Kris Paronto

So it's, you know, it's right when the sun's, but the night vision, you still need your night vision. Um, so I'm watching all this. I'm seeing one guy turn and start to shoot that direction. I'm seeing another guy turn, which was Oz. The next guy was Bob. Then the next guy was Dave Uben. And of course I want to get my gun in the fight, but I can't see the targets because they're here. I'm here.

The targets, they're coming from this direction. Mortars are coming from this way. So I'm shooting over their heads. I put a couple rounds down, and I look, and I think, you know, we kind of already went through this before, but I look behind me to make sure there's nobody coming from my six, because I still got areas of responsibility. Nobody's there.

The targets, they're coming from this direction. Mortars are coming from this way. So I'm shooting over their heads. I put a couple rounds down, and I look, and I think, you know, we kind of already went through this before, but I look behind me to make sure there's nobody coming from my six, because I still got areas of responsibility. Nobody's there.

The targets, they're coming from this direction. Mortars are coming from this way. So I'm shooting over their heads. I put a couple rounds down, and I look, and I think, you know, we kind of already went through this before, but I look behind me to make sure there's nobody coming from my six, because I still got areas of responsibility. Nobody's there.

I turn around, get a couple more shots, and I see the next one hit, and this one hits on building C. It hits right by the parapet wall. Boom, blows up. As my night vision goes white and it comes back, those four guys that were shooting are now three. So it's like, it was, it's like, you know, close your eyes, you see four, open your eyes, there's three. Dave's hit. Dave got hit with a 81.

I turn around, get a couple more shots, and I see the next one hit, and this one hits on building C. It hits right by the parapet wall. Boom, blows up. As my night vision goes white and it comes back, those four guys that were shooting are now three. So it's like, it was, it's like, you know, close your eyes, you see four, open your eyes, there's three. Dave's hit. Dave got hit with a 81.

I turn around, get a couple more shots, and I see the next one hit, and this one hits on building C. It hits right by the parapet wall. Boom, blows up. As my night vision goes white and it comes back, those four guys that were shooting are now three. So it's like, it was, it's like, you know, close your eyes, you see four, open your eyes, there's three. Dave's hit. Dave got hit with a 81.

It sheared half his leg off. It sheared half his arm off. They were on, but they were just hanging by tendons. And he's screaming. And I go, how did you hear that? I don't know how I heard it, but I heard him screaming. I'm hit. He's yelling. He's screaming. I could hear it. I'm still shooting. They're still shooting. I turn around and make sure nobody's coming again because I still got my six.

It sheared half his leg off. It sheared half his arm off. They were on, but they were just hanging by tendons. And he's screaming. And I go, how did you hear that? I don't know how I heard it, but I heard him screaming. I'm hit. He's yelling. He's screaming. I could hear it. I'm still shooting. They're still shooting. I turn around and make sure nobody's coming again because I still got my six.

It sheared half his leg off. It sheared half his arm off. They were on, but they were just hanging by tendons. And he's screaming. And I go, how did you hear that? I don't know how I heard it, but I heard him screaming. I'm hit. He's yelling. He's screaming. I could hear it. I'm still shooting. They're still shooting. I turn around and make sure nobody's coming again because I still got my six.

We still got to fight. We got to finish it. You can't quit. They got to take care of Dave. I'm not running off my position and helping. I'm just expecting maybe the Delta guys or somebody to come up and help. But I don't know. We got a fight to go. I put three rounds over the top of their head. I went boom, boom, boom. And as soon as I did that, three mortars, fire for effect. Boom, boom, boom.

We still got to fight. We got to finish it. You can't quit. They got to take care of Dave. I'm not running off my position and helping. I'm just expecting maybe the Delta guys or somebody to come up and help. But I don't know. We got a fight to go. I put three rounds over the top of their head. I went boom, boom, boom. And as soon as I did that, three mortars, fire for effect. Boom, boom, boom.

We still got to fight. We got to finish it. You can't quit. They got to take care of Dave. I'm not running off my position and helping. I'm just expecting maybe the Delta guys or somebody to come up and help. But I don't know. We got a fight to go. I put three rounds over the top of their head. I went boom, boom, boom. And as soon as I did that, three mortars, fire for effect. Boom, boom, boom.

And when they did that, my night vision went completely white because of the overabundance of light. And as it came back, They were gone. And I saw the pixie dust. I saw the charged particles because any of those explosions, if it's fine particles or dust and there's not a lot of wind and there wasn't, you can see the particles coming down because they get charged or heated.

And when they did that, my night vision went completely white because of the overabundance of light. And as it came back, They were gone. And I saw the pixie dust. I saw the charged particles because any of those explosions, if it's fine particles or dust and there's not a lot of wind and there wasn't, you can see the particles coming down because they get charged or heated.

And when they did that, my night vision went completely white because of the overabundance of light. And as it came back, They were gone. And I saw the pixie dust. I saw the charged particles because any of those explosions, if it's fine particles or dust and there's not a lot of wind and there wasn't, you can see the particles coming down because they get charged or heated.

So I'm watching the pixie dust come down. And it really did look like they got turned to dust. My brain's like, because they're gone. All of a sudden they're gone and there's a cloud of dust. We can't beat this. We don't have any air support. And I put my head down. I said, 400. And I know it was God. It was God or my mom. And he said, get your gun up, Ranger. I kept fighting.

So I'm watching the pixie dust come down. And it really did look like they got turned to dust. My brain's like, because they're gone. All of a sudden they're gone and there's a cloud of dust. We can't beat this. We don't have any air support. And I put my head down. I said, 400. And I know it was God. It was God or my mom. And he said, get your gun up, Ranger. I kept fighting.

So I'm watching the pixie dust come down. And it really did look like they got turned to dust. My brain's like, because they're gone. All of a sudden they're gone and there's a cloud of dust. We can't beat this. We don't have any air support. And I put my head down. I said, 400. And I know it was God. It was God or my mom. And he said, get your gun up, Ranger. I kept fighting.

And Jack kept fighting. And Boo kept fighting. and we fought those guys off that were coming for us. Boone and Jack Primar, they had better avenue fields of fire than I did. And they did awesome. But the mortar stopped. And at the time, I was like, wow, I wonder why they stopped. I mean, they hit with the building they wanted to hit. It was far for effect. They had that thing locked in.