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opposite sides of the “Street Without Joy” and headed south. B Company formed up to move with part of the Col.’s Command Post and was brought under small arms fire— I was moving with A Company as we reacted to the attack. They were almost on top of us—too close for comfort causing everyone to seek cover until we could identify the enemy locations. @ 50 At first we thought we were facing a small enemy squad —-then things changed rapidly—we began receiving heavy machine gun fire from multiple locations indicating at least a platoon or
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company sized unit was firing on us. B Co. and A Co. began taking casualties.
The rounds were hitting with all of the force of a .50 cal. machine gun—which they were. This was no longer an assault—it was an enemy ambush!
The ground shook from their force and the sound of the rounds passing through the air was mind-blowing as they hissed over and around our position. We were being ‘ambushed’ with .50 cal—.30 cal machine guns, and small arms fire along with 60mm mortars. The Bn. CP unit along with elements of B Co. moved to an old Buddhist temple where we could regroup and set up the CP and an
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