:16:01
This Huey, did it take any fire?
:16:04
Right off the bat.
:16:04
But this time
when the Huey comes back, it returns fire.
:16:09
Ground troops go for cover.
:16:10
Then the Huey circles back over the tank...
:16:13
That's when
they threw something overboard.
:16:16
- Threw something, or something fell off?
- I couldn't tell, but the tank blew.
:16:22
Oh!
:16:23
Yeah!
:16:25
Man, did it ever blow!
:16:28
We, uh, we never did see
what knocked the Huey down.
:16:36
We couldn't see the crash.
:16:38
That night we caught sporadic ground fire.
:16:42
The Huey was down below,
between us and the enemy,
:16:45
so they caught most of it.
:16:47
Any communications
between you and them?
:16:50
No, sir. As I said, our radio was wasted.
:16:52
Shouting just draws enemy fire.
:16:54
So the Iraqis,
they start to close in on the Huey...
:16:59
under cover fire,
:17:01
and the Huey returns fire.
:17:03
We figure it's all over,
and that's when we hear the rescue team.
:17:07
Cobras, Hueys...
:17:09
And a big-ass A-10 Thunderbolt.
:17:14
I swear I never heard such a sweet sound.
:17:15
But now the fuckers are...
:17:19
I'm sorry, sir.
:17:20
The Iraqis are letting loose with all they got.
:17:23
You were right the first time.
:17:27
Plus the Huey crew is still banging away.
:17:30
We load our wounded aboard,
:17:33
and that's when
somebody decided to leave the dead.
:17:36
I guess it was the commander of the rescue.
:17:38
Mm-hmm.
:17:39
And this... Huey crew,
:17:41
they, uh, they returned fire
all through the final rescue?
:17:45
Yes, sir. I... I think so.
:17:47
I couldn't see much, though.
:17:50
I heard it.
:17:50
Nothing else sounds like an M-16.
Not no A-K or M-60.
:17:54
I heard it, too.
:17:56
The last thing we see is the Thunderbolt
dropping napalm on the downed choppers.