company c first baa tallian air mobile 501st air infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear missions near tam ky, republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. after breaching a perimeter specialist 4 erevia was designated by his platoon leader to render aid to several casualties and the rest of the platoon move forward. as he was doing so he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers to his left front. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to crawl from one wounded man to another, gathering ammunition. armed with two m-16 rifles and several hand grenades he charged toward the enemy position behind the suppressive fire of the two rifles. under very intense fire he continued to advance on the insurgents until he was near the first bunker. disregarding the enemy fire, he pulled the pin from a hand
come up and about 55 feet of gasoline fire. other witnesses say they saw a man running from one ll of the cars with his sleeve on fire. officers at the scene reportedly put out those flames. a hospital spokesman says the man suffered severe burns. the feds say they re investigating what may have caused this crash. and we expect more information later this afternoon. komo television has identified the man who died, the pilot gary fitsner. the other man was bill strofman, a former long-time komo photographer who had at the time been working for the helicopter s leasing company. and again, all the best to our colleagues and friends in seattle. there s words a ukrainian service member is dead now after gun nen stormed a military base in crimea. this is brand new. the ukrainian defense ministry now tells fox news the gunmen were wearing outfits similar to those of the russian military. they tried to negotiate with ukrainian commanders. then they started shooting. the defense ministry te