Once there, most of our unit took cover behind a large dike. We received sporadic automatic weapons fire from the entrenched enemy in the woodline area to the front of us. We returned fire, and allowed the recon platoon to join us in our position.

The recon platoon's wounded were cared for, and several attempts were made to extract their platoon sergeant who was lying dead in a small grave yard to the left of our position. Each time an attempt was made, the enemy fired upon them, but several men finally succeeded in bringing him back to our location. One of the men who was bringing him back was shot in the leg. Soon, Cobra Gunships and Jet Fighters were called in to assault the enemy position in the Nippa Palm area...