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Others no taller than the elephant grass they were passing through came on standing up and shooting. They advanced screaming at each other and Edward's men. | <0>1649<0>3447<0>3373<0>512<0>2588<0>83<0>229<0>2543<0>411<0>974<0>915<0>1022<0>3874<0>1181<0>4074<0>1816<0>3592<0>361<0>2747<0>922<0>1882<0>3972<0>3782<0>3535<0>1456<0>1588<0>928<0>4066<0>3894<0>1882<0>1200<0>1850<0>2471<0>3535<0>1307<0>237<0>1938<0>3617<0>3067<0>229<0>1265<0>1272<0>3566<0>2663<0>2060<0>3585<0>3067<0>... |
Leaders were blowing whistles and using hand and arm signals. A few were even carrying 82 millimeter mortar tubes and base plates. This was clearly a no hit and run affair. They'd come to stay. | <0>1702<0>957<0>1425<0>1671<0>1171<0>2155<0>512<0>3907<0>3067<0>1238<0>492<0>3373<0>3373<0>587<0>2471<0>3002<0>3150<0>3135<0>1463<0>3561<0>1171<0>2935<0>386<0>553<0>553<0>3008<0>1214<0>3972<0>366<0>2563<0>1710<0>745<0>1575<0>895<0>1517<0>1198<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>3003<0>1989<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>4011<0>3447<0>3155<... |
Or Sergeant John, sorry, John Stetland. Here's John Stetland talking. | <0>1989<0>2278<0>2525<0>3713<0>1518<0>335<0>2538<0>760<0>3447<0>1819<0>4088<0>1715<0>3150<0>406<0>1485<0>1773<0>1819<0>1328<0>3771<0>1816<0>614<0>1095<0>75<0>1858<0>1339<0>3005<0>1518<0>1518<0>2030<0>484<0>1502<0>1277<0>1518<0>3434<0>289<0>1079<0>936<0>957<0>2385<0>17<0>3990<0>2807<0>1169<0>1171<0>2978<0>3585<0>3373<0>... |
He hit us headlong, and he hit us strong. I thought we were going to be overrun. When Charlie hit us, he had this strange grazing fire. He shot right at ground level trying to cut off your legs, or if you weren't deep enough in your foxhole, he shot your head off. | <0>1209<0>2378<0>2823<0>1568<0>2070<0>2060<0>2703<0>2471<0>895<0>2415<0>2865<0>2471<0>1214<0>2766<0>3869<0>2567<0>1463<0>895<0>895<0>2823<0>3791<0>2192<0>155<0>2197<0>2471<0>1819<0>974<0>745<0>3222<0>465<0>1989<0>1989<0>1989<0>2492<0>1748<0>366<0>2594<0>2471<0>2989<0>1858<0>2324<0>1500<0>587<0>1318<0>1135<0>3305<0>895<... |
When he started firing at us, it came like torrents of rain. You just couldn't get your head long up long enough to shoot back. You just stuck up your weapon, pulled the trigger, and emptied the magazine. | <0>2989<0>236<0>3457<0>1321<0>275<0>221<0>3927<0>327<0>366<0>3923<0>3833<0>1882<0>366<0>2883<0>3535<0>2087<0>1919<0>2051<0>1989<0>1769<0>2185<0>1710<0>2378<0>3561<0>3541<0>1518<0>1518<0>2343<0>2543<0>2989<0>1518<0>3180<0>2070<0>1238<0>1882<0>151<0>1730<0>587<0>936<0>705<0>75<0>1318<0>1318<0>3556<0>2060<0>2005<0>2479<0>... |
Lieutenant Charlie Hastings, our forward air controller, had already swung into action. Sensing disaster, Hastings made an immediate, instinctive decision. I used the code word broken arrow, which meant the American unit on the in contact was in danger of being overrun. And we received all available aircraft in South ... | <0>1738<0>426<0>1710<0>3373<0>2875<0>3907<0>3447<0>2753<0>3067<0>587<0>1568<0>3096<0>3096<0>2710<0>1175<0>3020<0>2517<0>1804<0>1007<0>3435<0>3541<0>1501<0>304<0>2799<0>1134<0>2888<0>3508<0>1518<0>1882<0>1882<0>2703<0>2697<0>286<0>366<0>690<0>3556<0>3002<0>3833<0>2471<0>587<0>221<0>1609<0>1850<0>2748<0>1562<0>3713<0>210... |
We had aircraft stacked at a thousand foot intervals from 7,000 feet to 35,000 feet, each waiting to receive a target and deliver their ordinance. | <0>1422<0>1171<0>2703<0>1171<0>1777<0>2748<0>2471<0>231<0>3002<0>583<0>3782<0>1862<0>807<0>1265<0>3832<0>3782<0>1518<0>866<0>3874<0>746<0>3541<0>440<0>2462<0>3541<0>492<0>1518<0>1518<0>2144<0>3972<0>1654<0>3535<0>2471<0>819<0>2883<0>366<0>3135<0>3541<0>2187<0>3561<0>3526<0>1526<0>2708<0>3109<0>2471<0>3894<0>1730<0>3972... |
And here's how more by now I was convinced that the enemy was making a primary effort to overrun us from the south and southeast. And I alerted the reserve platoon for probable commitment into Charlie or Delta company sectors. | <0>3028<0>1539<0>2152<0>1710<0>2619<0>2989<0>3833<0>3676<0>366<0>3265<0>3763<0>2122<0>2057<0>1025<0>1518<0>1171<0>2410<0>2471<0>2471<0>807<0>3850<0>809<0>3894<0>2152<0>824<0>2710<0>2348<0>3561<0>3989<0>2703<0>3976<0>3976<0>3373<0>3176<0>3892<0>2462<0>298<0>2864<0>3185<0>1569<0>2471<0>932<0>1171<0>1349<0>2970<0>3791<0>3... |
The noise of the battle was unbelievable. Never before or since in two wars have I heard anything equal to it. | <0>3116<0>1171<0>3447<0>3447<0>3713<0>3791<0>196<0>1738<0>406<0>366<0>3146<0>3435<0>3373<0>1935<0>652<0>3894<0>1518<0>696<0>3585<0>3898<0>1464<0>974<0>1021<0>3763<0>683<0>2818<0>221<0>3348<0>484<0>2185<0>3556<0>3181<0>3821<0>2707<0>3923<0>3619<0>1241<0>1518<0>3713<0>1710<0>3976<0>212<0>1710<0>871<0>855<0>2935<0>3135<0>... |
The gunfire was very loud. We were getting overrun on the right side. Lieutenant Kroger came out into the open in all this. | <0>1649<0>915<0>3642<0>3146<0>3894<0>3782<0>2471<0>3923<0>3809<0>1339<0>553<0>1265<0>807<0>2989<0>3782<0>43<0>3341<0>2864<0>2014<0>4043<0>2122<0>810<0>3067<0>229<0>1710<0>3713<0>3397<0>2989<0>527<0>3999<0>3150<0>3150<0>3404<0>3348<0>3972<0>1214<0>1575<0>2619<0>698<0>2192<0>2978<0>4009<0>2471<0>1944<0>3342<0>2739<0>1108... |
I thought that was pretty good. He yelled at me. I got up to hear him. He hollered at me to help cover the left sector. I ran over to him and by the time I got there he was dead. He had lasted a half an hour. | <0>1520<0>2471<0>3447<0>1518<0>406<0>275<0>3972<0>2710<0>3592<0>3020<0>3585<0>1206<0>3373<0>638<0>1255<0>1013<0>3526<0>2751<0>3561<0>2935<0>1518<0>2883<0>819<0>2366<0>3158<0>3561<0>2409<0>2288<0>678<0>2703<0>2703<0>2471<0>2471<0>1710<0>3585<0>1171<0>366<0>1214<0>3836<0>1761<0>2710<0>3158<0>366<0>890<0>3067<0>3348<0>145... |
I knelt beside him, took off his dog tags and put them in my shirt pocket. | <0>2810<0>3008<0>3447<0>1518<0>3840<0>3235<0>898<0>3782<0>2410<0>3184<0>226<0>1533<0>2471<0>2883<0>2185<0>778<0>2970<0>2471<0>1592<0>4062<0>3782<0>37<0>2682<0>3782<0>3782<0>623<0>3002<0>2607<0>1626<0>2122<0>1652<0>3184<0>1007<0>990<0>2196<0>2197<0>1214<0>2471<0>3922<0>2777<0>3828<0>2877<0>219<0>2471<0>2450<0>983<0>2929... |
I went back to firing my M79 and got shot right in the elbow. My M79 went flying and I was knocked over and fell backward over the lieutenant. | <0>810<0>2989<0>2365<0>406<0>3782<0>3615<0>3447<0>1594<0>1569<0>3185<0>2471<0>3976<0>1253<0>3348<0>698<0>3535<0>2471<0>1539<0>221<0>366<0>3373<0>3642<0>3341<0>3875<0>3046<0>3171<0>58<0>974<0>151<0>3670<0>3585<0>2703<0>3435<0>2991<0>3108<0>1520<0>2271<0>2122<0>2893<0>1575<0>2935<0>3447<0>151<0>3535<0>2471<0>546<0>3373<0... |
Viera now grabbed his .45 pistol and began firing it left handed. | <0>493<0>1171<0>3892<0>2471<0>2471<0>3020<0>2471<0>2471<0>3115<0>3445<0>2703<0>1265<0>2060<0>1526<0>2525<0>1710<0>3067<0>1076<0>746<0>2471<0>3373<0>1211<0>231<0>2282<0>1659<0>3541<0>3894<0>3176<0>3585<0>2703<0>561<0>3150<0>2471<0>3146<0>221<0>65<0>3435<0>3373<0>151<0>3535<0>1171<0>3923<0>221<0>1270<0>191<0>3615<0>3981<... |
And he says then I got hit in the neck and the bullet went right through. I couldn't talk or make a sound. I got up and tried to take charge and was shot with a third round. That one blew up my right leg and put me down. | <0>3526<0>1076<0>3176<0>2462<0>3535<0>2703<0>2070<0>3729<0>2164<0>1725<0>3792<0>543<0>3373<0>2142<0>3976<0>366<0>1520<0>287<0>2378<0>696<0>1491<0>2075<0>664<0>1171<0>2703<0>3408<0>2823<0>3541<0>3180<0>3135<0>3943<0>614<0>915<0>1790<0>2471<0>546<0>531<0>3447<0>915<0>3348<0>2864<0>2004<0>1108<0>3003<0>1108<0>2955<0>1862<... |
It went in my leg, above the ankle, traveled up, came back out, then went into my groin and ended up in my back, close to my spine. | <0>1435<0>2989<0>3067<0>1171<0>2244<0>3173<0>1169<0>696<0>807<0>2471<0>3923<0>3943<0>3750<0>623<0>2864<0>871<0>932<0>492<0>3096<0>1100<0>3892<0>1147<0>259<0>397<0>932<0>3185<0>1518<0>3898<0>2883<0>974<0>2663<0>809<0>3976<0>3184<0>259<0>678<0>3773<0>2970<0>3130<0>1866<0>621<0>3415<0>2802<0>3373<0>1214<0>2579<0>1171<0>17... |
Just then two stick grenades blew up right over me and tore up both of my legs. | <0>1919<0>1773<0>2710<0>317<0>1685<0>209<0>368<0>368<0>22<0>2030<0>3713<0>12<0>3014<0>2142<0>221<0>3892<0>2152<0>2185<0>259<0>3135<0>3130<0>545<0>484<0>2970<0>3445<0>259<0>1484<0>2471<0>527<0>2378<0>1167<0>1739<0>2614<0>2703<0>2063<0>2081<0>2707<0>1084<0>3782<0>2864<0>229<0>1990<0>1773<0>2799<0>3972<0>2142<0>3943<0>375... |
I reached down with my left hand and touched a grenade fragments on my left leg and it felt like I had touched a red hot poker. My hands just sizzled. | <0>4055<0>3146<0>3020<0>3907<0>1517<0>2703<0>3185<0>1518<0>2471<0>1518<0>3373<0>1500<0>1854<0>3976<0>3976<0>3519<0>3639<0>1842<0>2619<0>3850<0>3150<0>2530<0>136<0>703<0>120<0>915<0>221<0>3821<0>696<0>1386<0>934<0>2970<0>3976<0>2316<0>1518<0>3150<0>1518<0>229<0>2471<0>3943<0>2703<0>2785<0>866<0>259<0>2703<0>3342<0>1608<... |
Unbelievable attack. And I think that description right there really spells out how intense this was. And obviously when you got Colonel Moore saying that this is the loudest thing he's ever heard in two wars. | <0>3135<0>3348<0>1679<0>2181<0>243<0>3929<0>3598<0>3898<0>1769<0>1834<0>3253<0>2826<0>2703<0>3447<0>1630<0>1914<0>2940<0>1844<0>1844<0>1844<0>1844<0>2840<0>702<0>148<0>3929<0>1277<0>1883<0>593<0>3447<0>919<0>561<0>2703<0>1816<0>457<0>3386<0>368<0>1715<0>151<0>2099<0>3592<0>3002<0>151<0>2594<0>1730<0>3541<0>3541<0>648<0... |
Also confirms what we're dealing with here. Back to the book at 7 45 a.m. The enemy struck at the left flank of Tony and doll's alpha company at the critical elbow where alpha and Charlie companies were tied in. | <0>3563<0>890<0>1710<0>2769<0>2799<0>1238<0>1185<0>3574<0>1748<0>2004<0>885<0>3750<0>1579<0>2323<0>3447<0>484<0>2799<0>3541<0>2769<0>1575<0>2989<0>1238<0>361<0>3176<0>3373<0>3541<0>2316<0>151<0>148<0>1171<0>3828<0>1575<0>2703<0>3171<0>1526<0>1579<0>3541<0>807<0>2769<0>1977<0>1518<0>151<0>304<0>512<0>746<0>1518<0>1518<0... |
We are now under attack from three directions. Grazing fire from rifles and machine guns shredded the elephant grass and swept over the battalion command post and aid station. Leaves, bark and small branches fluttered down on us. Several troopers were wounded in the same command post and at least one was killed. | <0>3067<0>2703<0>3008<0>2703<0>678<0>1712<0>2619<0>3541<0>2142<0>2978<0>2970<0>3877<0>3447<0>2989<0>850<0>2323<0>3447<0>3020<0>632<0>915<0>3898<0>2970<0>2120<0>407<0>1318<0>556<0>785<0>2826<0>2663<0>1989<0>1108<0>702<0>530<0>471<0>1695<0>1243<0>1388<0>3020<0>3713<0>3821<0>2935<0>3445<0>1200<0>1392<0>3923<0>259<0>3264<0... |
My radio operator, Spec 4, Robert P. Ouellette. | <0>2924<0>1500<0>3349<0>527<0>967<0>698<0>3821<0>2865<0>1518<0>1518<0>3240<0>259<0>1171<0>2619<0>3171<0>2224<0>2496<0>2192<0>2978<0>3378<0>248<0>3152<0>3205<0>3405<0>2146<0>2707<0>3782<0>484<0>2669<0>287<0>2669<0>1738<0>2619<0>484<0>1734<0>2055<0>2378<0>3999<0>492<0>1526<0>1977<0>126<0>1950<0>473<0>384<0>3263<0>2068<0>... |
The incoming fire was only a couple of feet off the ground and I was down as flat as I could get when I felt the toe of a combat boot in my ribs. I turned my head sideways and looked up. There, standing tall, was Sergeant Major Basil Plumlee. | <0>1013<0>3566<0>4079<0>2376<0>1435<0>3585<0>2935<0>3447<0>2142<0>2935<0>2594<0>366<0>2703<0>1518<0>3067<0>2775<0>2989<0>151<0>2357<0>4013<0>2471<0>866<0>1500<0>1944<0>3176<0>1882<0>1850<0>1200<0>2357<0>2471<0>3972<0>3972<0>1214<0>1500<0>2471<0>648<0>967<0>1500<0>3348<0>2525<0>1500<0>366<0>3791<0>3750<0>1010<0>679<0>33... |
Plumlee leaned down and shouted over the noise of the guns. You can't take no pictures laying down there on the ground, Sonny. He was calm, fearless, and grinning. I thought he's right. | <0>1587<0>1518<0>3828<0>527<0>527<0>492<0>3020<0>221<0>3585<0>967<0>1500<0>3617<0>1076<0>3875<0>3821<0>3782<0>3541<0>3541<0>1500<0>3067<0>243<0>1463<0>1500<0>3447<0>3155<0>512<0>3297<0>1500<0>2799<0>2185<0>3668<0>471<0>1059<0>744<0>1730<0>1732<0>3096<0>3376<0>1489<0>3535<0>3892<0>2190<0>3373<0>3898<0>967<0>900<0>776<0>... |
We're all going to die anyways, so I might as well take mine standing up. | <0>1649<0>2989<0>2471<0>3782<0>2471<0>690<0>3894<0>3028<0>3447<0>3782<0>553<0>623<0>229<0>1200<0>3999<0>2060<0>2136<0>957<0>2009<0>1841<0>1710<0>2471<0>3541<0>151<0>1715<0>492<0>327<0>1710<0>2703<0>745<0>1738<0>1500<0>298<0>2966<0>1710<0>967<0>151<0>623<0>3894<0>1500<0>4011<0>2924<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>3... |
I got up and began taking a few photographs. Plumlee moved over to the aid station, pulled out his 45, chambered around, and informed Dr. Carrera and his medics, Gentlemen, prepare to defend yourselves. | <0>2548<0>1862<0>219<0>1500<0>512<0>3180<0>1214<0>919<0>2185<0>3585<0>151<0>2710<0>1171<0>2353<0>587<0>746<0>1730<0>561<0>593<0>1500<0>3348<0>954<0>1882<0>2648<0>1500<0>2550<0>3042<0>1838<0>1272<0>3797<0>353<0>3180<0>4009<0>2823<0>3373<0>587<0>1214<0>492<0>3837<0>2799<0>1238<0>3894<0>3874<0>3585<0>1171<0>3176<0>3433<0>... |
Or at least gonna get close. You're in the aid station, that's in the center of this whole perimeter. And he's pulling out his 45 and saying, prepare to defend yourselves. You can't make that up. | <0>290<0>2989<0>1882<0>2054<0>3096<0>216<0>580<0>368<0>1195<0>2295<0>3235<0>2750<0>3235<0>3551<0>421<0>1844<0>1318<0>3447<0>1185<0>512<0>719<0>967<0>3046<0>3637<0>3535<0>3821<0>1719<0>191<0>1500<0>3535<0>313<0>1977<0>3535<0>3484<0>313<0>3235<0>1118<0>3592<0>2062<0>866<0>2799<0>144<0>3348<0>1500<0>898<0>2044<0>2639<0>10... |
Specialist Willard F. Parrish, 24 years old and a native of Bristow, Oklahoma, was an assistant squad leader of one of Charlie Company's 81 millimeter mortar squads. Parrish was one of the mortar men who had been outfitted with the spare machine guns and rifles collected from our casualties and put on the Delta Compan... | <0>2527<0>2826<0>1085<0>3002<0>696<0>2883<0>3535<0>1152<0>3053<0>465<0>3003<0>1335<0>4058<0>229<0>3235<0>1500<0>1500<0>2799<0>1254<0>3018<0>1108<0>3469<0>533<0>1195<0>3349<0>1213<0>2594<0>2251<0>353<0>809<0>3976<0>259<0>2935<0>155<0>1693<0>2946<0>3617<0>3585<0>3277<0>3435<0>3067<0>546<0>3793<0>3373<0>3966<0>1518<0>1518... |
Parrish recalls, when we were hit, I remember all the tracer rounds and I wondered how even an ant could get through that. | <0>2063<0>3663<0>3828<0>2579<0>2773<0>915<0>521<0>3185<0>2707<0>2070<0>1715<0>2385<0>1457<0>3946<0>3184<0>298<0>3020<0>3809<0>807<0>1100<0>3812<0>3341<0>259<0>1500<0>3509<0>4009<0>492<0>618<0>1712<0>2707<0>2707<0>492<0>1445<0>824<0>1525<0>3713<0>3278<0>1518<0>83<0>1518<0>2070<0>3373<0>2471<0>2656<0>2471<0>3828<0>2703<0... |
I was in a foxhole with a guy from Chicago. PFC James E. Coleman. And he had an M16. I had my 45 and his 45 and I had an M60 machine gun. We were set up facing out into the tall grass. | <0>678<0>3373<0>3373<0>4009<0>3150<0>3782<0>3171<0>3850<0>411<0>1954<0>1780<0>1007<0>3894<0>1862<0>2471<0>838<0>3972<0>1445<0>2561<0>2441<0>521<0>2471<0>2748<0>1790<0>1289<0>1748<0>3466<0>4019<0>493<0>3320<0>3457<0>3821<0>3361<0>1697<0>895<0>3821<0>3447<0>2978<0>3585<0>3585<0>3320<0>3457<0>3821<0>3585<0>698<0>698<0>317... |
I was looking out front and I could see some of the grass going down like someone was crawling in it. I hollered, who's out there? Nobody answered and I hollered again. No answer. | <0>359<0>2471<0>1526<0>3943<0>2151<0>3968<0>2703<0>618<0>2323<0>3927<0>2541<0>1500<0>797<0>928<0>1739<0>2288<0>604<0>2703<0>807<0>2070<0>2525<0>3585<0>368<0>2471<0>3373<0>3642<0>915<0>2703<0>3782<0>3850<0>4029<0>1518<0>221<0>3561<0>2703<0>1518<0>2799<0>2375<0>1007<0>2471<0>3373<0>3223<0>922<0>2471<0>1518<0>3373<0>546<0... |
I turned to, I turned to Coleman. Burn his ass. | <0>2450<0>3642<0>855<0>1116<0>1463<0>3894<0>871<0>345<0>3003<0>3003<0>1108<0>2697<0>2703<0>3005<0>2999<0>1073<0>1846<0>1518<0>221<0>3373<0>1844<0>2987<0>1277<0>229<0>652<0>2799<0>809<0>2070<0>2060<0>3923<0>2142<0>824<0>2978<0>3457<0>3693<0>602<1>3152<1>3612<1>786<1>156<1>1589<1>2427<1>2664<1>2664<1>2664<1>2402<1>3714<1... |
Coleman said, my rifle's jammed. I looked at him and him at me. Then I looked to the front and they were growing out of the weeds. I just remember getting that machine gun from there on out and the training takes over and you put your mind somewhere else because I really don't remember what specifically I did. I was t... | <0>1883<0>304<0>83<0>151<0>3002<0>809<0>2703<0>1094<0>427<0>611<0>3447<0>2703<0>3782<0>3447<0>1200<0>1518<0>2769<0>3713<0>553<0>2703<0>974<0>382<0>347<0>2104<0>1124<0>678<0>3373<0>3373<0>954<0>3821<0>3447<0>3447<0>2703<0>221<0>3585<0>2703<0>652<0>1329<0>1171<0>3561<0>3781<0>1632<0>465<0>1989<0>3003<0>1108<0>1108<0>3003... |
On that M60 machine gun, according to the extracts from his Silver Star citation, Specialist Paris delivered lethal fire on wave after wave of the enemy until he ran out of ammunition. | <0>618<0>3348<0>1977<0>1977<0>2686<0>2826<0>3176<0>1097<0>553<0>1405<0>2710<0>304<0>3457<0>3713<0>1307<0>3833<0>2419<0>1192<0>2433<0>3973<0>3003<0>3762<0>1748<0>2864<0>2339<0>895<0>3348<0>587<0>698<0>2823<0>3585<0>1169<0>967<0>3171<0>3155<0>3922<0>2142<0>2471<0>838<0>1819<0>3923<0>3850<0>2775<0>2799<0>327<0>2703<0>397<... |
Then, standing up under fire with a 45 pistol in each hand, Parrish fired clip after clip into the enemy who were 20 yards out, and he stopped their attack. | <0>3003<0>1108<0>493<0>2525<0>3447<0>1730<0>406<0>1008<0>852<0>1570<0>1715<0>2087<0>3002<0>809<0>1171<0>3519<0>2488<0>1734<0>1518<0>3246<0>3625<0>1511<0>2548<0>313<0>2544<0>313<0>1944<0>3782<0>3782<0>2970<0>3782<0>3435<0>512<0>259<0>1944<0>3305<0>2989<0>1076<0>746<0>327<0>3923<0>3373<0>1937<0>3821<0>855<0>3150<0>327<0>... |
Says Parrish, I feel like I didn't do any more than anybody else did up there. | <0>2116<0>102<0>824<0>3535<0>2769<0>2136<0>3976<0>3146<0>3445<0>716<0>3641<0>936<0>3772<0>4084<0>4011<0>1518<0>2703<0>1941<0>2378<0>2070<0>3943<0>1850<0>219<0>1730<0>1171<0>1441<0>3024<0>1539<0>2375<0>3809<0>129<0>133<0>553<0>368<0>3585<0>561<0>3976<0>411<0>2471<0>2703<0>3759<0>2485<0>3585<0>1526<0>2935<0>698<0>366<0>2... |
The silence out in front of Willard Parish was that of this cemetery. | <0>1485<0>3235<0>3235<0>2787<0>3809<0>915<0>1977<0>3972<0>2730<0>746<0>1500<0>3348<0>1238<0>3435<0>229<0>492<0>2799<0>229<0>3180<0>2703<0>3923<0>1518<0>3922<0>1273<0>3635<0>3288<0>957<0>1740<0>1649<0>1575<0>2070<0>1568<0>2703<0>512<0>3894<0>1022<0>2525<0>2978<0>3447<0>3541<0>1758<0>1710<0>3122<0>3889<0>3803<0>1748<0>39... |
More than a hundred dead North Vietnamese were later found where they had fallen in a semi-circle around his foxhole. | <0>2492<0>2989<0>304<0>3348<0>512<0>3541<0>2697<0>1311<0>3782<0>1318<0>984<0>1094<0>2840<0>353<0>1967<0>280<0>493<0>3024<0>2864<0>1518<0>1730<0>587<0>3585<0>979<0>3156<0>745<0>3672<0>3457<0>1842<0>2471<0>229<0>1730<0>2633<0>1500<0>3143<0>1645<0>1738<0>1738<0>2739<0>693<0>3772<0>1740<0>1120<0>3067<0>3134<0>3668<0>1835<0... |
Yeaah. He's, he's going to a whole nother level. Yeaah. Because you can't reload, you know, you can't reload your pistol. So maybe he, maybe he would stand up, fire both, just dump a mag in each round, in each pistol, get back down, reload them both. | <0>1209<0>3096<0>580<0>1113<0>1974<0>1649<0>740<0>1108<0>3606<0>2751<0>3457<0>3433<0>3466<0>3140<0>353<0>2379<0>3096<0>2588<0>746<0>1500<0>1518<0>1575<0>983<0>2152<0>229<0>1518<0>327<0>3598<0>2799<0>2824<0>3918<0>348<0>3898<0>3435<0>614<0>1649<0>1459<0>649<0>3069<0>2298<0>908<0>744<0>151<0>2935<0>3713<0>553<0>3892<0>27... |
George Fox 25 and Nathaniel Bird 22 were slumped across their silent M60 machine gun, surrounded by heaps of empty shell casings and empty ammunition cans. They had died together, shoulder to shoulder. Sergeant Jemison pays them the ultimate compliment of a professional soldier. Bird and Fox did a great job. They kept... | <0>493<0>3155<0>3067<0>130<0>366<0>2773<0>2323<0>2541<0>678<0>1569<0>1630<0>1355<0>1715<0>589<0>1376<0>3791<0>2415<0>2703<0>1568<0>366<0>366<0>2799<0>3612<0>593<0>1805<0>3585<0>1171<0>151<0>368<0>1123<0>3821<0>527<0>2152<0>1422<0>2185<0>484<0>484<0>1518<0>1758<0>1587<0>2471<0>221<0>2433<0>3850<0>2935<0>1007<0>3493<0>15... |
So, all this close air support's coming in this whole time, artillery's coming in the whole time, and all of a sudden they get a situation where they start, they see aircraft coming overhead with jets coming overhead, low pass, and they're heading towards them. | <0>1467<0>1715<0>3246<0>3888<0>3913<0>4058<0>1989<0>1376<0>1989<0>1108<0>3974<0>3150<0>3150<0>1526<0>2060<0>1217<0>2030<0>948<0>3466<0>1108<0>2314<0>3173<0>976<0>2356<0>1844<0>738<0>2614<0>1950<0>465<0>1071<0>3434<0>3373<0>1118<0>1710<0>2703<0>2826<0>3067<0>3840<0>3264<0>3541<0>915<0>3874<0>1388<0>3447<0>2707<0>3435<0>... |
Here's how more. I yelled at the top of my lungs to Charlie Hastings. The Air Force fact. Call that son of a bitch off. Call him off! | <0>3681<0>3874<0>221<0>3713<0>2142<0>1518<0>512<0>3435<0>3972<0>2703<0>3585<0>2703<0>895<0>1526<0>1748<0>3791<0>3972<0>1790<0>2142<0>3435<0>321<0>1500<0>1517<0>1669<0>2881<0>2753<0>3067<0>3096<0>3096<0>1967<0>3535<0>2366<0>3525<0>3002<0>948<0>1989<0>3003<0>1108<0>4058<0>3874<0>2935<0>1500<0>746<0>3435<0>2070<0>1730<0>2... |
Joe Galloway heard Hastings screaming in the radio, pull up, pull up. Matt Dillon says, I can still see the canisters tumbling toward us. I remember thinking, turn your eyes away so you won't be blinded. | <0>3891<0>3348<0>229<0>2703<0>3828<0>3435<0>1238<0>3892<0>2703<0>1500<0>3445<0>2703<0>3096<0>2710<0>1171<0>3002<0>1658<0>3373<0>304<0>3655<0>1318<0>2888<0>2991<0>3445<0>3176<0>148<0>3888<0>1526<0>1488<0>231<0>3898<0>196<0>1500<0>1780<0>3373<0>2864<0>1214<0>2703<0>1022<0>2432<0>1500<0>1500<0>2506<0>2978<0>3447<0>2060<0>... |
I put my face into a reporter's shoulder to hide my eyes. That was Joe Galloway's. | <0>948<0>3541<0>3135<0>324<0>512<0>1944<0>3096<0>2475<0>698<0>3175<0>226<0>327<0>1575<0>2669<0>3435<0>2989<0>3541<0>3922<0>2451<0>1518<0>3435<0>819<0>3246<0>2254<0>2288<0>329<0>484<0>2471<0>151<0>361<0>83<0>1944<0>1214<0>83<0>1076<0>73<0>22<0>3860<0>707<0>1989<0>1989<0>3003<0>4058<0>3003<0>1376<0>1376<0>4058<0>871<0>29... |
The napalm from the first hit some people and caught some ammo on fire. | <0>547<0>1318<0>1076<0>3561<0>3135<0>1518<0>2989<0>1710<0>324<0>1500<0>2734<0>2799<0>2799<0>368<0>3637<0>1598<0>471<0>2701<0>2751<0>3585<0>3235<0>3067<0>1326<0>231<0>1318<0>3135<0>3435<0>1575<0>1588<0>2376<0>1463<0>3642<0>521<0>1990<0>1710<0>3894<0>236<0>1835<0>512<0>3435<0>4064<0>3246<0>1185<0>729<0>2989<0>1882<0>559<... |
Sergeant Major Plumlee jumped out to put the fire, put out the fire around the ammunition. I ran out into the LZ to put an air panel out. Sergeant Nye says, two of my people. | <0>2665<0>2070<0>3146<0>3713<0>237<0>3892<0>658<0>3528<0>2705<0>1518<0>3067<0>3020<0>338<0>4024<0>3447<0>3122<0>2682<0>2142<0>974<0>3180<0>3180<0>1500<0>2669<0>3079<0>1007<0>2471<0>130<0>304<0>931<0>3048<0>2851<0>2790<0>1071<0>1108<0>1108<0>1007<0>2703<0>2471<0>1575<0>1444<0>3972<0>2471<0>3923<0>1518<0>1518<0>492<0>387... |
We're on the other side of me, several yards away. | <0>2631<0>2989<0>2697<0>2989<0>327<0>151<0>1882<0>1738<0>1738<0>3556<0>2775<0>2471<0>2197<0>2103<0>2822<0>2961<0>3015<0>2004<0>3466<0>1108<0>349<0>2978<0>3447<0>2703<0>1518<0>623<0>2703<0>678<0>3894<0>2152<0>1575<0>2799<0>3869<0>3186<0>4055<0>1748<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2... |
Somebody was hollering and Colonel Moore was standing up there hollering about something about a wingman and I looked up. There were two planes coming and one of them had already dropped his napalm and everything seemed to go in slow motion. Everything was on fire. Nakayama was all black and Clark was burned and bleed... | <0>4052<0>2352<0>3235<0>2471<0>3020<0>3067<0>3535<0>43<0>1819<0>2989<0>3122<0>3892<0>3585<0>2155<0>1329<0>1777<0>2697<0>2697<0>1129<0>1569<0>1819<0>1361<0>3420<0>2865<0>1518<0>3556<0>2978<0>1741<0>2703<0>221<0>3184<0>366<0>2955<0>866<0>2703<0>1645<0>1201<0>2254<0>3658<0>1790<0>327<0>1518<0>3122<0>3833<0>1214<0>2864<0>3... |
And here's Joe Galloway before I had walked over and talked to the engineer guys in their little foxholes. Now those same men were dancing in fire. | <0>3681<0>587<0>1463<0>3637<0>3637<0>2748<0>229<0>553<0>2471<0>2989<0>1575<0>561<0>1532<0>2155<0>1944<0>1007<0>4008<0>2471<0>2703<0>221<0>2946<0>2865<0>1518<0>1211<0>3972<0>2989<0>1575<0>1748<0>1989<0>2492<0>1108<0>2056<0>1277<0>1211<0>2619<0>678<0>1587<0>3585<0>304<0>1539<0>2432<0>3585<0>219<0>3180<0>1862<0>1518<0>152... |
Their hair burned off in an instant. Their clothes were incinerated. One was a mass of blisters, the other not quite so bad, but he had breathed fire into his lungs. | <0>2802<0>3146<0>3380<0>3146<0>366<0>1575<0>484<0>3943<0>819<0>2619<0>1518<0>3447<0>3541<0>2103<0>2011<0>3585<0>3850<0>1710<0>2924<0>2444<0>2122<0>1546<0>707<0>3894<0>3434<0>288<0>3348<0>492<0>1452<0>1518<0>3246<0>3850<0>2978<0>2152<0>1575<0>3541<0>1539<0>1468<0>1587<0>2444<0>1739<0>1879<0>2697<0>3524<0>1684<0>2471<0>2... |
When the flames died down, we all ran out into the burning grass. Somebody yelled at me to grab the feet of one of the charged soldiers. When I got him, | <0>819<0>2748<0>4050<0>1007<0>3668<0>3585<0>1467<0>2806<0>2703<0>3585<0>1710<0>1500<0>1500<0>2615<0>4009<0>678<0>1954<0>3067<0>2703<0>3541<0>2989<0>871<0>3175<0>1579<0>877<0>2648<0>3134<0>324<0>460<0>512<0>1882<0>3782<0>3535<0>2404<0>621<0>2688<0>1467<0>3373<0>1328<0>3713<0>3585<0>2935<0>3373<0>1388<0>1238<0>3585<0>371... |
The boots crumbled and the flesh came off and I could feel bare bones of his ankles in the palms of my hands. | <0>3116<0>229<0>1117<0>1819<0>1919<0>385<0>1721<0>678<0>3255<0>1518<0>1231<0>2254<0>3716<0>2893<0>512<0>1105<0>2070<0>1518<0>3002<0>2772<0>3854<0>1307<0>2989<0>2946<0>678<0>2525<0>3797<0>2839<0>1925<0>3679<0>3541<0>219<0>289<0>776<0>3585<0>327<0>871<0>807<0>2970<0>327<0>345<0>1819<0>3073<0>2185<0>1526<0>3894<0>2775<0>2... |
Spec 4 Thomas E. Berlisle, a medical man from Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, rushed out into the clearing with his kit bag to help the napalm victims. | <0>3873<0>2769<0>2703<0>2578<0>2550<0>3240<0>3589<0>3791<0>1819<0>1518<0>2070<0>700<0>895<0>1422<0>678<0>2989<0>3972<0>3782<0>1518<0>871<0>1748<0>1748<0>2492<0>3003<0>3003<0>3116<0>229<0>915<0>2703<0>229<0>2753<0>2991<0>3923<0>304<0>690<0>2471<0>229<0>3972<0>3972<0>1575<0>2669<0>1569<0>1518<0>221<0>3457<0>2060<0>1240<0... |
Berlau was shot in the head and died within minutes in Lieutenant Raskorla's arms. | <0>877<0>3972<0>1518<0>2619<0>974<0>983<0>3374<0>809<0>3782<0>3122<0>633<0>967<0>3096<0>3821<0>3488<0>493<0>374<0>1882<0>546<0>229<0>231<0>1491<0>237<0>2366<0>3204<0>509<0>723<0>2352<0>948<0>1748<0>1748<0>1108<0>1108<0>1748<0>1435<0>2991<0>3894<0>209<0>304<0>1171<0>2582<0>4031<0>2271<0>2851<0>2851<0>3881<0>390<0>1575<0... |
An Oklahoma man, Berlyle had turned 23 years old just four days before he was killed. | <0>1435<0>1214<0>3541<0>545<0>3898<0>512<0>3067<0>3528<0>324<0>304<0>512<0>1238<0>678<0>2989<0>2619<0>1500<0>512<0>3526<0>3850<0>1518<0>871<0>3287<0>2989<0>1318<0>148<0>2197<0>3894<0>3561<0>3561<0>2433<0>461<0>2249<0>3170<0>783<0>859<0>1676<0>1894<0>1950<0>3003<0>4058<0>2751<0>3020<0>3713<0>1587<0>1575<0>2991<0>871<0>3... |
Our Air Force fact, Charlie Hastings was stunned by all the consequences of the misplaced airstrike. | <0>1338<0>2989<0>366<0>289<0>1797<0>512<0>1500<0>967<0>3435<0>3809<0>3457<0>3155<0>3309<0>2703<0>3782<0>3339<0>3774<0>347<0>1108<0>3572<0>652<0>1990<0>3096<0>3561<0>3561<0>3457<0>1467<0>3874<0>3158<0>216<0>2288<0>3772<0>2599<0>1575<0>3235<0>3535<0>855<0>1500<0>1500<0>493<0>1238<0>2703<0>2989<0>411<0>1484<0>1738<0>1777<... |
Hastings recalls after the napalm strike, Colonel Moore looked at me and said something that I never forgot. Don't worry about that one, Charlie. Just keep them coming. | <0>3190<0>1850<0>824<0>855<0>221<0>3713<0>2799<0>1304<0>411<0>411<0>259<0>3535<0>3456<0>563<0>1087<0>3420<0>2471<0>1500<0>3373<0>1526<0>587<0>2475<0>3585<0>1463<0>1518<0>1518<0>545<0>3002<0>2777<0>2471<0>1800<0>1976<0>3056<0>275<0>366<0>1518<0>3833<0>4008<0>286<0>2991<0>2799<0>4007<0>1452<0>2888<0>3561<0>3585<0>3585<0>... |
I mean, he knows what he's gotta do. He's got Hastings that just killed some of his own men, wounded some of his own men by fire, and he's freaking out, probably doesn't want to call any more bombs on. | <0>3637<0>3541<0>1532<0>786<0>2462<0>3096<0>3020<0>1118<0>2016<0>1858<0>2734<0>2703<0>1073<0>1710<0>697<0>3198<0>705<0>957<0>2870<0>1782<0>967<0>2197<0>304<0>2970<0>3235<0>3535<0>546<0>1526<0>1452<0>2543<0>4062<0>2144<0>935<0>3907<0>2703<0>1526<0>3235<0>2471<0>3373<0>2775<0>2151<0>3447<0>3373<0>1977<0>3373<0>1575<0>111... |
And, Hal Moore realizes that's what's keeping him alive. | <0>3716<0>780<0>2614<0>744<0>2588<0>553<0>368<0>151<0>2155<0>171<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>1950<0>967<0>3447<0>1500<0>623<0>3976<0>484<0>3020<0>3373<0>2142<0>3850<0>3235<0>2070<0>2769<0>2703<0>2525<0>1007<0>3264<0>3585<0>83<0>3447<0>94<0>2707<0>898<0>2142<0>3079<0>2137<0>2427<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>39... |
Don't worry about that one. Just keep em coming. | <0>226<0>304<0>232<0>2619<0>3031<0>3642<0>2648<0>484<0>3447<0>2619<0>974<0>1214<0>3114<0>3114<0>3114<0>648<0>648<0>290<0>1062<0>290<0>1748<0>3762<0>648<0>4095<0>3003<0>3466<0>1108<0>3762<0>1376<0>3762<0>3003<0>3003<0>4095<0>1376<0>2075<0>3002<0>2309<0>1782<0>1575<0>2989<0>366<0>974<0>3990<0>3818<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
Charlie Company 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry had begun its day with 5 officers and 106 men. | <0>409<0>374<0>259<0>2703<0>226<0>1819<0>3135<0>3585<0>1944<0>3373<0>3373<0>3309<0>1526<0>2060<0>3782<0>3976<0>2978<0>1977<0>2989<0>527<0>1710<0>3782<0>1518<0>2991<0>151<0>820<0>345<0>3526<0>648<0>3762<0>1038<0>3176<0>3155<0>259<0>3373<0>20<0>1236<0>1568<0>2823<0>2378<0>493<0>3730<0>151<0>2594<0>2648<0>2703<0>2989<0>67... |
By noon it had no officers left and only 49 men unhurt. | <0>1329<0>3067<0>2703<0>3874<0>3067<0>1171<0>110<0>2703<0>786<0>3445<0>1518<0>411<0>2619<0>3668<0>3713<0>3713<0>866<0>2970<0>2703<0>2030<0>3956<0>4066<0>1676<0>3874<0>512<0>3898<0>2935<0>1830<0>895<0>512<0>1539<0>512<0>1500<0>493<0>3184<0>3668<0>3929<0>998<0>327<0>3541<0>1362<0>1331<0>1031<0>1376<0>1376<0>1108<0>2492<0... |
A total of 42 officers and men had been killed and 20 more wounded in two and a half hours of vicious hand to hand fighting. | <0>4058<0>2018<0>1645<0>1587<0>1518<0>130<0>327<0>3832<0>895<0>2989<0>3020<0>3966<0>2070<0>2989<0>2865<0>304<0>2563<0>1452<0>2185<0>237<0>304<0>2989<0>3519<0>493<0>1171<0>587<0>2710<0>130<0>1518<0>1518<0>1480<0>1579<0>1467<0>1587<0>2989<0>304<0>1530<0>2989<0>2989<0>3877<0>3255<0>2989<0>1214<0>221<0>1254<0>1481<0>2385<0... |
The bodies of hundreds of slain Vietnamese, North Vietnamese littered the bloody battleground. | <0>1575<0>1575<0>2619<0>2619<0>2475<0>3713<0>1862<0>1882<0>1500<0>587<0>3020<0>1339<0>1587<0>3155<0>3850<0>3150<0>3782<0>414<0>587<0>1730<0>2462<0>1491<0>324<0>3561<0>2462<0>2734<0>155<0>3252<0>2271<0>976<0>863<0>4086<0>2162<0>4<0>3189<0>2676<0>819<0>2471<0>3447<0>3096<0>658<0>748<0>3561<0>155<0>3535<0>666<0>3373<0>223... |
Spec for Pat Selleck, 24 and a native of Mount Kisco, New York says, I remember one guy had a small American flag on the back of his pack. | <0>509<0>2506<0>866<0>2703<0>1211<0>3318<0>3435<0>1518<0>1931<0>1850<0>1850<0>705<0>1245<0>2550<0>231<0>3782<0>3943<0>4007<0>2354<0>653<0>648<0>1145<0>290<0>513<0>2989<0>512<0>1730<0>1007<0>304<0>3972<0>1992<0>493<0>3585<0>1539<0>2991<0>512<0>3134<0>3541<0>1500<0>2002<0>3097<0>3433<0>231<0>1517<0>3695<0>492<0>587<0>306... |
That's something that always stuck with me. This American flag was put on top of a blown up tree, just like Iwo Jima. Another battle we had won for the United States. | <0>3626<0>2769<0>3235<0>3404<0>2185<0>3184<0>83<0>3972<0>690<0>2588<0>2710<0>2748<0>611<0>1406<0>561<0>2578<0>3509<0>148<0>738<0>1272<0>3615<0>1858<0>2769<0>1214<0>3509<0>3923<0>2748<0>2641<0>1804<0>1484<0>366<0>3447<0>361<0>1007<0>2096<0>3972<0>3972<0>1214<0>1007<0>3972<0>327<0>1442<0>1238<0>1117<0>492<0>3305<0>3348<0... |
That little flag flew over landing zone x-ray for the rest of the fight, raising all our spirits. | <0>3132<0>2648<0>1738<0>512<0>746<0>895<0>3899<0>1444<0>3783<0>1105<0>1192<0>3898<0>1738<0>561<0>3122<0>1238<0>1944<0>324<0>493<0>3655<0>1719<0>3972<0>1882<0>1915<0>1944<0>1386<0>3530<0>2471<0>2155<0>2323<0>1007<0>3894<0>3541<0>2703<0>3457<0>1339<0>3134<0>1213<0>1500<0>1882<0>701<0>2840<0>2385<0>2064<0>3772<0>2929<0>29... |
And here we go back to the book. During this lull, the saddest, most painful and hardest duty to endure was collecting our dead and loading them on board the helicopters. | <0>1318<0>3008<0>1171<0>3642<0>3452<0>289<0>2799<0>229<0>1500<0>599<0>1587<0>512<0>1277<0>3541<0>229<0>1669<0>3373<0>3447<0>3447<0>1715<0>1526<0>3067<0>288<0>895<0>3943<0>73<0>2550<0>1977<0>3447<0>2060<0>3850<0>3968<0>43<0>2799<0>4062<0>3892<0>1171<0>587<0>1200<0>457<0>2730<0>1794<0>366<0>3894<0>2769<0>3526<0>3176<0>15... |
There were so many that the brigade ordered the big choppers. The CH-47 Chinooks. | <0>2802<0>492<0>3713<0>1007<0>298<0>151<0>3020<0>3874<0>426<0>229<0>3894<0>1206<0>1171<0>3008<0>2989<0>974<0>229<0>756<0>2799<0>345<0>1171<0>587<0>3005<0>2703<0>1569<0>1117<0>1738<0>2588<0>3319<0>3694<0>1546<0>1025<0>1236<0>231<0>1097<0>3176<0>1171<0>3713<0>1399<0>1518<0>512<0>3713<0>2011<0>1862<0>1238<0>142<0>3374<0>1... |
One such helicopter lifted out all 42 of the dead from Charlie Company. They came in together. Died together. | <0>457<0>1500<0>1710<0>3791<0>2543<0>3002<0>2619<0>1518<0>3377<0>2471<0>791<0>512<0>1500<0>3639<0>3135<0>2826<0>1882<0>1712<0>1488<0>3435<0>1354<0>593<0>2023<0>327<0>3874<0>338<0>397<0>990<0>2185<0>1526<0>3526<0>3096<0>1076<0>1452<0>1738<0>4045<0>2883<0>2989<0>1645<0>3537<0>3246<0>2864<0>819<0>979<0>1414<0>465<0>3003<0... |
And now left together, wrapped in their green rubber ponchos. | <0>3803<0>3134<0>1500<0>3972<0>3898<0>1500<0>1730<0>2710<0>1485<0>3668<0>327<0>1882<0>1079<0>1588<0>3883<0>1575<0>1850<0>366<0>2931<0>3373<0>587<0>2799<0>345<0>915<0>3020<0>3561<0>361<0>1500<0>1738<0>2799<0>327<0>3067<0>327<0>3874<0>3907<0>1738<0>1738<0>2713<0>2889<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
Spec4 Vincent Cantu says we were picking up our dead and placing them in the choppers. | <0>2011<0>1467<0>2703<0>2578<0>1007<0>3435<0>1738<0>1022<0>2525<0>2161<0>3535<0>1526<0>4058<0>3585<0>304<0>3184<0>2710<0>1318<0>1730<0>3850<0>809<0>3791<0>367<0>215<0>265<0>1575<0>512<0>915<0>551<0>3096<0>193<0>587<0>2703<0>2864<0>304<0>1500<0>2205<0>3821<0>2174<0>3020<0>361<0>3150<0>151<0>3002<0>623<0>130<0>512<0>512<... |
Some of these guys I had known for two years, yet I could recognize them only by their name tags. | <0>1467<0>1214<0>915<0>3096<0>3457<0>193<0>2970<0>967<0>1517<0>967<0>3342<0>512<0>3348<0>2161<0>2799<0>334<0>151<0>3874<0>2378<0>3020<0>2703<0>3713<0>8<0>35<0>1753<0>1676<0>3320<0>2823<0>3447<0>2848<0>3184<0>2703<0>1562<0>289<0>4064<0>599<0>2525<0>2826<0>512<0>3888<0>3898<0>2991<0>3020<0>345<0>1882<0>1500<0>2823<0>3134... |
Their faces were blown off. It was hard not to get sick. | <0>3287<0>746<0>3447<0>3096<0>3002<0>3713<0>2615<0>1238<0>2339<0>512<0>1882<0>3246<0>3972<0>2471<0>580<0>1277<0>2251<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>1376<0>4058<0>3003<0>4058<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>1108<0>3681<0>3067<0>3002<0>1954<0>2471<0>1238<0>3348<0>3589<0>919<0>3176<0>2423<0... |
And without saying a word, just continue putting our dead on the choppers. | <0>3003<0>1137<0>151<0>3809<0>1500<0>2619<0>3826<0>2070<0>1171<0>3184<0>1575<0>1422<0>2221<0>327<0>3642<0>3975<0>1274<0>1274<0>1695<0>780<0>4062<0>1773<0>1976<0>1579<0>3966<0>1171<0>587<0>3184<0>3894<0>353<0>1108<0>1989<0>2799<0>512<0>1539<0>1372<0>345<0>1108<0>974<0>512<0>3222<0>1517<0>3892<0>3096<0>142<0>1222<0>1748<... |
He makes a visit, and here we go. Mid morning before Tully arrived, Colonel Tim Brown flew in for a visit. | <0>530<0>75<0>3657<0>3561<0>2888<0>3707<0>1526<0>3307<0>1532<0>317<0>1076<0>2492<0>4095<0>3657<0>2155<0>587<0>2365<0>361<0>289<0>1738<0>1738<0>556<0>1639<0>648<0>1748<0>1751<0>3096<0>493<0>304<0>1569<0>561<0>3184<0>2799<0>1200<0>974<0>1098<0>1500<0>1518<0>561<0>1579<0>1882<0>1213<0>1238<0>2420<0>3404<0>1882<0>2989<0>26... |
Plumlee recalls Lieutenant Colonel Moore saluted Brown and said, I told you not to come in here, it's not safe. | <0>611<0>2471<0>3447<0>561<0>1981<0>3404<0>327<0>3135<0>512<0>3287<0>2703<0>3976<0>256<0>2471<0>1518<0>3704<0>2471<0>1719<0>3135<0>492<0>3020<0>345<0>1500<0>1500<0>1500<0>1185<0>3535<0>2703<0>1568<0>802<0>1739<0>3794<0>678<0>226<0>1500<0>3008<0>1730<0>3972<0>385<0>1603<0>1500<0>2471<0>3585<0>3874<0>3541<0>3826<0>1500<0... |
Brown picked up his right collar lapel and waggled his full colonel's eagle at Moore and said sorry about that. Dylan and I gave him a situation report. | <0>1748<0>2753<0>3972<0>512<0>809<0>3947<0>3248<0>2864<0>2075<0>2152<0>1882<0>3275<0>1630<0>2619<0>618<0>974<0>3898<0>1500<0>1819<0>327<0>3435<0>3184<0>1850<0>1850<0>327<0>1238<0>313<0>3176<0>1800<0>3566<0>1740<0>3097<0>2199<0>978<0>1518<0>2062<0>457<0>2748<0>366<0>2989<0>2775<0>2657<0>1568<0>1500<0>1645<0>2989<0>512<0... |
Brown asked whether he should stay in x-ray, establish a small brigade command post and run the show. We recommended against that. | <0>1117<0>1850<0>1902<0>4009<0>3541<0>3492<0>3288<0>2385<0>634<0>4092<0>2748<0>3447<0>770<0>1518<0>512<0>386<0>3176<0>3457<0>2710<0>2030<0>3002<0>3096<0>1171<0>236<0>1850<0>1685<0>1112<0>2471<0>3892<0>553<0>2710<0>1850<0>2989<0>1730<0>2710<0>2769<0>1518<0>2989<0>1238<0>3894<0>1710<0>304<0>587<0>3377<0>1214<0>3073<0>298... |
I knew the area and Bob Tully and I got along just fine. Brownagee agreed. | <0>611<0>1850<0>553<0>3373<0>3096<0>3585<0>3377<0>2703<0>553<0>1214<0>1518<0>1569<0>1738<0>1710<0>1518<0>492<0>3585<0>3073<0>3972<0>2578<0>2578<0>1882<0>3435<0>2989<0>2989<0>3184<0>2252<0>1710<0>1830<0>3972<0>1569<0>3990<0>1268<0>3334<0>738<0>465<0>2703<0>3972<0>151<0>361<0>919<0>3585<0>2433<0>3392<0>3541<0>2357<0>3020... |
Lieutenant Dick Merchant says Colonel Brown had trust and confidence in his commanders. | <0>1318<0>2023<0>2703<0>4062<0>231<0>553<0>2989<0>366<0>402<0>3389<0>1715<0>3447<0>155<0>2441<0>2471<0>2989<0>3180<0>691<0>2748<0>1850<0>2703<0>2421<0>884<0>2471<0>3447<0>1217<0>819<0>3496<0>1569<0>1819<0>1007<0>3447<0>3382<0>587<0>553<0>3850<0>334<0>1214<0>3976<0>2703<0>2888<0>1303<0>716<0>2037<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>3... |
I'm aware that some felt he should have landed in x-ray and established a command post. I've never accepted that. | <0>1862<0>1214<0>3184<0>2716<0>3447<0>3987<0>1722<0>3150<0>1569<0>3277<0>898<0>974<0>1730<0>369<0>716<0>3348<0>2146<0>2703<0>3821<0>1254<0>969<0>561<0>967<0>2252<0>3744<0>3146<0>553<0>3821<0>3509<0>1710<0>3437<0>3782<0>3541<0>2773<0>807<0>1630<0>1214<0>2703<0>3447<0>1214<0>484<0>3972<0>690<0>855<0>3341<0>3184<0>2703<0>... |
The 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry was probably the finest battalion in Vietnam, well-trained, superbly led, with outstanding officers and NCOs throughout the unit. Brown would have been out of place in X-Ray. Besides, there was no room for a Brigade CP. | <0>1262<0>746<0>1500<0>313<0>2705<0>1526<0>3447<0>3782<0>3128<0>1710<0>4009<0>1214<0>1882<0>1587<0>3782<0>1819<0>130<0>1007<0>3096<0>3679<0>3566<0>1008<0>1740<0>4068<0>2002<0>287<0>3184<0>2471<0>652<0>2769<0>2096<0>3877<0>521<0>1518<0>1518<0>2935<0>2748<0>3187<0>3782<0>553<0>1710<0>2594<0>3235<0>3782<0>2748<0>553<0>271... |
The reason I put that in there is because here's the, the guy that's, you know, Hal Moore's boss comes in to, to check on the scene and some people say, oh, he should have stayed there because it was a bad fight and he, in this, uhm, | <0>2745<0>151<0>715<0>368<0>1526<0>2703<0>2799<0>484<0>3349<0>1858<0>2989<0>2769<0>3910<0>2748<0>1007<0>770<0>1377<0>151<0>3020<0>2769<0>512<0>148<0>3681<0>561<0>3447<0>2703<0>3821<0>2070<0>770<0>2116<0>290<0>1414<0>3637<0>1882<0>1238<0>1108<0>1108<0>1329<0>3996<0>2958<0>3972<0>3067<0>2989<0>1773<0>1579<0>4008<0>1392<0... |
Dick Merchant said no, like he shouldn't have stayed there. He, he did the right thing. He came, visited, and left. And by the way, you want to set up a brigade command post? You, you need to find your own little anthill, cause this one's all, this one's, you know, the size of, yeah, it's full, and it's the size of a ... | <0>1950<0>963<0>3447<0>769<0>2142<0>2152<0>1579<0>3850<0>3541<0>587<0>1569<0>2697<0>3435<0>3348<0>963<0>1719<0>3593<0>1463<0>855<0>3990<0>3526<0>298<0>2864<0>465<0>3281<0>1209<0>1377<0>1079<0>324<0>3585<0>3561<0>3176<0>1526<0>1882<0>1214<0>593<0>386<0>2161<0>2826<0>2935<0>1214<0>382<0>3235<0>3535<0>2152<0>1697<0>151<0>... |
So, but it's, it's the important point there from my perspective is... | <0>3926<0>1715<0>2748<0>2753<0>2697<0>886<0>1149<0>923<0>2799<0>433<0>3002<0>2741<0>3046<0>1710<0>2030<0>3371<0>3874<0>1171<0>2748<0>304<0>54<0>2989<0>2865<0>3447<0>3075<0>2703<0>366<0>2748<0>1518<0>3972<0>366<0>697<0>3143<0>1862<0>1418<0>3894<0>3509<0>1715<0>368<0>2406<0>1989<0>3003<0>3003<0>4058<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<... |
He didn't need to go out there and micromanage them. And I'm not saying you could never do that. I'm definitely not saying that's the dichotomy of leadership. | <0>75<0>3585<0>3176<0>3096<0>2475<0>386<0>3585<0>3585<0>3176<0>3526<0>73<0>1730<0>361<0>229<0>1016<0>3566<0>3566<0>2104<0>3566<0>1050<0>1748<0>3359<0>83<0>3798<0>3447<0>3185<0>2619<0>2151<0>83<0>512<0>746<0>256<0>3972<0>2471<0>3437<0>1076<0>975<0>1710<0>1639<0>2106<0>1108<0>2628<0>1761<0>1761<0>4066<0>3759<0>967<0>1207... |
You know, sometimes you might look out there and say, there's something going on, I need to get out there, I need to get in the weeds and get this problem handled, I need to come out there and support. | <0>2840<0>3320<0>2475<0>2970<0>144<0>898<0>1569<0>932<0>512<0>1171<0>2619<0>3108<0>2860<0>2735<0>484<0>3617<0>2775<0>1085<0>189<0>3045<0>898<0>2895<0>2880<0>1820<0>2619<0>1392<0>154<0>871<0>797<0>3447<0>1175<0>668<0>2470<0>1084<0>2422<0>969<0>1171<0>369<0>3875<0>1966<0>2753<0>3519<0>1171<0>1710<0>587<0>3703<0>2935<0>91... |
In this particular case, probably wouldn't have been a good idea. Hal Moore had it under control at this point. That's why they're landing a, uh, uh. | <0>1435<0>151<0>3447<0>1730<0>2525<0>2838<0>4009<0>746<0>2598<0>3002<0>1921<0>2619<0>3373<0>1981<0>83<0>3809<0>15<0>3447<0>3295<0>3914<0>1171<0>339<0>644<0>1042<0>644<0>1392<0>1007<0>2707<0>595<0>1190<0>3782<0>939<0>2403<0>1902<0>313<0>2151<0>3667<0>1014<0>1954<0>1118<0>3665<0>286<0>3980<0>3782<0>3791<0>2619<0>83<0>398... |
Uh, Chinook, which is a CH-47 giant helicopter much bigger than a Huey needs, you know, it's slower and at least on approach it's slower. | <0>225<0>457<0>3373<0>3600<0>2060<0>969<0>652<0>1819<0>2799<0>193<0>2525<0>3002<0>3713<0>3585<0>1944<0>3972<0>1730<0>3447<0>1095<0>2432<0>1944<0>1944<0>1011<0>2703<0>2471<0>521<0>819<0>3541<0>512<0>3038<0>3519<0>807<0>1463<0>1730<0>3585<0>561<0>3894<0>493<0>493<0>1441<0>1108<0>263<0>243<0>2155<0>1596<0>2035<0>543<0>179... |
So yeaah, there's a time to get out there in micromanage and there's a time when you let your teams lead. | <0>3388<0>751<0>2525<0>2142<0>1518<0>457<0>287<0>1108<0>3003<0>405<0>3320<0>776<0>3447<0>3447<0>3791<0>1157<0>3447<0>898<0>2703<0>3535<0>546<0>2935<0>3349<0>3404<0>3617<0>2619<0>1850<0>342<0>2619<0>1850<0>4009<0>3457<0>2703<0>368<0>3447<0>3791<0>1569<0>2703<0>3509<0>3585<0>3894<0>1214<0>2062<0>1526<0>3750<0>148<0>561<0... |
Okay, going back to the book, in Myron Dedurac and Lieutenant Rick Rascola, so these are the two guys that came from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cav and he just talks about them a little bit and I think it's worth mentioning Rick Rascola and Myron Dedurac | <0>3972<0>2221<0>3437<0>304<0>1944<0>3869<0>148<0>148<0>2440<0>219<0>2989<0>2471<0>1862<0>2412<0>1579<0>3894<0>2799<0>3390<0>2589<0>3585<0>3376<0>1730<0>2233<0>1108<0>745<0>2471<0>2787<0>3963<0>1076<0>2710<0>3320<0>3457<0>3373<0>3923<0>1630<0>3214<0>714<0>707<0>1950<0>3968<0>3348<0>2152<0>824<0>2059<0>2989<0>3898<0>241... |
Bravo Company 2nd Battalion had two foreign born officers whose accents and gung-ho attitudes lent a touch of foreign legion flair. The Ukrainian Dedurek | <0>1748<0>229<0>2619<0>2619<0>2471<0>2503<0>2619<0>2989<0>221<0>698<0>3535<0>3976<0>1214<0>2365<0>2775<0>2471<0>3782<0>221<0>1268<0>359<0>3447<0>4055<0>1467<0>2144<0>1007<0>1007<0>3927<0>1710<0>2707<0>652<0>1214<0>1518<0>411<0>1569<0>618<0>1518<0>2462<0>3647<0>1401<0>1715<0>3309<0>3404<0>2152<0>1705<0>1850<0>219<0>3850... |
And the Englishman Rescorla was, were destined over the next 72 hours to become battlefield legends in the 7th Cav, as much for their style as their fearless leadership under fire. And, yeah, it's, it's, it's, you can see what these leaders do and you do get to see it. | <0>305<0>1171<0>3020<0>698<0>698<0>2935<0>1007<0>2773<0>3874<0>3447<0>3509<0>771<0>3898<0>4009<0>1715<0>2592<0>2707<0>2471<0>2471<0>3972<0>1423<0>1509<0>1789<0>3268<0>4007<0>3435<0>3146<0>3447<0>1715<0>1715<0>68<0>3067<0>229<0>1139<0>3821<0>2826<0>1217<0>3008<0>2619<0>3067<0>3809<0>2703<0>219<0>3850<0>3447<0>1171<0>698... |
But here's when, when Didieric, remember he touched down and he was told, hey, go, go set up security and here we go. Uh, Myron Didieric and his soldiers had not yet been sorely tested, but they soon would be. | <0>196<0>3348<0>3457<0>3713<0>4009<0>3713<0>1715<0>1697<0>4052<0>2092<0>2070<0>3439<0>2840<0>2092<0>807<0>1539<0>1485<0>2710<0>2070<0>3373<0>2685<0>2440<0>704<0>2703<0>2619<0>1171<0>3002<0>2735<0>1715<0>3278<0>3061<0>1157<0>2935<0>561<0>1526<0>2705<0>1518<0>1518<0>2703<0>1741<0>2799<0>1575<0>2575<0>1862<0>3535<0>3146<0... |
During that lull, Diderik made certain that fields of fire and observation were cleared out to beyond 200 yards. That good fighting positions were dug. That machine guns were placed in positions that assured flanking, interlocking fire. | <0>3593<0>3976<0>967<0>2471<0>527<0>259<0>2707<0>866<0>287<0>2639<0>147<0>1318<0>1171<0>2703<0>807<0>3431<0>3376<0>3821<0>632<0>2729<0>317<0>2588<0>3828<0>1675<0>2703<0>280<0>1944<0>3447<0>2550<0>1118<0>746<0>3782<0>2703<0>2703<0>3541<0>771<0>3972<0>492<0>2588<0>1768<0>3976<0>3457<0>1307<0>1575<0>2669<0>898<0>3447<0>24... |
That trip flares and anti-intrusion devices were installed as far as 300 yards out. That every man was locked down, loaded down with ammunition and that ammo resupply points were designated. That all radios were checked and double checked. | <0>3557<0>3864<0>1137<0>2703<0>397<0>2881<0>1423<0>3235<0>3349<0>4009<0>2070<0>3447<0>1195<0>3892<0>3519<0>652<0>3976<0>2777<0>3373<0>368<0>221<0>1007<0>2715<0>368<0>1526<0>1518<0>2471<0>2588<0>3185<0>1518<0>3809<0>2525<0>304<0>1518<0>2070<0>2374<0>3894<0>3373<0>819<0>2226<0>2471<0>3923<0>2775<0>2471<0>3122<0>1815<0>26... |
Then Dedurak worked very carefully with his artillery forward observer registering pre-planned fires across the front. The officer | <0>2060<0>1171<0>3647<0>2432<0>3809<0>2579<0>1846<0>3435<0>3828<0>3370<0>3079<0>2579<0>2579<0>3622<0>809<0>3146<0>3668<0>259<0>1401<0>3373<0>3668<0>2070<0>2517<0>3240<0>809<0>3828<0>3146<0>746<0>895<0>3923<0>915<0>3176<0>2070<0>2001<0>492<0>1575<0>1518<0>2703<0>2150<0>3907<0>1139<0>3146<0>3833<0>3615<0>2894<0>2252<0>15... |
The officer, Lieutenant William Lund, had four batteries, 24 Howitzers registered and adjusted on call. So that's... You ever wonder what, uh, | <0>338<0>3976<0>3782<0>3821<0>2070<0>1007<0>1467<0>3447<0>1129<0>1981<0>3447<0>553<0>229<0>1518<0>288<0>2197<0>809<0>189<0>1730<0>1490<0>2707<0>2619<0>1518<0>3782<0>3146<0>3020<0>397<0>1587<0>1518<0>3146<0>838<0>1518<0>43<0>3972<0>2989<0>1518<0>397<0>2217<0>850<0>3067<0>1850<0>3488<0>3713<0>984<0>1518<0>1575<0>3669<0>1... |
What a military leader does, that's what he does right there. Dials everything in. | <0>3246<0>1500<0>3435<0>1329<0>492<0>83<0>3894<0>2799<0>2060<0>3976<0>4009<0>3020<0>3020<0>221<0>1645<0>2550<0>3373<0>2471<0>144<0>3067<0>3008<0>2927<0>3151<0>1941<0>2730<0>2663<0>840<0>2049<0>2251<0>543<0>1071<0>3526<0>871<0>2152<0>2619<0>3447<0>3373<0>3135<0>3791<0>3447<0>3067<0>3585<0>1710<0>587<0>3585<0>3373<0>1844... |
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