The battle at landing was a clear victory. Though 79 of his men were killed and 129 wounded, the north vietnamese lost ten times that many soldiers. I was the last man out on the last helicopter. He flew back and went to the officers club. Apparently, there was a reception that was not all together, but you expected it to be at the local watering hole. I showed up at this bar, my m16 ripped you have uniform, dirty blood on it. They had a sign on the wall, off limits to dogs, first captain, not necessarily in that order. I said i want a gin and tonic, a lot of ice. The guy looked at me and said sir, this is not your club and youre too dirty. We cant serve you here. So we werent welcome. I took off my m16 rifle and i said you got two minutes to serve me and these two officers. Every or every bottle behind that bar will be shot. Then they found out who we were and what we had been doing. I was did appoisappointed. I wanted to blow that bar to hell. The second bar toll on, one of two that
Early tomorrow morning. Expect brief downpours with the storm. Localized flooding, downed trees and a chance of thunderstorms. Theres a forecast animation starting at 11 00 tonight. Notice how its more organized in the Early Morning hours, certainly from the morning rush, well see widespread areas of moderate rainfall and heavier later in the day. Heres what to expect during the rush hour tomorrow. Wet pavement in the Morning Hours with mainly light to moderate rain and ponding on roadways for the evening rush. A closer look in a few minutes. Here we go again. Sky 7 found flooded buildings today in Sonoma County. This is the worst flooding weve seen today. Thats why we have Team Coverage having on the people who live nearby. Lets begin with Sergio Quintana live in gernville. Reporter you heard the flood river is 32 feet. It reached a little more than 35 feet and stayed at crest level for several hours. Which is unusual. Sonoma county officials estimate at that level, about 550 homes an
Good morning, im dan ashley. Im kristen sze for ama daetz. Were already so soggy. Abc 7 news was in all nut creek at dusk when it started raining again. Some bay area communities cannot take much more rain than theyve received without risk of serious flooding. Well go live to some of the hardest hit areas to sh you in a few minutes. First to spencer christian. Spencer . Kristen, were going to focus on the Flood Warning and the Russian River. It will crest again on wednesday at 6 00 p. M. Flood stage is 32 feet. Its forecast to crest at nearly 36 feet. Thats 4 feet before flood stage. Moderate flooding is expected. Its under a Flood Warning until 6 40 p. M. For this portion of the Russian River outlined in green. A large portion of it. This is Current Conditions. We have light or light to moderate rain. The heaviest concentration in the north bay. This storm ranks 2 on the storm impact scale. It will develop overnight and be raining heavily in some spots by early tomorrow morning. Expec
The battle at landing was a clear victory. Though 79 of his men were killed and 129 wounded, the north vietnamese lost ten times that many soldiers. I was the last man out on the last helicopter. He flew back and went to the officers club. Apparently, there was a reception that was not all together, but you expected it to be at the local watering hole. I showed up at this bar, my m16 ripped you have uniform, dirty blood on it. They had a sign on the wall, off limits to dogs, first captain, not necessarily in that order. I said i want a gin and tonic, a lot of ice. The guy looked at me and said sir, this is not your club and youre too dirty. We cant serve you here. So we werent welcome. I took off my m16 rifle and i said you got two minutes to serve me and these two officers. Every or every bottle behind that bar will be shot. Then they found out who we were and what we had been doing. I was did appoisappointed. I wanted to blow that bar to hell. The second bar toll on, one of two that
Will be shot. Then they found out who we were and what we had been doing. I was did appoisappointed. I wanted to blow that bar to hell. The second bar toll on, one of two that had relieved moore was much as lz xray to lz albany and they were being deployed to cut off any enemy retreats and they didnt know an ambush was waiting for them. In a matter of minutes, dozens of americans were killed, some by friendly fire as confusion rang on the battle field. And that night the north vietnamese roamed the battle field killing wounded americans. In the morning, the body count was staggering. 155 dead, 125 ordered. One of the cab troopers came to the rescue was one of the heroes of xray. The lieutenant a scrappy brit. The love character and very, very respected. The picture made the cover of the book. He survived vietnam and lost his life in another act of heroism 36 years later. 9 11 after the north tower was struck, he helped thousands to escape. As Vice President of security, rick refused to