 Beckwith took command of Plei Me and was ordered to rally outside the camp to confront the besiegers, but his force of two companies of Rangers quickly suffered 14 dead and retreated to Plei Me again.Plei Me was resupplied with airdrops from CV-2 Caribous of the 92nd Aviation Company, CV-7 Buffalos of the U.S. Army Aviation Test Board and a number of night drops of munitions, medical supplies, and rations by C-123s from the 310th Air Commando Squadron from Nha Trang Air Base.Some of the air drops landed outside the camp, while two defenders were killed when a pallet of supplies fell on them.