0>1113<0>1530<0>3782<0>1007<0>1500<0>1518<0>3943<0>3005<0>2703<0>553<0>3585<0>3299<0>871<0>327<0>327<0>2799<0>2598<0>493<0>1171<0>3184<0>1007<0>1500<0>866<0>1277<0>1318<0>3966<0>1214<0... |
Now the strength of that bond would be tested in the hottest of fires. If the air bridge failed, so the, meaning the helicopter's ability to get in there. If the air bridge failed, the embattled men of 1st Battalion, 7th Cav, | <0>2840<0>83<0>3972<0>492<0>3002<0>3935<0>2703<0>361<0>3305<0>2703<0>3541<0>1575<0>327<0>1819<0>324<0>229<0>587<0>2379<0>3976<0>3821<0>2710<0>3020<0>512<0>43<0>1569<0>974<0>1668<0>1517<0>3180<0>679<0>1500<0>2471<0>3990<0>974<0>3713<0>1517<0>2156<0>3148<0>2787<0>3478<0>3063<0>2462<0>553<0>3096<0>2494<0>2581<0>967<0>1977... |
Would certainly die in much the same way George Armstrong Custer's cavalrymen died at Little Bighorn. Caught off, surrounded by numerically superior forces, overrun, and butchered to the last man. | <0>1748<0>3140<0>512<0>1539<0>3850<0>2070<0>2001<0>3579<0>3713<0>493<0>2751<0>366<0>1569<0>3082<0>3944<0>2521<0>3585<0>1171<0>587<0>1518<0>3725<0>317<0>2516<0>3535<0>3535<0>1171<0>2989<0>1518<0>3892<0>3561<0>2103<0>664<0>3067<0>974<0>1738<0>2777<0>2943<0>2697<0>974<0>2563<0>3744<0>3122<0>2989<0>1978<0>2471<0>3535<0>166... |
I asked Bruce Crandall's brave air crews of Alpha Company, the 229th aviation battalion for the last measure of devotion for service far beyond the limits of duty and mission. And they came through as I knew they would. And so, so. | <0>2450<0>2703<0>3089<0>2748<0>3235<0>385<0>1579<0>196<0>3067<0>506<0>1773<0>3037<0>3668<0>3833<0>1214<0>1732<0>297<0>1569<0>3447<0>2715<0>3067<0>1518<0>2978<0>805<0>2156<0>3881<0>1003<0>530<0>2555<0>229<0>2619<0>3821<0>2935<0>3395<0>3892<0>3373<0>3144<0>3617<0>3809<0>3713<0>1575<0>1902<0>3972<0>304<0>2799<0>1883<0>397... |
In other words, that they would not go where they were needed, when they were needed the most. | <0>2010<0>1171<0>3447<0>2348<0>3067<0>2989<0>974<0>191<0>1715<0>2385<0>694<0>1587<0>1587<0>1007<0>512<0>3008<0>898<0>43<0>697<0>512<0>2989<0>298<0>1741<0>3067<0>819<0>3526<0>2498<0>3585<0>658<0>645<0>648<0>3762<0>1108<0>3469<0>954<0>3067<0>151<0>2582<0>871<0>3067<0>3176<0>1171<0>229<0>1372<0>1539<0>3759<0>648<0>3894<0>... |
Even before I asked, Bruce Crandall had already decided to begin doing everything that had to be done. | <0>1209<0>3046<0>368<0>1171<0>3642<0>2748<0>3660<0>411<0>3341<0>3447<0>3089<0>43<0>374<0>855<0>1587<0>1546<0>3159<0>1003<0>2629<0>833<0>3020<0>2773<0>1303<0>3447<0>3617<0>1518<0>1882<0>2697<0>1882<0>3299<0>984<0>3535<0>1683<0>3782<0>1171<0>1485<0>1919<0>2152<0>1318<0>1209<0>2875<0>1076<0>3028<0>546<0>512<0>587<0>3412<0... |
Staying with it, Crandall now dropped his Huey loaded with casualties onto the red dirt strip. When we, and this is Crandall talking. When we hit the ground, we were met by medics and infantry troops still waiting to be lifted into x-ray. | <0>2462<0>2826<0>809<0>553<0>298<0>807<0>3809<0>2594<0>3097<0>2860<0>2715<0>3447<0>3373<0>3348<0>83<0>2471<0>3667<0>3972<0>366<0>3828<0>3457<0>3875<0>3457<0>623<0>561<0>2475<0>492<0>2703<0>3067<0>3667<0>229<0>151<0>3002<0>1850<0>3447<0>3135<0>1659<0>1171<0>2475<0>3002<0>1211<0>3972<0>1214<0>1022<0>1738<0>1422<0>3750<0>... |
So that's another crazy thing to think about. You're, you're unloading wounded men and you're, and you're getting on that aircraft that's going to go pick up more wounded men, but you're going to stay. | <0>4066<0>1007<0>2142<0>3150<0>3894<0>898<0>1500<0>2324<0>2934<0>1730<0>1993<0>785<0>3655<0>142<0>3874<0>361<0>2864<0>2300<0>3883<0>1873<0>705<0>957<0>1697<0>2433<0>151<0>2799<0>2002<0>956<0>3808<0>2875<0>151<0>1902<0>998<0>1007<0>3447<0>2060<0>3943<0>1526<0>915<0>3713<0>587<0>324<0>1329<0>1422<0>3898<0>3447<0>2703<0>3... |
Back to the book. They removed the dead and wounded from my bird and this act is engraved in my mind deeper than any other experience in my two tours in Vietnam. A huge black enlisted man, clad only in shorts and boots, hands bigger than dinner plates, reached into my helicopter to pick up one of the dead white soldie... | <0>3528<0>1850<0>3822<0>2060<0>1238<0>229<0>3122<0>2199<0>553<0>3373<0>2536<0>298<0>3809<0>3809<0>2323<0>782<0>3526<0>2309<0>3821<0>3647<0>1372<0>2615<0>2415<0>969<0>3166<0>2541<0>1886<0>43<0>345<0>484<0>484<0>1738<0>3893<0>729<0>2475<0>3096<0>2966<0>330<0>43<0>3402<0>769<0>3374<0>3821<0>4064<0>3974<0>2471<0>3376<0>553... |
He had tears streaming down his face and he tenderly cradled that dead soldier to his chest as he walked slowly from the aircraft to the medical station. | <0>2875<0>2823<0>386<0>3657<0>3535<0>623<0>2410<0>3809<0>3155<0>2506<0>1133<0>2934<0>1171<0>1171<0>587<0>623<0>1850<0>2471<0>1685<0>3002<0>3437<0>2935<0>2485<0>3850<0>2030<0>2288<0>891<0>266<0>221<0>3561<0>3681<0>2060<0>221<0>3146<0>3809<0>3067<0>1238<0>342<0>2142<0>2935<0>3008<0>915<0>1277<0>1748<0>2892<0>1352<0>2142<... |
I never knew if the man he picked up was his buddy or not. I suspect not. | <0>3774<0>3008<0>2703<0>3373<0>2991<0>3809<0>3809<0>149<0>1214<0>2471<0>3976<0>2703<0>3541<0>4086<0>3436<0>1154<0>3199<0>2751<0>1797<0>809<0>2716<0>2731<0>2703<0>2396<0>3898<0>3791<0>2070<0>4062<0>915<0>3020<0>3008<0>3541<0>1882<0>3972<0>3434<0>1649<0>1108<0>1108<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>869<0>3469<0>2833<0>3535<0>3535<0... |
His grief was for a fallen comrade and for the agony that violent death brings to those who witness it. | <0>1989<0>3466<0>2412<0>313<0>538<0>3809<0>3020<0>1730<0>2055<0>3927<0>2663<0>1108<0>3642<0>3002<0>3135<0>974<0>1500<0>1594<0>618<0>545<0>3184<0>2427<0>3122<0>3122<0>1738<0>1862<0>1882<0>1481<0>1608<0>3627<0>3541<0>2152<0>3447<0>1076<0>1169<0>3419<0>1850<0>2703<0>546<0>3008<0>3561<0>1539<0>2703<0>2054<0>2769<0>2471<0>2... |
More about the helicopters. Back to the book, one of the ships brought in Larry Litton. | <0>587<0>3067<0>4009<0>2471<0>1007<0>1500<0>2669<0>2703<0>1500<0>974<0>1883<0>43<0>366<0>1868<0>1140<0>2588<0>3096<0>2506<0>1748<0>1108<0>1376<0>1108<0>1748<0>3447<0>1500<0>3413<0>3373<0>1238<0>196<0>1238<0>2989<0>3434<0>3888<0>130<0>230<0>3782<0>3541<0>1442<0>1238<0>3376<0>3875<0>3875<0>2703<0>2710<0>826<0>492<0>618<0... |
Who immediately took over command of Delta Company from the wounded Sergeant Gonzales. I told him to add the four Delta mortars to consolidate mortar position set up by Captain Edwards and to control all seven mortars from a single fire direction center. | <0>3003<0>1108<0>2492<0>229<0>1214<0>2766<0>1171<0>1206<0>3574<0>3898<0>2155<0>3891<0>3447<0>3434<0>3972<0>2989<0>2989<0>1738<0>256<0>1214<0>2766<0>304<0>3642<0>1238<0>2185<0>1500<0>457<0>3373<0>2427<0>3972<0>954<0>1265<0>3561<0>148<0>898<0>1214<0>1738<0>1422<0>2989<0>237<0>1254<0>2710<0>3713<0>2471<0>1388<0>376<0>2626... |
Even though I talk about decentralized command all the time. And Hal Moore starts off the book talking about how important decentralized command is. | <0>2018<0>3760<0>3585<0>1171<0>3020<0>3373<0>618<0>651<0>3437<0>2609<0>2619<0>521<0>366<0>1277<0>919<0>698<0>3447<0>716<0>1518<0>366<0>1152<0>3509<0>2536<0>3445<0>1518<0>1575<0>1883<0>1819<0>2324<0>3883<0>3252<0>1546<0>1546<0>783<0>3610<0>2901<0>2412<0>2375<0>3899<0>1518<0>3185<0>4008<0>1500<0>1734<0>771<0>443<0>1989<0... |
He's, right now, in that, in that moment, he's centralizing command. He needs to get control of all the mortars so that they can use it correctly. So, again, that's why it's the dichotomy of leadership, because you can... | <0>2506<0>3585<0>368<0>3155<0>2339<0>3782<0>553<0>526<0>3341<0>2471<0>3020<0>3008<0>3447<0>3818<0>709<0>1171<0>3447<0>2648<0>2471<0>298<0>1171<0>2475<0>3096<0>1097<0>1977<0>1668<0>3995<0>1954<0>2471<0>2883<0>3821<0>3663<0>3359<0>3976<0>2471<0>2099<0>3204<0>895<0>3585<0>3793<0>3585<0>3433<0>658<0>1035<0>3509<0>3556<0>40... |
There's times when you, most of the time you decentralize, but you can actually decentralize too much. And if you don't coordinate the efforts of these mortars, you're not going to use them effectively. So he centralizes the command of the mortars, brings them all into one location and starts using them effectively. S... | <0>1730<0>3447<0>3791<0>366<0>2799<0>2471<0>3020<0>553<0>690<0>1406<0>3003<0>3003<0>1108<0>1108<0>3894<0>3373<0>782<0>3927<0>385<0>2471<0>151<0>3713<0>2978<0>3045<0>1715<0>259<0>3650<0>144<0>3793<0>3176<0>193<0>2471<0>3160<0>1539<0>3158<0>3850<0>2284<0>3287<0>2471<0>855<0>193<0>1214<0>2471<0>3005<0>3642<0>2029<0>1076<0... |
Now here's another platoon commander, Joe Marm. Joe Marm describes the situation in his platoon. | <0>1117<0>43<0>3509<0>2935<0>2775<0>122<0>1738<0>1328<0>382<0>492<0>553<0>561<0>3370<0>819<0>3073<0>2234<0>3526<0>369<0>1773<0>1518<0>3735<0>2471<0>1886<0>2799<0>3134<0>1895<0>2053<0>559<0>3527<0>957<0>4066<0>3907<0>4009<0>2935<0>479<0>2860<0>1579<0>809<0>1773<0>2471<0>2748<0>2703<0>548<0>2769<0>2432<0>3038<0>1422<0>29... |
My platoon medic was a short timer and did not accompany us to Chupong. | <0>1108<0>3972<0>2471<0>3943<0>1710<0>2703<0>221<0>2703<0>2935<0>1981<0>2799<0>809<0>1273<0>527<0>1734<0>1517<0>2471<0>2471<0>2133<0>2991<0>3222<0>1748<0>1108<0>1108<0>1306<0>3561<0>493<0>3176<0>3526<0>1254<0>1500<0>2864<0>1214<0>2460<0>974<0>3180<0>587<0>3735<0>3972<0>3791<0>296<0>3907<0>1993<0>3922<0>2185<0>2023<0>15... |
Sergeant First Class George McCully, the platoon sergeant, carried the aid kit and we planned to use Staff Sergeant Thomas Tolliver as our medic when the need arose. He had been a combat medic during the Korean War and was well qualified. | <0>3637<0>317<0>1710<0>2510<0>3519<0>2432<0>3003<0>3927<0>484<0>1452<0>1341<0>1883<0>1518<0>521<0>2775<0>866<0>1485<0>1388<0>411<0>3647<0>3972<0>490<0>1777<0>1518<0>259<0>230<0>1675<0>327<0>1467<0>553<0>1924<0>2563<0>3160<0>1518<0>546<0>1171<0>3024<0>4062<0>2883<0>2517<0>1539<0>3561<0>2961<0>701<0>3096<0>3585<0>2029<0>... |
Still, we did not have enough medics to go around, so we sent down specialist Brooke Knight and specialist Charles Lowe's, a senior medical aid man as platoon medics to Bravo company. | <0>765<0>2506<0>2030<0>1773<0>2883<0>2753<0>2450<0>2254<0>1360<0>1298<0>530<0>530<0>1743<0>1120<0>3067<0>3713<0>1539<0>3782<0>3782<0>1850<0>3782<0>2991<0>2142<0>1944<0>819<0>824<0>2935<0>193<0>546<0>2471<0>2946<0>366<0>83<0>1518<0>3185<0>2769<0>1981<0>1773<0>3850<0>3373<0>3036<0>2645<0>1819<0>2769<0>2769<0>2471<0>809<0... |
Now, Calvin Buchnight, still alive but mortally wounded, was laid gently on the ground in his blood-filled rubber poncho before the medical platoon sergeant. | <0>1209<0>2958<0>54<0>2989<0>1422<0>457<0>1108<0>9<0>3668<0>2619<0>492<0>3894<0>345<0>1836<0>492<0>1238<0>745<0>2703<0>1850<0>3024<0>1108<0>465<0>3967<0>3729<0>1517<0>1500<0>1518<0>3782<0>1902<0>3349<0>1238<0>2799<0>3057<0>3447<0>304<0>1500<0>3348<0>1780<0>3894<0>2989<0>130<0>221<0>1539<0>979<0>2444<0>957<0>3434<0>229<... |
He reached up and took my hand and said, Sarge, I didn't make it. We got an IV started on him and put a pressure bandage over his back wound. There was just no hope. We were able to get him on an evac ship, but he died. | <0>3526<0>386<0>298<0>1076<0>3713<0>1719<0>3750<0>366<0>1649<0>3132<0>977<0>2492<0>3003<0>543<0>305<0>3184<0>1710<0>2748<0>1886<0>1850<0>553<0>3089<0>130<0>3184<0>793<0>3535<0>580<0>2710<0>3850<0>3782<0>3782<0>2799<0>3713<0>333<0>3190<0>2104<0>246<0>225<0>1850<0>3713<0>3008<0>221<0>3892<0>1261<0>2244<0>2631<0>1108<0>30... |
The scriptures say that there is no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends. | <0>3898<0>3002<0>4083<0>3348<0>2773<0>65<0>3907<0>3002<0>3376<0>3096<0>3447<0>4066<0>3437<0>3146<0>2070<0>3176<0>3373<0>3898<0>1406<0>1328<0>553<0>1784<0>3541<0>492<0>144<0>3943<0>1022<0>3413<0>471<0>1772<0>345<0>231<0>809<0>492<0>3898<0>3096<0>493<0>3561<0>1850<0>1569<0>3735<0>3146<0>3898<0>1500<0>3892<0>3181<0>2799<0... |
This is what Calvin Booknight did in that fire-filled jungle. | <0>3526<0>2525<0>2060<0>2185<0>3972<0>3925<0>2703<0>2471<0>974<0>2582<0>3299<0>3972<0>1459<0>1214<0>1944<0>3526<0>2710<0>1076<0>386<0>1852<0>1850<0>1850<0>634<0>1588<0>3511<0>2213<0>3469<0>517<0>2199<0>366<0>2703<0>3541<0>2716<0>91<0>1500<0>1575<0>3526<0>1730<0>1882<0>2989<0>3972<0>614<0>196<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
He sheltered the wounded he was treating with his own body. His back to the enemy guns. Completely vulnerable. | <0>1209<0>1209<0>2451<0>3374<0>3447<0>1518<0>1211<0>2894<0>3526<0>1738<0>2092<0>298<0>130<0>221<0>1254<0>3342<0>400<0>1197<0>2433<0>3561<0>324<0>1719<0>409<0>1773<0>1730<0>1171<0>587<0>1238<0>151<0>1835<0>3713<0>1500<0>304<0>512<0>3184<0>3972<0>3972<0>148<0>148<0>693<0>3797<0>4058<0>1568<0>2506<0>648<0>4009<0>1850<0>48... |
And here's how more. It was now 3.45pm. | <0>77<0>1372<0>2641<0>587<0>1715<0>1882<0>3972<0>1927<0>2989<0>2989<0>1111<0>115<0>2952<0>1108<0>1665<0>2703<0>3585<0>1944<0>3972<0>1944<0>1500<0>3874<0>2187<0>2703<0>2989<0>3874<0>1944<0>3972<0>2787<0>1710<0>147<0>1324<0>148<0>1882<0>2864<0>3299<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2... |
And except for the predicament of Sergeant Savage and the cutoff platoon, I was feeling a good deal better about the situation. We had all of our men in. Massive firepower had been deployed. A company of reinforcements was on the way. Our two chopper lifeline landing zone was secure. Most of our wounded were either ev... | <0>3020<0>1011<0>3850<0>2060<0>1649<0>2799<0>1526<0>1500<0>1031<0>2683<0>1974<0>3566<0>1287<0>3299<0>653<0>915<0>3008<0>3388<0>1214<0>151<0>1214<0>368<0>3447<0>3373<0>191<0>493<0>2030<0>2703<0>2703<0>3541<0>1463<0>2710<0>1463<0>3509<0>1777<0>2471<0>2471<0>1518<0>1224<0>3898<0>1710<0>3894<0>3541<0>3447<0>838<0>3585<0>34... |
I ordered Alpha and Bravo companies to evacuate their casualties, withdraw out of close contact with the enemy under covering fires and prepare to launch a coordinated attack supported by heavy preparatory artillery fire to reach the cutoff platoon. | <0>4011<0>2471<0>2989<0>2471<0>915<0>3146<0>1862<0>1518<0>561<0>1738<0>1575<0>3782<0>1518<0>1575<0>1620<0>2989<0>3541<0>1539<0>3005<0>1328<0>3642<0>2970<0>3515<0>229<0>807<0>1463<0>2324<0>304<0>3782<0>3849<0>3135<0>2935<0>3713<0>770<0>1634<0>3566<0>3946<0>1575<0>3067<0>3910<0>409<0>3923<0>1990<0>1392<0>2471<0>1214<0>19... |
I was tortured by the fate of those men and the need to rescue them. And chapter 10 is called fix bayonets, which can give you an indication. | <0>3469<0>1882<0>1328<0>513<0>3791<0>259<0>3974<0>2785<0>915<0>3836<0>2254<0>3511<0>3794<0>366<0>2894<0>1944<0>553<0>3892<0>2433<0>744<0>381<0>1143<0>1649<0>1238<0>3373<0>983<0>2769<0>587<0>3447<0>1800<0>1491<0>2629<0>1108<0>3762<0>3003<0>1989<0>1137<0>151<0>3134<0>1491<0>3158<0>2161<0>3526<0>1094<0>1575<0>2703<0>1198<... |
Back to the book, Alpha and Bravo companies, the first units to land, had now been locked in violent battle for more than two hours, had suffered no small number of casualties, especially among the sergeants and radio operators, and had shot up most of their ammunition. That's another thing we gotta remember. The movi... | <0>1117<0>1850<0>2317<0>2826<0>229<0>915<0>484<0>1817<0>1850<0>1484<0>3447<0>1500<0>3299<0>1388<0>974<0>974<0>1738<0>614<0>3404<0>2989<0>2864<0>2888<0>3561<0>1719<0>1384<0>1944<0>2734<0>3943<0>2348<0>3907<0>2205<0>3561<0>3445<0>2991<0>2710<0>2710<0>3898<0>1500<0>1944<0>1185<0>2703<0>2498<0>1944<0>3972<0>2864<0>1804<0>1... |
Right. Uh, they also, in the movies, there's plenty of water. Oh, they're in the jungle, they got plenty of water. These guys don't have water out here. | <0>1146<0>3524<0>1422<0>1500<0>280<0>3906<0>2258<0>2475<0>366<0>3486<0>1267<0>1329<0>3373<0>3437<0>2750<0>3850<0>3791<0>1569<0>3888<0>1639<0>1270<0>3593<0>3359<0>1328<0>229<0>3457<0>2563<0>234<0>648<0>493<0>3809<0>2506<0>1442<0>3899<0>3439<0>2707<0>940<0>1569<0>1973<0>1649<0>1989<0>1108<0>3246<0>1265<0>915<0>3297<0>132... |
No water, no food, and now they're running out of ammunition. | <0>196<0>2471<0>1191<0>3844<0>3972<0>1738<0>2989<0>746<0>746<0>1442<0>2230<0>361<0>1862<0>1882<0>1883<0>43<0>2161<0>1944<0>43<0>3972<0>3869<0>2641<0>1491<0>1944<0>1730<0>1730<0>2497<0>2840<0>1463<0>3023<0>3288<0>530<0>1649<0>1022<0>3771<0>151<0>2748<0>2748<0>2716<0>967<0>3445<0>3373<0>368<0>3378<0>4052<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
Tony Nadal and John Heron needed time to evacuate their dead and wounded, to reorganize and regroup their diminished platoons, and designate new leaders, and to replenish stocks of ammunition and grenades. | <0>9<0>1500<0>4009<0>3585<0>1526<0>3373<0>2619<0>1518<0>2989<0>2550<0>3435<0>3457<0>3447<0>1569<0>151<0>304<0>366<0>3894<0>3176<0>1485<0>2029<0>3535<0>1500<0>304<0>1710<0>229<0>3299<0>1850<0>3515<0>679<0>3447<0>2152<0>819<0>2875<0>3668<0>1318<0>2989<0>3972<0>3184<0>1539<0>3526<0>1587<0>1238<0>221<0>623<0>974<0>2357<0>3... |
They would have 40 minutes to accomplish this, then heavy artillery fire would lane down ahead of them as they kicked off one more attempt to break through the ring of enemy troops and rescue the survivors of Lieutenant Her- Henry Herrick's second platoon. Meanwhile, help was on the way. | <0>2631<0>1171<0>298<0>2935<0>2471<0>1944<0>2323<0>3045<0>304<0>2799<0>3713<0>221<0>1100<0>2070<0>2710<0>2471<0>1620<0>1569<0>1569<0>1518<0>3373<0>1517<0>2703<0>3535<0>367<0>1739<0>2263<0>3526<0>1175<0>3892<0>1794<0>3067<0>2935<0>275<0>2427<0>2070<0>2799<0>1214<0>1730<0>3972<0>1882<0>1518<0>2991<0>718<0>313<0>553<0>587... |
Back at 3rd Brigade Headquarters in the T Plantation, the orders were going out. Our Sister Battalion, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cav was informed that one of its companies, Bravo, was being detached and sent to Landing X-ray, Landing Zone X-ray to reinforce. | <0>2703<0>3515<0>926<0>2506<0>3067<0>915<0>229<0>3894<0>698<0>553<0>1175<0>304<0>819<0>2753<0>2989<0>484<0>3373<0>3713<0>950<0>1730<0>2772<0>3311<0>3561<0>3561<0>3150<0>304<0>2471<0>2710<0>3892<0>658<0>1100<0>587<0>1076<0>1147<0>3435<0>974<0>1738<0>544<0>2753<0>1620<0>3972<0>1214<0>2716<0>3341<0>2697<0>3844<0>974<0>171... |
On arrival in x-ray bravo company second battalion would come under my operational control for the duration of the fight. So there's a there's two battalions. | <0>2489<0>2471<0>3898<0>2619<0>83<0>3146<0>1990<0>1954<0>2864<0>3977<0>3561<0>2155<0>3437<0>2773<0>2196<0>1085<0>221<0>1518<0>2619<0>1518<0>1518<0>1392<0>2471<0>3894<0>553<0>3433<0>824<0>3877<0>1214<0>149<0>1902<0>1028<0>623<0>3746<0>3159<0>1695<0>395<0>2697<0>1117<0>3348<0>2019<0>2471<0>2471<0>3541<0>2471<0>2989<0>156... |
Each battalion has a number of companies in them and they're going to take one of the companies from the other battalion. | <0>1209<0>368<0>3837<0>196<0>2492<0>4048<0>1377<0>975<0>2594<0>2710<0>1850<0>1944<0>386<0>2471<0>2775<0>3134<0>2864<0>1862<0>1759<0>3122<0>1575<0>587<0>2710<0>3541<0>1214<0>3299<0>2398<0>512<0>2420<0>2230<0>963<0>2060<0>1741<0>2753<0>974<0>3541<0>561<0>3158<0>3561<0>2161<0>1777<0>974<0>3184<0>3158<0>746<0>2989<0>587<0>... |
Bravo company, troops won the toss, hand down. | <0>3180<0>2619<0>2619<0>1518<0>2365<0>1039<0>1518<0>1620<0>298<0>3561<0>3561<0>2492<0>1989<0>3003<0>3003<0>465<0>1471<0>2442<0>3974<0>196<0>3910<0>2525<0>3984<0>9<0>1748<0>3184<0>2989<0>43<0>3348<0>2772<0>1392<0>2619<0>1710<0>3729<0>164<0>3089<0>2641<0>2425<0>43<0>1289<0>1649<0>2004<0>1989<0>317<0>3447<0>2471<0>2864<0>... |
There was a bunch of different companies there and they were all doing various things but, uh, Myron Diderik's company was actually, I think they were standing guard or they were closest by and so they were the ones that were going. And it's probably a good thing because this guy, Captain Diderik, is a complete badass... | <0>866<0>1568<0>587<0>3320<0>1981<0>807<0>3966<0>3003<0>70<0>3373<0>229<0>3348<0>3457<0>1685<0>1214<0>2185<0>3447<0>746<0>366<0>3299<0>2700<0>3762<0>9<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3097<0>898<0>3972<0>3541<0>2935<0>2710<0>2598<0>2970<0>1862<0>225<0>1989<0>512<0>587<0>2989<0>678<0>2989<0>1579<0>3617<0>3894<0>3539<0>3146<0>573<... |
Bravo Company 2nd Battalion had good, solid, professional non-coms and it's troop had served together for some, for a long time. It was a good rifle company and I was happy to get it. Captain Tedirik was 27 years old, a native-born Ukrainian who had come to the United States with his family in 1950. | <0>3373<0>2619<0>259<0>898<0>2619<0>3809<0>2935<0>3002<0>1085<0>2471<0>2142<0>3535<0>2860<0>3892<0>2935<0>4009<0>493<0>1117<0>3809<0>3966<0>3551<0>898<0>1954<0>2471<0>1800<0>1944<0>2142<0>3713<0>1307<0>2753<0>1569<0>1569<0>3122<0>1777<0>3122<0>3373<0>3235<0>221<0>2055<0>1871<0>1171<0>3642<0>1318<0>3850<0>824<0>3373<0>2... |
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