 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kwenguva yakati, mauto eAmerica akanga achiziva kuti PAVNVC yakanga yava kuda kutanga rudzi rwakati rwekurwisa kukuru. Westmoreland akanga ane chokwadi chokuti kusundira uku kukuru kwaizouya pamberi chaipo peTết kana kuti pashure chaipo, asi kwete mukati mezororo uye zvichida paKhe Sanhuye munharaunda yeVietnamese Demilitarized Zone. PaDa Nang, III MAF yaiziva kuti PAVNVC yakanga ichifamba. Mauto nemauto ekuongorora ndege vachishandisa infrared technology uye XM-3 People Sniffer airborne personnel detectors APD yakaiswa pa UH-1 helicopters yakaratidza kusangana kwakasimba kwevavengi mumakomo pedyo neHieu Duc kumadokero kwe7th Marines. Mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto William J. Davis, mukuru mukuru we17 Marines, akayeuka kuti chikwata chake chakatanga kutora vanhu vashoma kubva pazvinhu zvinopfura zvinoshamisa kana kuti boobytraps uye akatanga kufungidzira kuti mauto omuvengi asina kujairana nenzvimbo yacho angave achiedza kupinda munharaunda yake. Davis akazivisa dzimbahwe redhipatimendi nezvezvaakawana. Maererano naDavis, maawa mashomanene gare gare, Robertson akadaidza kurukurirano yechikamu nokuda kwavatungamiriri vose vebatalyon. Pamusangano wacho, mukuru mukuru weG-2 kana kuti mukuru mukuru wezvitsvakurudzo, akaudza vakuru vakuru vakanga vakaungana kuti pakupedzisira vachabuda vorwa. Hatizivi chikonzero nei, asi tinoziva kuti ndizvo! Gare gare akaudza Davis kuti, Bill, kuridza kwako runhare kwakanga kwakarurama pamari! Ndakadana maregimenti ose namabhotani uye chinhu chimwe chetecho chakanga chichiitika kwavari. 