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He was an ROTC graduate from St. Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey and was commissioned in July of 1960. He completed paratrooper and ranger training and had served tours in Germany and at Fort Benning. Didierk was married and the father of two children. | <0>587<0>1171<0>1328<0>411<0>3782<0>512<0>1719<0>3561<0>3457<0>317<0>3874<0>2894<0>2703<0>2703<0>3713<0>3146<0>2594<0>3894<0>2710<0>3892<0>3776<0>1463<0>221<0>3374<0>3813<0>2471<0>1518<0>3713<0>3184<0>1406<0>871<0>3466<0>1710<0>823<0>75<0>3176<0>1318<0>3907<0>3447<0>1773<0>2935<0>3433<0>2935<0>1076<0>221<0>587<0>3713<0... |
While our reinforcements were saddling up, my Alpha and Bravo companies were about to launch their second attempt to break through to Lieutenant Herrick's trap platoon. John Herron and Tony Nadal had pulled their men back to the dry creek bed during the lull so they would begin the attack from there. | <0>1769<0>479<0>259<0>2619<0>1981<0>1171<0>3585<0>746<0>1007<0>189<0>3002<0>3541<0>770<0>1518<0>368<0>3235<0>3782<0>3782<0>1518<0>3089<0>807<0>3782<0>2864<0>1384<0>225<0>2989<0>1850<0>1845<0>3782<0>2707<0>3447<0>1738<0>3528<0>2619<0>2619<0>1518<0>1883<0>2799<0>1575<0>3541<0>623<0>1719<0>3898<0>327<0>1862<0>974<0>3150<0... |
Platoon Sergeant Troy Miller remembers the scene. Our morale was very high after the first contact. Before we went off, before we went after the cutoff platoon, Captain Nadal got us together and said, men, we've got an American platoon caught off out there and we're going after them. | <0>3180<0>3589<0>1171<0>3445<0>3850<0>3782<0>2142<0>2710<0>2240<0>884<0>2471<0>3447<0>2716<0>3447<0>3972<0>1518<0>1214<0>3782<0>2753<0>1715<0>1118<0>3850<0>3585<0>3781<0>3199<0>2254<0>852<0>2170<0>678<0>492<0>484<0>327<0>3972<0>2619<0>1518<0>3235<0>1830<0>3976<0>3146<0>3793<0>366<0>1819<0>2703<0>2471<0>3377<0>3943<0>30... |
The replies were yeaah, and let's go get them. And Gary Owen. And Gary Owen is the, it's like the war cry of the, of the cavalry. | <0>1262<0>512<0>229<0>3067<0>3650<0>3447<0>1526<0>130<0>1569<0>2799<0>3176<0>2935<0>1850<0>1902<0>2450<0>1272<0>2122<0>1435<0>2070<0>2070<0>3480<0>3264<0>3067<0>807<0>3447<0>3342<0>313<0>3144<0>3746<0>2397<0>1089<0>3373<0>3156<0>2506<0>3447<0>151<0>553<0>2142<0>1232<0>2497<0>3199<0>1414<0>3803<0>3466<0>1108<0>3003<0>19... |
Comes from an old song and it's just a historical thing and that's why you read the book. You can find out about Gary Owen. | <0>3466<0>1108<0>19<0>2471<0>237<0>3968<0>3299<0>2864<0>3704<0>2548<0>1748<0>515<0>3850<0>3782<0>3782<0>1518<0>1214<0>404<0>1318<0>2739<0>2816<0>3041<0>648<0>561<0>3002<0>2525<0>561<0>2703<0>2060<0>855<0>3067<0>1518<0>2471<0>545<0>1500<0>1118<0>3447<0>221<0>3561<0>1361<0>3976<0>1683<0>1518<0>1171<0>2070<0>3020<0>3008<0... |
Back to the book, Captain Tony Nadal, Alpha Company was the first man out of the creek bed leading first platoon in the assault. He recalls, we moved about 50 yards when we ran into the enemy force, which had come down the mountain. | <0>1388<0>1882<0>1224<0>2799<0>679<0>1738<0>3882<0>3622<0>2826<0>3782<0>2545<0>1022<0>3024<0>2705<0>2619<0>2410<0>1539<0>3373<0>2129<0>1500<0>3782<0>259<0>3067<0>1675<0>735<0>1974<0>19<0>1500<0>259<0>2703<0>1819<0>3404<0>2989<0>1388<0>151<0>3585<0>714<0>3566<0>466<0>771<0>359<0>1575<0>1858<0>3943<0>1944<0>3850<0>3943<0... |
I presume they were preparing to launch their attack about the time we launched ours. The fighting quickly became very vicious at close range. | <0>1108<0>3783<0>1265<0>3593<0>2978<0>1171<0>221<0>151<0>546<0>512<0>3180<0>3541<0>2197<0>3445<0>2388<0>2883<0>2989<0>3972<0>3617<0>2826<0>2142<0>1265<0>2775<0>3782<0>1862<0>2324<0>2989<0>2753<0>2339<0>2799<0>1500<0>2991<0>492<0>3020<0>3972<0>366<0>3907<0>3519<0>2989<0>3246<0>2032<0>317<0>4066<0>3116<0>869<0>1108<0>174... |
We took many casualties. Lieutenant Wayne Johnson, the first platoon leader was hit. At least three other squad leaders were also hit, two of them killed. | <0>2589<0>530<0>1298<0>2288<0>359<0>229<0>3966<0>3447<0>3174<0>221<0>1171<0>3176<0>1171<0>2703<0>2060<0>406<0>1211<0>369<0>3046<0>2855<0>3858<0>1588<0>1201<0>2968<0>2968<0>3388<0>3373<0>149<0>3447<0>2410<0>1684<0>3373<0>1171<0>1684<0>1539<0>3447<0>3782<0>1007<0>3373<0>3008<0>911<0>4011<0>3899<0>898<0>2750<0>2055<0>1981... |
One while going forward in an attempt to rescue one of his soldiers against direct orders. | <0>2697<0>3184<0>221<0>1518<0>2348<0>3617<0>2946<0>2471<0>2324<0>3373<0>807<0>1525<0>2070<0>2707<0>3923<0>1579<0>718<0>3008<0>3488<0>2682<0>2703<0>1214<0>2261<0>3373<0>2991<0>4009<0>1517<0>4062<0>3067<0>1792<0>1214<0>1422<0>2060<0>2978<0>1518<0>3541<0>2284<0>969<0>1715<0>1155<0>3977<0>1388<0>1579<0>2935<0>1773<0>3850<0... |
Bill Beck, firing a burst from his M60 machine gun to his right front, was transfixed by what he saw just forward. A tall, thin sergeant bayoneting a North Vietnamese in the chest. | <0>871<0>191<0>3373<0>406<0>1238<0>2703<0>2703<0>3081<0>2197<0>2779<0>738<0>746<0>3782<0>1129<0>807<0>2471<0>871<0>484<0>1500<0>3155<0>1007<0>2703<0>2769<0>110<0>2703<0>1710<0>2769<0>3539<0>397<0>3096<0>587<0>3556<0>1100<0>130<0>3067<0>484<0>3373<0>2710<0>2152<0>3894<0>1719<0>1575<0>275<0>2161<0>263<0>2323<0>4009<0>156... |
It was just like practiced against the straw dummies. Forward, thrust, pull out, move on. One, two, three. | <0>3079<0>3809<0>3637<0>3713<0>3791<0>2775<0>3595<0>359<0>2217<0>1028<0>2450<0>2883<0>2030<0>3447<0>1011<0>2471<0>2030<0>2775<0>975<0>2491<0>2619<0>2991<0>1388<0>3348<0>3950<0>317<0>1182<0>641<0>641<0>1267<0>2594<0>2323<0>94<0>2707<0>3782<0>1675<0>3538<0>381<0>1062<0>967<0>4009<0>34<0>3447<0>2978<0>2030<0>2183<0>2002<0... |
Captain Tony Nadal had four men in his command group as he charged into the brush. Two radio operators, Sergeant Jack Gell and a 25 year old native New Yorker and specialist. | <0>2703<0>2471<0>1526<0>4062<0>3447<0>2471<0>3008<0>493<0>2129<0>1882<0>2471<0>3447<0>221<0>850<0>22<0>411<0>366<0>512<0>3750<0>2155<0>3561<0>770<0>3509<0>1214<0>2703<0>512<0>954<0>915<0>3180<0>3642<0>3637<0>1208<0>3922<0>2471<0>3541<0>2588<0>1485<0>1384<0>1442<0>3180<0>974<0>1175<0>975<0>4056<0>3667<0>3373<0>304<0>371... |
Spec for John Clark of Michigan, plus the company's artillery forward observer, Lieutenant Timothy M Blake, 24 from Charleston, West Virginia and Blake's recon Sergeant Sergeant Floyd L Reed Jr. 27 years old of Heth, Arkansas. | <0>2710<0>1467<0>3437<0>3275<0>2769<0>895<0>3067<0>3713<0>3782<0>898<0>1886<0>1484<0>2471<0>2517<0>2324<0>819<0>3447<0>3457<0>1539<0>2935<0>221<0>3199<0>3345<0>223<0>2251<0>3180<0>2510<0>2826<0>366<0>3377<0>1214<0>1171<0>1306<0>2142<0>352<0>3713<0>2471<0>2471<0>151<0>746<0>3435<0>3435<0>1799<0>3585<0>3693<0>543<0>1738<... |
As they moved up, Nadal had the radio handset to his ear. | <0>4089<0>2525<0>151<0>3950<0>2471<0>492<0>779<0>2152<0>2488<0>3882<0>2650<0>1723<0>755<0>345<0>3894<0>4062<0>2619<0>2707<0>1007<0>3899<0>3642<0>2991<0>3067<0>553<0>2161<0>3642<0>2703<0>553<0>151<0>2710<0>3612<0>1919<0>3894<0>512<0>3637<0>2187<0>3439<0>3434<0>977<0>3097<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
Kept moving until the long black cord pulled back on him. | <0>1205<0>3096<0>2703<0>2204<0>1854<0>1480<0>2840<0>3445<0>4009<0>1007<0>3999<0>1171<0>1171<0>2138<0>2548<0>599<0>2325<0>3045<0>2619<0>411<0>3435<0>1484<0>288<0>219<0>3184<0>1954<0>366<0>678<0>2740<0>304<0>304<0>1500<0>382<0>1224<0>895<0>4008<0>871<0>3373<0>3782<0>2450<0>2864<0>1790<0>1835<0>1214<0>1732<0>3097<0>3981<0... |
He was looking around to see what was wrong, the same burst that killed Sergeant Gallard also killed Lieutenant Blank and struck Sergeant Reed, who died shortly thereafter. | <0>2437<0>221<0>2070<0>2799<0>3439<0>1214<0>3541<0>1500<0>3146<0>3850<0>2935<0>492<0>1575<0>1526<0>368<0>1518<0>3972<0>2989<0>1214<0>3535<0>3821<0>553<0>3184<0>1518<0>1518<0>2525<0>2060<0>1038<0>1467<0>967<0>1518<0>1769<0>3850<0>2471<0>3713<0>3184<0>3353<0>1944<0>2181<0>1790<0>2989<0>304<0>2775<0>229<0>551<0>151<0>327<... |
Sergeant Sam Holman, native, uh, Sergeant Sam Holman Jr., a native of Pennsylvania, a native Pennsylvanian knelt beside his mortally wounded buddy Jack Gell and heard him gasp, tell my wife I love her. | <0>3792<0>2070<0>1265<0>2710<0>703<0>22<0>553<0>3447<0>2989<0>895<0>2062<0>1518<0>3373<0>1730<0>1318<0>698<0>3585<0>3005<0>3297<0>3530<0>704<0>366<0>366<0>3973<0>1108<0>3003<0>1376<0>3003<0>3003<0>1989<0>4058<0>2509<0>3235<0>4009<0>3909<0>2055<0>2525<0>3437<0>3972<0>411<0>4008<0>3447<0>338<0>3155<0>2748<0>3735<0>932<0>... |
Tony Nadal had no time to mourn Jack Gell, a man he greatly respected. Too many other lives were in his hands. | <0>3447<0>3923<0>221<0>1171<0>2776<0>2197<0>3782<0>94<0>1484<0>1850<0>3067<0>493<0>2703<0>1500<0>2682<0>3447<0>1850<0>1214<0>221<0>298<0>130<0>304<0>3541<0>3526<0>1730<0>1850<0>1862<0>1268<0>1214<0>1882<0>2697<0>871<0>2432<0>2703<0>3782<0>359<0>1730<0>3541<0>2989<0>457<0>4058<0>1108<0>3003<0>2548<0>819<0>2703<0>298<0>1... |
Suddenly 25 yards away, Deal saw an American get up and charge forward while everyone around him was flat on his belly. | <0>2116<0>3791<0>366<0>915<0>623<0>226<0>2989<0>3445<0>1730<0>2471<0>2471<0>221<0>275<0>3519<0>3642<0>1981<0>1171<0>3526<0>2506<0>3943<0>2775<0>1518<0>3122<0>1214<0>3445<0>3146<0>1777<0>587<0>3342<0>368<0>4067<0>974<0>1463<0>338<0>2856<0>2471<0>2001<0>2375<0>2323<0>2707<0>411<0>1569<0>3435<0>2471<0>1819<0>1636<0>2703<0... |
He had spotted an enemy machine gun dug into a big termite hill. It was chewing up both Bravo Company platoons. | <0>3657<0>3874<0>2769<0>2769<0>1518<0>2619<0>969<0>3184<0>148<0>1123<0>3096<0>587<0>587<0>3556<0>3556<0>1171<0>1525<0>2935<0>288<0>1526<0>4062<0>3750<0>2799<0>3297<0>193<0>1442<0>1277<0>2875<0>3096<0>2398<0>397<0>1085<0>484<0>2864<0>1862<0>2875<0>3096<0>3224<0>3528<0>1767<0>3680<0>741<0>1238<0>1730<0>1471<0>716<0>807<0... |
After failing to knock it out with a law rocket and a grenade and a thrown grenade, he decided to deal with it directly. | <0>359<0>2471<0>1862<0>746<0>850<0>1944<0>2703<0>259<0>623<0>3373<0>3617<0>1902<0>2221<0>1171<0>3782<0>1518<0>3435<0>2989<0>3435<0>3435<0>3489<0>3489<0>1518<0>2865<0>1569<0>1352<0>304<0>1435<0>705<0>3680<0>2122<0>237<0>151<0>2103<0>324<0>75<0>1108<0>1836<0>1265<0>3894<0>819<0>1171<0>3821<0>632<0>3498<0>151<0>561<0>561<... |
He charged through the fire, tossed a hand grenade behind the hill, and then cleaned up the survivors with his M16 rifle. | <0>2433<0>3176<0>3641<0>2471<0>3923<0>1463<0>1273<0>1112<0>3067<0>1500<0>746<0>3782<0>678<0>3923<0>1518<0>1815<0>628<0>381<0>1198<0>3782<0>2619<0>3235<0>3150<0>3668<0>2703<0>130<0>2471<0>3445<0>901<0>587<0>623<0>1500<0>1518<0>221<0>304<0>3892<0>1463<0>1575<0>1575<0>2460<0>471<0>4003<0>151<0>1171<0>954<0>1902<0>3176<0>2... |
The following day, Lieutenant Al Daveny found a dead North Vietnamese officer and 11 enemy soldiers sprawled behind that termite mound. Says Deal, Joe Marm saved my life and the lives of many others. | <0>866<0>2594<0>1484<0>2989<0>3541<0>587<0>3184<0>1171<0>2703<0>3585<0>2288<0>105<0>4011<0>3067<0>2703<0>969<0>1313<0>1850<0>366<0>1575<0>1579<0>1238<0>2703<0>1171<0>3176<0>3452<0>705<0>1953<0>1953<0>738<0>2187<0>3447<0>366<0>3541<0>819<0>871<0>1800<0>2703<0>1318<0>493<0>2989<0>3923<0>1944<0>3874<0>3176<0>587<0>587<0>1... |
Lieutenant Marms staggered back to his position with a bullet wound to his jaw and neck. | <0>3184<0>1710<0>2703<0>1214<0>2989<0>3972<0>1882<0>368<0>1517<0>3447<0>3642<0>3894<0>3303<0>2703<0>2324<0>2197<0>3176<0>3642<0>2769<0>1171<0>698<0>1238<0>3541<0>871<0>3373<0>2799<0>2092<0>324<0>2991<0>2498<0>2152<0>3894<0>3457<0>3183<0>658<0>3923<0>1518<0>1518<0>3305<0>151<0>2920<0>151<0>1882<0>19<0>3822<0>602<0>2068<... |
He joined a growing stream of walking wounded flowing back toward the battalion aid station. Sergeant Keaton treated Marm's wound and one of Bruce Crandell's hueys evacuated him to the rear. | <0>3526<0>1318<0>3713<0>2799<0>3008<0>3472<0>1214<0>1500<0>298<0>3376<0>884<0>151<0>587<0>3184<0>3493<0>3923<0>2619<0>3408<0>587<0>3184<0>229<0>1684<0>3008<0>3832<0>2070<0>1518<0>3894<0>3184<0>3923<0>2471<0>2290<0>778<0>2989<0>2864<0>819<0>866<0>3447<0>2989<0>361<0>3452<0>1463<0>3320<0>509<0>1171<0>1491<0>1719<0>75<0>3... |
Within days, Lieutenant Joe Marm was recuperating at Valley Forge Army Hospital near his home in Pennsylvania. | <0>1117<0>512<0>4072<0>3606<0>895<0>3585<0>3585<0>696<0>22<0>1587<0>1120<0>1463<0>3447<0>3894<0>645<0>3447<0>3067<0>1518<0>1569<0>3972<0>3713<0>1265<0>490<0>2348<0>229<0>1518<0>3445<0>3008<0>2641<0>1944<0>3123<0>1567<0>151<0>3447<0>1518<0>151<0>850<0>3067<0>327<0>1388<0>652<0>1819<0>3968<0>2799<0>1819<0>2146<0>602<0>97... |
In December of 1966, Joe Marm reported to the Pentagon with the secretary of the army acting on behalf of president Lyndon Johnson, presented him with the medal of honor, the nation's highest award for valor. | <0>1477<0>1094<0>3535<0>2471<0>2864<0>327<0>1238<0>3447<0>2875<0>855<0>3585<0>718<0>3002<0>3539<0>1964<0>3457<0>509<0>824<0>1741<0>3751<0>3002<0>735<0>215<0>924<0>2433<0>3713<0>3067<0>130<0>1518<0>3972<0>229<0>327<0>3180<0>3435<0>974<0>1768<0>3713<0>3541<0>3180<0>4009<0>623<0>3663<0>366<0>1518<0>3184<0>225<0>1146<0>976... |
Joe Marm's heroic action unfortunately failed to open the door to the cutoff platoon. | <0>1993<0>3447<0>2070<0>304<0>2619<0>3348<0>2070<0>3373<0>1518<0>3447<0>3373<0>3131<0>3947<0>1850<0>2471<0>2252<0>1171<0>819<0>1214<0>1944<0>895<0>2410<0>2883<0>512<0>1944<0>729<0>967<0>3828<0>2775<0>3348<0>512<0>3589<0>3798<0>1532<0>3342<0>512<0>2471<0>3589<0>1526<0>2748<0>1594<0>275<0>2471<0>2619<0>2745<0>3898<0>1467... |
Bravo Company had progressed only about 75 yards, Alpha Company a bit further. All three of Nadal's | <0>2092<0>512<0>2619<0>3923<0>2753<0>484<0>3348<0>3541<0>2475<0>151<0>2357<0>3348<0>954<0>512<0>3447<0>855<0>1981<0>221<0>151<0>1944<0>3299<0>974<0>3135<0>3535<0>3447<0>229<0>3561<0>593<0>1569<0>2787<0>369<0>512<0>678<0>2471<0>2023<0>1526<0>1828<0>510<0>924<0>361<0>1500<0>895<0>2799<0>3404<0>3541<0>229<0>3561<0>3894<0>... |
Platoon leaders were now either dead or wounded as were many of his non-coms. | <0>225<0>866<0>3135<0>1710<0>3373<0>1372<0>1171<0>3020<0>1500<0>1715<0>1715<0>2406<0>3762<0>4058<0>1834<0>512<0>1254<0>374<0>3348<0>1738<0>3389<0>3874<0>3134<0>871<0>1198<0>1171<0>3821<0>2633<0>1596<0>1596<0>1981<0>1575<0>229<0>298<0>1539<0>3008<0>493<0>2840<0>1989<0>1108<0>3438<0>2703<0>1715<0>2989<0>2989<0>512<0>1318... |
Worse yet, Alpha Company's first platoon had gotten out ahead of the two other and was heavily engaged with perhaps a hundred enemy. | <0>1748<0>895<0>1500<0>2773<0>1139<0>1171<0>2703<0>2631<0>1950<0>1989<0>2648<0>1500<0>1500<0>1883<0>3541<0>1620<0>1539<0>3002<0>779<0>3828<0>1452<0>147<0>327<0>1710<0>512<0>3008<0>3837<0>2619<0>3246<0>324<0>1444<0>3972<0>2703<0>3892<0>1076<0>1579<0>2075<0>282<0>2773<0>3008<0>229<0>229<0>1021<0>3159<0>2458<0>1267<0>2955... |
Some of the North, some of the Alpha Troopers bypassed the enemy in dense brush, and those North Vietnamese had opened up on them. | <0>2116<0>3373<0>2471<0>1579<0>915<0>3894<0>2989<0>1518<0>561<0>1059<0>648<0>1950<0>1467<0>3447<0>3348<0>3713<0>1794<0>2619<0>3437<0>2799<0>1445<0>527<0>4062<0>2934<0>3155<0>2274<0>1882<0>2703<0>1307<0>1850<0>1321<0>1722<0>950<0>1171<0>587<0>3176<0>493<0>191<0>2935<0>2769<0>2096<0>1518<0>2989<0>1085<0>4024<0>128<0>3621... |
Not only were we unable to plunge through to rescue Herrick's platoon, we were now in danger of having another platoon cut off. | <0>963<0>2648<0>3348<0>1484<0>1668<0>623<0>229<0>130<0>690<0>1171<0>359<0>1007<0>2799<0>1171<0>3184<0>327<0>2710<0>2155<0>690<0>2523<0>1546<0>1740<0>3829<0>530<0>1895<0>2931<0>1981<0>2471<0>3966<0>1386<0>3894<0>3541<0>1500<0>3447<0>334<0>3894<0>3976<0>2142<0>2543<0>513<0>3180<0>1710<0>2641<0>819<0>3307<0>1335<0>1748<0>... |
And again, I apologize. That's one of the things I should have talked about was the way this terrain is set up. | <0>611<0>3096<0>3008<0>2029<0>1730<0>83<0>3972<0>2324<0>3972<0>94<0>1238<0>2432<0>2703<0>3791<0>1715<0>304<0>1214<0>915<0>2060<0>2703<0>3585<0>3185<0>3556<0>190<0>1675<0>1746<0>2415<0>1392<0>196<0>3541<0>2989<0>871<0>1118<0>3373<0>1238<0>151<0>3280<0>3780<0>3508<0>2989<0>2703<0>3585<0>3008<0>1719<0>3535<0>3617<0>1569<0... |
So there's a lot of grass, like I would say waist-high grass, maybe a little bit taller than waist-high. | <0>1218<0>3096<0>3850<0>235<0>1773<0>3067<0>1007<0>4009<0>1684<0>3348<0>2970<0>1850<0>1910<0>2775<0>2826<0>2535<0>1734<0>3509<0>4007<0>1834<0>390<0>3434<0>3348<0>679<0>2741<0>2375<0>1238<0>1422<0>3020<0>3096<0>2710<0>691<0>1569<0>219<0>3894<0>3445<0>3341<0>4009<0>3535<0>296<0>1203<0>1163<0>3307<0>3561<0>587<0>492<0>173... |
And if you take cover, you can't say anything. | <0>2376<0>3979<0>498<0>869<0>3637<0>553<0>1710<0>1452<0>3008<0>2802<0>1108<0>1108<0>1989<0>3097<0>1651<0>2060<0>3850<0>2167<0>3585<0>1730<0>623<0>3821<0>2935<0>3370<0>2619<0>484<0>3713<0>3089<0>2935<0>3535<0>3707<0>587<0>3874<0>361<0>648<0>2840<0>3003<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>206... |
Because you're in grass. If you stand up, you get shot. So it's a terrible... | <0>3003<0>75<0>151<0>368<0>368<0>3447<0>2388<0>2703<0>3980<0>583<0>1341<0>3075<0>1948<0>362<0>3856<0>133<0>3585<0>1730<0>1730<0>3002<0>776<0>3539<0>2787<0>2161<0>553<0>3713<0>3713<0>1569<0>2450<0>2239<0>1748<0>390<0>1502<0>1914<0>510<0>2645<0>2155<0>1532<0>3132<0>1715<0>1007<0>3840<0>770<0>539<0>2485<0>3850<0>147<0>297... |
Catch 22. Do you stand up so you can see what's happening and see where people are going and see where the enemy is maneuvering? And you might get shot or do you lay down where you take cover and you have a better chance of not getting shot but you can't see anything? | <0>2646<0>1730<0>3126<0>2563<0>307<0>545<0>3541<0>493<0>770<0>236<0>614<0>1639<0>3973<0>1079<0>1875<0>1966<0>2433<0>1730<0>491<0>553<0>3447<0>1500<0>1710<0>3713<0>386<0>1171<0>2734<0>3067<0>3782<0>3821<0>3782<0>54<0>2935<0>3585<0>698<0>561<0>2989<0>327<0>1730<0>2161<0>2989<0>2471<0>3404<0>1765<0>2197<0>587<0>3850<0>623... |
Captain Didieric ran up to me and shouted, Gary Owen, sir. Now this is, this is awesome. So Captain Didieric is the guy that's coming in too. He's from 2-7. | <0>770<0>2970<0>3782<0>2060<0>368<0>2029<0>2588<0>1500<0>3447<0>521<0>4009<0>3821<0>3045<0>2197<0>3018<0>3882<0>89<0>1222<0>2116<0>3373<0>130<0>2378<0>3158<0>2588<0>2703<0>366<0>3445<0>2010<0>2055<0>1835<0>313<0>2734<0>3489<0>3782<0>2769<0>3447<0>484<0>1734<0>3373<0>2181<0>2060<0>1118<0>3873<0>824<0>1715<0>2775<0>3341<... |
He's coming in as reinforcements. And like I said, Gary Owen is like their war cry. | <0>3003<0>3466<0>3585<0>22<0>3748<0>2619<0>1171<0>3020<0>1977<0>2799<0>298<0>2894<0>1500<0>974<0>3637<0>2864<0>1196<0>2105<0>1538<0>3134<0>2323<0>3062<0>3055<0>2010<0>1989<0>3466<0>4095<0>77<0>2799<0>2471<0>2766<0>1710<0>807<0>3693<0>3821<0>2142<0>2935<0>2471<0>2142<0>3791<0>3146<0>226<0>3122<0>1769<0>618<0>3434<0>2471... |
So here we go. Captain Diderik ran up to me and shouted, so this is how Mortakhan is on this embroidered war zone. Been taking so many casualties. | <0>1108<0>3195<0>2525<0>1007<0>807<0>2152<0>623<0>1738<0>1675<0>802<0>1213<0>3721<0>2010<0>2703<0>366<0>1579<0>3667<0>1730<0>1977<0>1007<0>512<0>967<0>3447<0>1214<0>3668<0>3892<0>553<0>553<0>2142<0>3791<0>65<0>3551<0>1850<0>1902<0>2707<0>1518<0>3791<0>2619<0>1569<0>561<0>368<0>2553<0>3310<0>2697<0>1484<0>3404<0>2826<0>... |
And here's what Al Moore says, Captain DeDurek ran up to me and shouted Gary Owen, sir. Captain DeDurek and Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 120 men strong reporting for duty. | <0>2036<0>2161<0>3968<0>2769<0>286<0>1569<0>327<0>2989<0>746<0>3791<0>838<0>2970<0>1645<0>3667<0>664<0>2579<0>2517<0>2989<0>967<0>3348<0>4062<0>561<0>3585<0>397<0>809<0>3445<0>493<0>2274<0>967<0>1500<0>2734<0>3045<0>3489<0>512<0>3850<0>2060<0>259<0>484<0>3946<0>1805<0>2204<0>1050<0>3856<0>3447<0>2471<0>3373<0>3488<0>65... |
His eyes sparkled with excitement and the challenge of the situation. I told the director to assemble his men in a clump of trees 30 yards northwest of the command post to act as a battalion reserve for the time being. | <0>2475<0>2060<0>3972<0>1500<0>2588<0>2506<0>2096<0>2619<0>484<0>1883<0>1422<0>1738<0>2152<0>3002<0>3447<0>237<0>1882<0>386<0>1318<0>645<0>3457<0>3972<0>1819<0>2075<0>426<0>1517<0>3488<0>1685<0>3067<0>1730<0>1273<0>1844<0>3148<0>705<0>2955<0>1862<0>374<0>1518<0>191<0>1539<0>3146<0>1265<0>2152<0>1171<0>3713<0>513<0>1710... |
And here's what Colonel Moore says with night approaching, there was no real choice. I did not want to get into the hours of darkness with my battalion fragmented with the companies incapable of mutual support and subject to defeat in detail. | <0>3493<0>151<0>3968<0>3791<0>1575<0>2396<0>755<0>2205<0>3222<0>1120<0>1328<0>3122<0>2989<0>2989<0>3972<0>368<0>3535<0>3791<0>3287<0>3067<0>3405<0>1202<0>1008<0>1740<0>1740<0>242<0>2840<0>3447<0>967<0>221<0>3348<0>3348<0>3005<0>553<0>2103<0>745<0>3472<0>2152<0>3593<0>2471<0>527<0>3447<0>397<0>484<0>2365<0>3713<0>3535<0... |
Word came over the radio and this and so now this is a specialist | <0>3435<0>1500<0>3359<0>1710<0>3892<0>3980<0>3067<0>3348<0>3067<0>553<0>698<0>3447<0>2799<0>151<0>824<0>2769<0>2379<0>3791<0>1073<0>1569<0>492<0>3850<0>2775<0>2030<0>1118<0>83<0>207<0>1974<0>705<0>1220<0>1342<0>930<0>1342<0>3864<0>81<0>75<0>707<0>1108<0>3762<0>4058<0>1989<0>2612<0>1989<0>948<0>2462<0>751<0>3782<0>3457<... |
Galem Bungham who's out there with the Lost Platoon. | <0>3737<0>3096<0>2070<0>3235<0>2178<0>484<0>288<0>3617<0>3980<0>321<0>1526<0>1977<0>3782<0>2989<0>2740<0>1085<0>898<0>1518<0>1422<0>3067<0>2703<0>2323<0>3861<0>1171<0>2378<0>3561<0>3298<0>2492<0>4066<0>3140<0>618<0>3619<0>2070<0>866<0>327<0>3668<0>3299<0>1277<0>2004<0>290<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>206... |
Back to the book. Word came over the radio that we would have to hang on till morning. | <0>1748<0>2703<0>1850<0>2387<0>492<0>2799<0>229<0>3435<0>304<0>3899<0>1462<0>130<0>1518<0>3235<0>1518<0>3976<0>3793<0>3373<0>1990<0>229<0>3894<0>3892<0>1850<0>1569<0>3821<0>3892<0>2823<0>3561<0>3287<0>1392<0>1518<0>1277<0>149<0>3135<0>919<0>895<0>3447<0>151<0>587<0>1329<0>543<0>1989<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
I could not believe what I heard. I thought there was no way we would be able to do that. Others thought the same thing. Clark kept asking me, do you think we'll make it? I didn't know. But I said we have to pray and pray hard. | <0>1108<0>1338<0>2221<0>3008<0>587<0>1500<0>3972<0>492<0>527<0>1076<0>3305<0>1882<0>1882<0>3892<0>484<0>327<0>2739<0>2409<0>563<0>2455<0>2288<0>530<0>3794<0>390<0>2748<0>2488<0>1518<0>1819<0>3067<0>1007<0>3176<0>151<0>492<0>3435<0>3067<0>3020<0>3894<0>3894<0>191<0>3585<0>3943<0>406<0>191<0>369<0>1318<0>1568<0>1902<0>17... |
It was a big question mark in all of our minds. We had to keep our cool and bear down. | <0>547<0>4062<0>2185<0>1388<0>3008<0>2422<0>1518<0>3909<0>1139<0>2989<0>678<0>1338<0>807<0>2697<0>678<0>1954<0>3435<0>3972<0>1738<0>2648<0>2648<0>3162<0>317<0>2136<0>641<0>2122<0>2936<0>2779<0>225<0>3305<0>3892<0>2703<0>1539<0>1067<0>2060<0>3585<0>4008<0>2970<0>484<0>992<0>259<0>895<0>3435<0>3435<0>1488<0>2566<0>3393<0... |
And now we hear from Hal Moore again. I now consider the toll this day's fighting had taken. | <0>1834<0>151<0>2733<0>2316<0>3460<0>3574<0>746<0>2054<0>1882<0>1569<0>2989<0>974<0>1882<0>298<0>632<0>2155<0>628<0>151<0>587<0>173<0>1518<0>1777<0>151<0>3850<0>1773<0>65<0>3297<0>782<0>3526<0>1346<0>1329<0>1431<0>1431<0>2051<0>1109<0>3592<0>1518<0>2707<0>2062<0>3420<0>871<0>1748<0>2185<0>2060<0>2978<0>2710<0>3096<0>11... |
Effective strength of 2 officers and 84 enlisted. | <0>1676<0>1950<0>465<0>3977<0>593<0>553<0>2703<0>3099<0>151<0>3907<0>1400<0>561<0>3342<0>1022<0>3891<0>3508<0>990<0>1518<0>2989<0>3480<0>3713<0>3556<0>2506<0>3559<0>911<0>151<0>950<0>950<0>3158<0>2823<0>746<0>130<0>1882<0>1940<0>3348<0>1715<0>1339<0>1277<0>1434<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
John Heron's Bravo Company had lost one officer and 46 enlisted men killed or wounded and was down to four officers and 68 enlisted men with one platoon, Herics, trapped outside the perimeter. | <0>3624<0>3447<0>1569<0>4009<0>553<0>2142<0>3447<0>2769<0>3589<0>2619<0>2619<0>259<0>2753<0>898<0>2471<0>313<0>1710<0>4009<0>2707<0>890<0>3791<0>221<0>1191<0>4009<0>1819<0>1518<0>1273<0>3373<0>327<0>1274<0>1695<0>1877<0>3874<0>1944<0>729<0>130<0>2471<0>632<0>2598<0>1097<0>776<0>900<0>3535<0>2471<0>3067<0>3235<0>2710<0>... |
Now I wanted to personally walk the perimeter and check the preparations for what promised to be a tough night and another tough day tomorrow. | <0>493<0>3447<0>2471<0>366<0>2935<0>2619<0>313<0>2543<0>2427<0>3235<0>2860<0>2773<0>3535<0>807<0>3067<0>2707<0>3782<0>2221<0>1710<0>2753<0>4009<0>2799<0>2471<0>2471<0>1500<0>1815<0>2122<0>2122<0>265<0>2387<0>3561<0>55<0>3976<0>3402<0>3683<0>3393<0>2703<0>2471<0>1422<0>1518<0>2935<0>3922<0>3713<0>221<0>3713<0>866<0>3637... |
Just before dark, Sergeant Major Plumlee and I broke away from the command post and set out to check the perimeter, talking with the troopers and getting a feel for the situation on the ground. | <0>4066<0>3647<0>1587<0>623<0>2152<0>1518<0>1575<0>807<0>4009<0>2517<0>697<0>2228<0>2288<0>471<0>471<0>246<0>2710<0>2883<0>3373<0>3713<0>2888<0>553<0>1175<0>3556<0>915<0>3615<0>2989<0>3972<0>2703<0>3447<0>3096<0>3585<0>648<0>2051<0>1145<0>3762<0>3003<0>4066<0>3179<0>3762<0>2612<0>2589<0>326<0>1903<0>3096<0>3373<0>3899<... |
What concerned me the most was the morale of the men. How well the companies were tied in, their defensive fire plans, and the situation with ammunition and water supplies. | <0>2631<0>3146<0>1233<0>561<0>698<0>824<0>2860<0>3373<0>130<0>2823<0>2748<0>3020<0>932<0>3974<0>2773<0>1339<0>1598<0>471<0>3463<0>2450<0>3373<0>1452<0>1214<0>1518<0>1518<0>1902<0>3899<0>2541<0>2474<0>2548<0>1488<0>826<0>144<0>3134<0>824<0>3821<0>2155<0>1844<0>161<0>3772<0>574<0>3822<0>1902<0>3067<0>3067<0>4009<0>492<0>... |
Morale among the men was high, although there was understandable grief over the friends we had lost. The men and I talked | <0>2989<0>484<0>3782<0>2748<0>3782<0>259<0>386<0>3782<0>298<0>1214<0>3894<0>3447<0>1214<0>3067<0>2070<0>2441<0>2787<0>1569<0>43<0>236<0>2633<0>1748<0>869<0>1518<0>3067<0>2799<0>3373<0>3373<0>3067<0>1815<0>3339<0>2629<0>2748<0>3791<0>3972<0>2645<0>3447<0>1719<0>3821<0>3082<0>3067<0>2615<0>1304<0>3020<0>3892<0>2323<0>274... |
The men I talked with realized that we were facing a fierce, determined enemy. But he failed to break through our lines. | <0>679<0>2894<0>3447<0>3899<0>2715<0>3160<0>2619<0>3877<0>2989<0>3067<0>1730<0>3894<0>3020<0>3782<0>3447<0>1977<0>3184<0>3020<0>3447<0>3927<0>3999<0>3376<0>3833<0>1804<0>3861<0>2563<0>4009<0>716<0>1793<0>4062<0>1321<0>1569<0>1214<0>623<0>151<0>2497<0>3708<0>2398<0>465<0>3003<0>1108<0>2639<0>693<0>2251<0>1799<0>3561<0>1... |
They knew the fight wasn't over. I heard weary soldiers saying things like, we'll get him sir, and they won't get through us sir. | <0>2772<0>1171<0>623<0>2070<0>1500<0>746<0>3782<0>3447<0>1422<0>3373<0>2775<0>3894<0>3067<0>304<0>327<0>2044<0>3799<0>2760<0>3772<0>3252<0>1862<0>2970<0>2001<0>3067<0>3067<0>151<0>3067<0>3793<0>3002<0>2541<0>3185<0>3249<0>3373<0>3280<0>2710<0>1171<0>587<0>746<0>3447<0>298<0>2775<0>366<0>304<0>545<0>3067<0>3067<0>1322<0... |
Their fighting spirit had not dimmed and they made me proud and humble. | <0>1262<0>3617<0>1007<0>2703<0>3020<0>221<0>1719<0>2705<0>3020<0>2703<0>2582<0>353<0>1748<0>3524<0>237<0>1318<0>2155<0>2471<0>3246<0>390<0>3973<0>1108<0>983<0>1175<0>2393<0>2827<0>3522<0>1812<0>3252<0>1360<0>2606<0>191<0>587<0>1171<0>587<0>1171<0>1539<0>587<0>587<0>3837<0>2348<0>2471<0>2471<0>2471<0>819<0>2739<0>976<0>... |
In every one of my companies that had landed in this place this morning, there were 15 to 20 soldiers who had less than two weeks left to go in the army. | <0>3657<0>1171<0>2703<0>3079<0>546<0>1032<0>259<0>932<0>2864<0>922<0>2703<0>2915<0>521<0>2989<0>1575<0>587<0>2710<0>1668<0>1094<0>3176<0>2070<0>967<0>221<0>3519<0>493<0>1491<0>3020<0>3535<0>3771<0>1659<0>4009<0>3713<0>2309<0>782<0>2710<0>1214<0>2989<0>819<0>221<0>587<0>2471<0>2989<0>3972<0>593<0>1273<0>2144<0>3096<0>17... |
Some of those men now lay dead, wrapped in ponchos near my command post. The rest of them were out on that perimeter, standing shoulder to shoulder with their buddies, ready to continue the fight. | <0>2435<0>3373<0>2471<0>2799<0>1526<0>919<0>2703<0>1171<0>1539<0>3447<0>1518<0>3373<0>553<0>3561<0>493<0>3821<0>3821<0>493<0>1372<0>3172<0>3903<0>3883<0>3067<0>2703<0>2955<0>2060<0>587<0>1441<0>3972<0>1819<0>3038<0>746<0>3592<0>3176<0>1730<0>2989<0>2471<0>1542<0>2748<0>1214<0>3668<0>512<0>2427<0>3348<0>324<0>2060<0>855... |
37 miles to the northeast. Bruce Crandall and Big Ed Freeman finally shut down their Hueys at a huge helicopter pad nicknamed the Turkey Farm outside the wire at Camp Holloway. They had been flying non-stop since 6am. | <0>403<0>83<0>1328<0>3176<0>3457<0>3821<0>3373<0>3541<0>2619<0>3782<0>2619<0>1200<0>2705<0>1858<0>151<0>2471<0>1518<0>807<0>3096<0>3561<0>3433<0>3637<0>2826<0>1095<0>1335<0>1748<0>1376<0>4058<0>3894<0>3809<0>3713<0>2638<0>3341<0>2142<0>3447<0>2471<0>2865<0>3420<0>2164<0>1859<0>1652<0>3373<0>493<0>3821<0>3821<0>632<0>26... |
It was after 10 PM when Crandall shut down and tried to get out of the aircraft. | <0>744<0>3067<0>672<0>1882<0>2471<0>1587<0>3809<0>855<0>3976<0>221<0>3585<0>2378<0>3892<0>1518<0>1214<0>1183<0>2142<0>1214<0>1500<0>678<0>852<0>621<0>1274<0>195<0>1993<0>3713<0>3185<0>871<0>304<0>1500<0>3122<0>2823<0>1485<0>2442<0>1518<0>2703<0>1517<0>1485<0>3821<0>2703<0>2471<0>3894<0>2475<0>1175<0>1265<0>3263<0>3146<... |
That is when the day's activities caught up with me. My legs gave out as I stepped on the skid, and I fell to the ground. For the next few minutes, I vomited. | <0>3287<0>2703<0>3713<0>3373<0>512<0>1526<0>2710<0>1100<0>1171<0>3535<0>2703<0>1872<0>1100<0>130<0>1539<0>3433<0>4013<0>678<0>2471<0>3943<0>1117<0>1579<0>3184<0>2844<0>2475<0>2760<0>3482<0>4011<0>1500<0>1526<0>809<0>623<0>2070<0>3194<0>2935<0>1171<0>1463<0>2471<0>3122<0>3857<0>2060<0>3373<0>1967<0>3850<0>2883<0>2549<0>... |
Someone slipped me a bottle of cognac into my hand and I took a big slug. It was a waste of good booze. It came up as fast as it went down. | <0>2665<0>3373<0>1575<0>974<0>2978<0>3535<0>484<0>1170<0>130<0>1518<0>1117<0>2989<0>2471<0>974<0>561<0>1804<0>2288<0>2122<0>343<0>19<0>898<0>3923<0>587<0>304<0>1862<0>226<0>587<0>3541<0>2471<0>561<0>895<0>2703<0>3522<0>1992<0>3850<0>2748<0>229<0>191<0>2703<0>632<0>4050<0>3287<0>3185<0>932<0>3918<0>3452<0>3716<0>2009<0>... |
I finally quit shaking and made it to the operations tent to recap the day and plan the next. The aviation unit had quite a day. | <0>359<0>2703<0>1007<0>1500<0>3874<0>2096<0>1819<0>3519<0>1445<0>1171<0>1568<0>632<0>587<0>2888<0>936<0>2890<0>3986<0>266<0>1463<0>2888<0>221<0>1171<0>1539<0>2710<0>1668<0>1171<0>2471<0>1518<0>1518<0>3445<0>3376<0>1526<0>3850<0>3447<0>1388<0>1710<0>3067<0>3585<0>1710<0>2703<0>4004<0>3135<0>2072<0>2703<0>1171<0>3950<0>3... |
We had not suffered a single fatality and we had not left the mission undone. | <0>1406<0>3067<0>3008<0>3348<0>1819<0>2741<0>3235<0>3782<0>1007<0>229<0>3713<0>3850<0>3976<0>2864<0>1007<0>2703<0>3585<0>2710<0>2471<0>1518<0>3541<0>3176<0>2751<0>2288<0>1478<0>1096<0>1575<0>229<0>1463<0>587<0>3894<0>1569<0>3434<0>2092<0>426<0>2703<0>2030<0>3541<0>3134<0>1076<0>3713<0>1318<0>1320<0>3943<0>3134<0>2366<0... |
The standard for combat assaults with helicopters had been set on this day. I wondered about tomorrow. Would it be worse? I wasn't sure I could handle another day like today. Then again. | <0>2793<0>2525<0>855<0>553<0>1171<0>1351<0>915<0>746<0>484<0>1978<0>1518<0>2471<0>3373<0>2703<0>2060<0>2775<0>1518<0>890<0>2705<0>2185<0>1638<0>3828<0>3122<0>3377<0>2471<0>2946<0>3713<0>2075<0>3526<0>1254<0>2710<0>3535<0>2703<0>4055<0>2254<0>3625<0>3946<0>327<0>3541<0>3874<0>2060<0>2710<0>1568<0>3445<0>979<0>4055<0>424... |
I thought about the troops in X-Ray, and the choice was not mine to make. | <0>1645<0>1730<0>3067<0>1990<0>3146<0>871<0>3828<0>2753<0>2075<0>4024<0>3374<0>492<0>3526<0>2978<0>2978<0>1198<0>3116<0>3657<0>3585<0>587<0>2703<0>341<0>2773<0>2471<0>580<0>2920<0>543<0>1748<0>3003<0>3003<0>1989<0>3003<0>4058<0>1108<0>1989<0>2492<0>4058<0>4058<0>4058<0>1834<0>3894<0>3894<0>1793<0>2777<0>1518<0>151<0>35... |
The wounded, back to the book, all of the wounded, all of our wounded flown out of x-ray by Crandall's Hueys ended up at Charlie Company, 15th Medical Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, which was temporarily set up in tents at Camp Holloway. | <0>3222<0>3067<0>3184<0>3972<0>360<0>1171<0>979<0>493<0>2703<0>1862<0>1441<0>3894<0>1277<0>3541<0>1819<0>1883<0>1283<0>1518<0>2883<0>2883<0>2548<0>1361<0>2511<0>3373<0>294<0>1022<0>1238<0>3184<0>3184<0>298<0>237<0>645<0>2548<0>259<0>259<0>304<0>286<0>2989<0>3067<0>3833<0>3008<0>3861<0>2323<0>304<0>3146<0>1569<0>1214<0>... |
The executive officer of Charlie Med was Captain George H. Kelling 28 from St. Louis, Missouri. Charlie Med's five surgeons tried to stabilize the soldiers coming off the helicopters. | <0>3977<0>2823<0>3854<0>3535<0>2703<0>2710<0>1539<0>3972<0>1392<0>219<0>3002<0>2142<0>3797<0>2574<0>3782<0>1518<0>3135<0>130<0>221<0>3821<0>1463<0>191<0>3694<0>215<0>1478<0>223<0>3107<0>287<0>1575<0>3160<0>1587<0>304<0>678<0>1659<0>493<0>493<0>3641<0>895<0>2989<0>1484<0>871<0>3457<0>823<0>3361<0>1195<0>2029<0>3155<0>21... |
The treatment we provided, says Kelling, was designed to keep the blood flowing through the patient system until he could be gotten to a hospital which had the personnel and equipment to perform definitive surgery. | <0>1989<0>1108<0>871<0>3226<0>3374<0>1730<0>3397<0>3888<0>587<0>2883<0>3067<0>3782<0>2703<0>546<0>1206<0>3850<0>2142<0>1802<0>838<0>2471<0>219<0>2766<0>2760<0>1739<0>2987<0>1575<0>3535<0>782<0>484<0>2142<0>1171<0>4086<0>1100<0>3561<0>3180<0>871<0>3287<0>259<0>553<0>3821<0>3185<0>2471<0>1306<0>4009<0>2517<0>3821<0>1171<... |
Charlie meds doctors tied off perforated blood vessels to stop the hemorrhaging and then pumped in whole blood. | <0>966<0>2883<0>1518<0>807<0>3976<0>824<0>2978<0>2543<0>2619<0>2450<0>1823<0>782<0>855<0>1569<0>3782<0>2579<0>1518<0>94<0>3095<0>484<0>484<0>3135<0>259<0>3020<0>3342<0>3222<0>3135<0>1321<0>1388<0>1007<0>259<0>3535<0>1659<0>3287<0>1517<0>2254<0>278<0>4045<0>3054<0>1702<0>4066<0>1388<0>3966<0>396<0>1027<0>81<0>2023<0>203... |
Kelly recalls that many of the casualties were rapidly bleeding to death, so it was a race against time to get blood into the soldier faster than he was losing it, even while the surgeons were trying to tie off bleeders. | <0>765<0>3480<0>1007<0>2536<0>2365<0>1819<0>678<0>1484<0>2550<0>745<0>3617<0>3561<0>512<0>3642<0>1710<0>3782<0>3373<0>2062<0>3585<0>3713<0>2989<0>1575<0>2619<0>898<0>2450<0>1575<0>3874<0>493<0>484<0>3585<0>1539<0>3655<0>3287<0>493<0>2432<0>580<0>1500<0>3732<0>2000<0>3170<0>1198<0>1007<0>2775<0>2753<0>3067<0>553<0>3002<... |
We threw caution to the wind and gave a patient four cut downs, which is an intravenous tube tied into blood vessels with four cormans squeezing the blood bags as hard as they could. | <0>1406<0>1076<0>1730<0>3974<0>1978<0>1886<0>3980<0>1719<0>191<0>2799<0>1422<0>3067<0>1171<0>1409<0>1255<0>2385<0>2025<0>3893<0>587<0>919<0>1171<0>1238<0>1675<0>2883<0>3585<0>3713<0>1171<0>3359<0>3927<0>1200<0>4008<0>2619<0>1226<0>898<0>3650<0>1649<0>374<0>3972<0>2697<0>2178<0>3535<0>3780<0>1989<0>1108<0>4007<0>1836<0>... |
It was not unusual for the patient to shiver and quake and lose body temperature from the rapid transfusion of so much cold blood. But the alternative was to let him die. | <0>1575<0>1710<0>3122<0>1819<0>974<0>3585<0>1539<0>3909<0>3287<0>3702<0>746<0>2471<0>2205<0>3096<0>1719<0>338<0>3005<0>1445<0>2777<0>3447<0>3972<0>1214<0>2575<0>1819<0>3067<0>3892<0>3837<0>362<0>2288<0>2122<0>1089<0>3894<0>2991<0>1858<0>3637<0>1518<0>3972<0>512<0>587<0>3535<0>2471<0>1265<0>3745<0>3828<0>3045<0>2864<0>2... |
So they're giving blood directly into the veins. And they've got Cormans standing there, squeezing the bags of blood to try and keep people alive. | <0>593<0>3155<0>3150<0>3067<0>191<0>368<0>3447<0>3968<0>237<0>361<0>1518<0>2883<0>1388<0>871<0>3894<0>1007<0>1518<0>4009<0>3377<0>2456<0>3305<0>3176<0>718<0>148<0>151<0>1710<0>1526<0>231<0>1022<0>553<0>3585<0>3158<0>556<0>1635<0>2525<0>770<0>1431<0>539<0>3787<0>1669<0>2780<0>3299<0>2004<0>465<0>3762<0>3967<0>2345<0>107... |
Here's Sergeant John Stettlin talking. They probed us all night long. We had a few men wounded. I'd never been in a situation like that. When they would come at us, they would come screaming and we could hear bugles. | <0>3199<0>1238<0>368<0>2060<0>1518<0>1463<0>1669<0>493<0>1376<0>3526<0>3457<0>1500<0>3972<0>1442<0>1095<0>349<0>548<0>73<0>2826<0>2525<0>492<0>492<0>3950<0>2497<0>290<0>1587<0>1819<0>3877<0>1200<0>2888<0>1318<0>1076<0>538<0>2471<0>3067<0>2934<0>1715<0>2541<0>1518<0>484<0>3447<0>2989<0>2541<0>3782<0>2471<0>3067<0>3892<0... |
As darkness fell, Savage was on the radio with Lieutenant Bill Riddle. | <0>3892<0>1526<0>2185<0>2471<0>366<0>2396<0>1171<0>2826<0>1944<0>1500<0>3972<0>1575<0>3946<0>2683<0>105<0>1013<0>1489<0>509<0>1097<0>3821<0>2703<0>512<0>3176<0>3373<0>1007<0>3972<0>2799<0>83<0>512<0>553<0>3585<0>3067<0>492<0>492<0>648<0>1238<0>4062<0>3668<0>3894<0>1262<0>3526<0>1526<0>492<0>2185<0>1238<0>561<0>3972<0>2... |
Heron's artillery forward observer, observer walking the high explosive barrages all around the cutoff platoon. | <0>1108<0>1057<0>3968<0>2471<0>1518<0>148<0>2769<0>1331<0>3762<0>1989<0>1950<0>2989<0>1500<0>2921<0>2060<0>327<0>3348<0>3020<0>1830<0>1484<0>1518<0>3972<0>3348<0>3176<0>895<0>1518<0>327<0>1442<0>614<0>359<0>3541<0>2769<0>1500<0>327<0>2339<0>1331<0>3566<0>928<0>3451<0>2683<0>3524<0>3184<0>3489<0>898<0>1710<0>3894<0>1882... |
All of us were lifted off the ground by the impact and covered with dirt and branches. | <0>1488<0>259<0>2474<0>492<0>1500<0>1715<0>1007<0>3348<0>2550<0>1526<0>1773<0>3309<0>3484<0>2619<0>3782<0>288<0>2748<0>2316<0>599<0>898<0>3404<0>366<0>1858<0>148<0>718<0>151<0>3359<0>1200<0>2471<0>2748<0>2599<0>3847<0>4079<0>2122<0>1463<0>361<0>691<0>1882<0>3348<0>229<0>492<0>196<0>3222<0>2185<0>1500<0>1618<0>2877<0>38... |
Bungham recalls, Savage told them on the radio, that was right where we want them. | <0>1748<0>3067<0>915<0>1214<0>1214<0>3973<0>1329<0>2989<0>954<0>3377<0>1392<0>2782<0>1484<0>2826<0>1198<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>2492<0>4066<0>2710<0>3821<0>3782<0>1500<0>3457<0>1693<0>1518<0>3135<0>2799<0>1518<0>1442<0>1738<0>512<0>546<0>3585<0>1862<0>2044<0>2756<0>1120<0>1022<0>2787<0>2697<0>492<0>368<0>3067<0>1500<0>2... |
We hollered that it was too close, but I looked back where those first rounds hit and saw three men running towards us. We opened up. | <0>196<0>1858<0>2703<0>3489<0>3185<0>3373<0>65<0>3888<0>3155<0>3850<0>151<0>1981<0>321<0>3373<0>2799<0>2769<0>838<0>1740<0>1873<0>2044<0>359<0>83<0>1500<0>3373<0>3299<0>3014<0>2703<0>1850<0>1147<0>512<0>2799<0>2799<0>1944<0>1007<0>1500<0>776<0>3809<0>3447<0>3972<0>1858<0>3530<0>3821<0>2823<0>133<0>3681<0>151<0>1710<0>1... |
They must have been crawling up on our position when that artillery came in. They would sneak in as close as 10 yards or less. And many times just stand up to laugh at us. We would mow them down. It begins to work on your mind. What are they laughing at? I couldn't believe it. | <0>1335<0>1435<0>3894<0>1500<0>3910<0>1858<0>382<0>361<0>2771<0>2471<0>2989<0>512<0>1214<0>1862<0>3783<0>3972<0>2471<0>382<0>1526<0>1171<0>3875<0>3184<0>229<0>3184<0>2471<0>275<0>1265<0>1710<0>492<0>3134<0>2353<0>895<0>3585<0>1732<0>1944<0>2155<0>1844<0>3566<0>928<0>1900<0>3419<0>3067<0>2296<0>491<0>3713<0>3585<0>3585<... |
The North Vietnamese launched three separate attacks to keep the pressure on the trapped second platoon during that long night, each time sending about 50 men against the Americans and each time being beaten back by artillery and rifle fire. | <0>3180<0>2155<0>304<0>3447<0>2594<0>3585<0>786<0>2989<0>895<0>3585<0>3002<0>2550<0>3898<0>3972<0>83<0>975<0>4077<0>3447<0>3176<0>3457<0>1977<0>1392<0>1265<0>3373<0>2030<0>2471<0>1862<0>1295<0>770<0>2063<0>895<0>648<0>1442<0>382<0>366<0>4009<0>3214<0>1816<0>3972<0>3972<0>3299<0>2799<0>3299<0>3641<0>1518<0>327<0>1603<0>... |
Savage had seven men unhurt and thirteen wounded. Nine others were dead. | <0>1538<0>3873<0>231<0>3782<0>3373<0>3457<0>2703<0>866<0>2550<0>231<0>3821<0>1526<0>3373<0>2703<0>2703<0>809<0>2295<0>327<0>2799<0>691<0>934<0>484<0>1031<0>2497<0>3861<0>3927<0>2799<0>1639<0>2030<0>895<0>1238<0>1238<0>1007<0>3783<0>3008<0>2632<0>2205<0>1346<0>2492<0>1989<0>1989<0>465<0>1108<0>543<0>151<0>1500<0>3447<0>... |
Some of the lost platoons wounded continued to fight, including Sergeant Reuben Thompson, who had been shot through the chest. | <0>9<0>3447<0>3348<0>1518<0>1518<0>545<0>1007<0>1579<0>3150<0>3447<0>1850<0>3176<0>1981<0>3980<0>1730<0>171<0>1730<0>1710<0>1710<0>553<0>3020<0>746<0>327<0>2703<0>3968<0>826<0>1218<0>1007<0>2894<0>553<0>553<0>3002<0>1518<0>2471<0>3713<0>1185<0>1238<0>512<0>3642<0>561<0>2705<0>3972<0>1819<0>2769<0>1007<0>1598<0>1008<0>1... |
Platoon later heard still another large enemy force moving down the northern trail toward x-ray and again brought artillery fire down on them. | <0>1117<0>327<0>3910<0>2703<0>807<0>623<0>1480<0>1838<0>831<0>2760<0>1267<0>3898<0>3447<0>2935<0>3373<0>3782<0>3946<0>3913<0>1500<0>484<0>492<0>1715<0>3850<0>492<0>1500<0>1800<0>321<0>2142<0>130<0>411<0>2619<0>3713<0>3046<0>2703<0>490<0>1307<0>593<0>2146<0>2989<0>782<0>2769<0>219<0>3974<0>4009<0>2935<0>2536<0>3679<0>37... |
This was followed by a flurry of hand grenades back and forth at about 4.30am. Within an hour, the first light in the eastern sky revealed dozens of khaki clad enemy dead scattered all around the little knoll. | <0>2498<0>3593<0>2152<0>2826<0>304<0>1518<0>974<0>229<0>1500<0>3447<0>2594<0>1213<0>1007<0>3348<0>1007<0>3020<0>3447<0>2594<0>3073<0>553<0>3447<0>753<0>3617<0>587<0>3585<0>3585<0>2769<0>3373<0>2787<0>2221<0>361<0>3143<0>1518<0>3972<0>1200<0>3894<0>974<0>3972<0>2708<0>895<0>2989<0>386<0>3373<0>3348<0>3020<0>1209<0>304<0... |
The trap platoon had survived the longest night any of them would ever know. They checked their ammunition and prepared to receive a Dawn attack. And here's one of the platoon sergeants talking. | <0>1262<0>168<0>2883<0>366<0>1283<0>327<0>1710<0>561<0>324<0>3176<0>2563<0>2799<0>3972<0>2471<0>3373<0>327<0>2864<0>3972<0>2864<0>2716<0>2826<0>492<0>2578<0>77<0>2272<0>3096<0>3585<0>243<0>1442<0>2152<0>3874<0>3598<0>151<0>3044<0>1500<0>1442<0>3307<0>3861<0>348<0>2054<0>2178<0>648<0>648<0>3003<0>3237<0>1989<0>3003<0>30... |
Platoon Sergeant Robert Jemison. Jemison. At first light, we sent out a patrol. | <0>3180<0>1306<0>3642<0>3561<0>1306<0>1518<0>3894<0>2155<0>614<0>1238<0>327<0>3972<0>1442<0>1675<0>196<0>2029<0>3585<0>3359<0>1882<0>3114<0>1517<0>3299<0>3114<0>1376<0>3693<0>3693<0>3693<0>1428<0>1108<0>1108<0>2328<0>3447<0>1214<0>1710<0>1331<0>1108<0>1950<0>2089<0>240<0>900<0>850<0>1276<0>2089<0>1335<0>465<0>2840<0>19... |
I told the machine gunners to hold their fire until they were close. | <0>2955<0>2023<0>2471<0>2753<0>3348<0>151<0>658<0>3585<0>2641<0>219<0>559<0>1773<0>1211<0>1500<0>3185<0>3067<0>229<0>83<0>1205<0>2619<0>2471<0>1645<0>3348<0>2187<0>838<0>3898<0>746<0>1518<0>2864<0>2541<0>1518<0>1738<0>2826<0>3535<0>2060<0>1198<0>1071<0>3762<0>1108<0>3466<0>948<0>9<0>3762<0>3466<0>1989<0>465<0>2492<0>19... |
24 of Jacksonville, Florida was hit while firing from his position 20 yards to Sergeant Jemison's right. Jemison remembers gall bolt hollering, somebody help me. I said, I'll go get him. | <0>513<0>304<0>512<0>1076<0>746<0>3435<0>3972<0>366<0>1669<0>3002<0>1850<0>3002<0>3642<0>327<0>746<0>2782<0>2989<0>3246<0>2989<0>1265<0>3278<0>2823<0>895<0>132<0>411<0>327<0>1857<0>327<0>366<0>3073<0>2641<0>2332<0>2864<0>3073<0>2775<0>2096<0>1517<0>3457<0>658<0>3320<0>493<0>2883<0>2989<0>1238<0>1209<0>237<0>2989<0>1579... |
PFC Willie F. Godbolt, 24 of Jacksonville, Florida, was hit while firing from his position, 20 yards to Sergeant Jemison's right. | <0>1198<0>895<0>304<0>212<0>3457<0>895<0>2864<0>1108<0>1769<0>3305<0>1858<0>3598<0>919<0>3561<0>2840<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>3466<0>3854<0>967<0>548<0>3732<0>2594<0>2251<0>3003<0>3024<0>3972<0>3972<0>324<0>196<0>2989<0>545<0>1834<0>3891<0>1463<0>2991<0>3561<0>3277<0>3435<0>3972<0>1214<0>1339<0>1730<0>3782<0>3437<... |
Jemisin remembers, Gaubault was hollering, somebody help me. I yelled, I'll go get him. Lieutenant George Hagan yelled back, no, I will. George Hagan | <0>4058<0>3907<0>2748<0>1171<0>3713<0>229<0>1575<0>2471<0>1238<0>1500<0>3907<0>1456<0>2760<0>1008<0>2866<0>3122<0>1518<0>895<0>895<0>3435<0>1526<0>746<0>288<0>1518<0>3348<0>561<0>361<0>2607<0>2373<0>3535<0>1500<0>1099<0>3555<0>967<0>259<0>2805<0>324<0>148<0>3024<0>3222<0>543<0>1108<0>3762<0>1989<0>1989<0>2612<0>390<0>1... |
Moved out of his position in the foxhole to help Godbolt and was shot. | <0>2840<0>1214<0>492<0>546<0>1850<0>1850<0>512<0>3373<0>751<0>3373<0>317<0>1730<0>3457<0>1307<0>527<0>2989<0>1944<0>3972<0>1569<0>1693<0>374<0>4008<0>3135<0>3899<0>3447<0>1500<0>1238<0>1862<0>1850<0>3348<0>1575<0>1518<0>3783<0>880<0>2989<0>1773<0>3374<0>1171<0>2471<0>1569<0>2575<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>206... |
This was 10 minutes or so from the time the firing first broke out. | <0>338<0>3002<0>2152<0>1467<0>2525<0>4009<0>130<0>1076<0>1211<0>1710<0>3713<0>1587<0>1214<0>1007<0>1442<0>1738<0>2775<0>1569<0>2989<0>512<0>3748<0>3972<0>2471<0>3184<0>3184<0>1748<0>1989<0>2799<0>1500<0>224<0>2921<0>3972<0>2575<0>2578<0>1902<0>2697<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
Struck in the back of the head, Lieutenant John Lance Jack Joe Jagan was killed instantly. | <0>2435<0>716<0>2471<0>3404<0>561<0>229<0>3373<0>3899<0>3695<0>3972<0>967<0>809<0>1710<0>1539<0>620<0>1008<0>105<0>105<0>1649<0>1748<0>493<0>3084<0>2703<0>151<0>1834<0>1108<0>1989<0>3526<0>2432<0>2471<0>3972<0>1500<0>2471<0>327<0>1108<0>2092<0>2339<0>3668<0>1850<0>3348<0>2550<0>1517<0>1919<0>3526<0>1993<0>967<0>1850<0>... |
The man he was trying to save, PFC Godbolt, died of his wounds shortly afterward. The enemy was now closed to within 75 yards of Edwards line. | <0>1262<0>1214<0>3437<0>919<0>587<0>4024<0>526<0>366<0>1214<0>3002<0>3821<0>553<0>1171<0>386<0>2708<0>1013<0>634<0>87<0>1448<0>3561<0>151<0>2378<0>3320<0>690<0>1500<0>1882<0>1238<0>2989<0>2548<0>484<0>348<0>2155<0>3359<0>1719<0>3184<0>1214<0>2393<0>1655<0>2309<0>1109<0>1989<0>3003<0>3003<0>2089<0>240<0>1719<0>2989<0>32... |
They were firing furiously, some crouched low and at times crawling on their hands and knees. | <0>4066<0>3096<0>1484<0>746<0>3972<0>1882<0>1862<0>3874<0>3143<0>746<0>915<0>151<0>3002<0>512<0>2935<0>3002<0>3782<0>2864<0>1304<0>366<0>3341<0>3725<0>3713<0>3435<0>3373<0>2336<0>3943<0>3898<0>561<0>1171<0>1756<0>149<0>1569<0>1882<0>3637<0>1908<0>2989<0>2989<0>1007<0>2989<0>2989<0>1214<0>553<0>3585<0>561<0>3176<0>1171<... |
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