Dale Hanson

It looked like a Western fort, except they had trenches all the way around it, logs and all that stuff.

And it was formidable with the fighting pits and everything.

So when we found that area, my people were the ones that cleaned that out and so forth.

And anyway, the next morning, it was a difficult time, we actually went down the hill and charged them as they were about to have their breakfast and all that stuff.

And we basically wiped them out and took over their position.

The captain and the first sergeant decide that they're going to go all the way around, back up the road system to the backside, and then do a push and push the people to me back at the old site.

And that's fine.

So I get my people, so we're all ready for the attack.

And I'm confident that we can hear them when they come through, and we'll take them out.

Well, anyway, now I'm hearing them come.

I can hear the brush crackling and all that stuff.

And there's some shooting up above, and they're coming toward me.

And I know any minute now we're going to have a big firefight.

So I look left and right, and I get my people, and I give them the heads up.

This is going to happen.

And all of a sudden, I hear shouting.

And I look back beside me, and there's two Vietnamese lieutenants

who I never saw before.

And how in the world did they get there?

Well, it turns out we had an ammo resupply.