April 14th, 1972, the battle of fire support base charlie. lone american on the base, serving as a senior adviser to the army of the republic of vietnam was major john duffy. they called him dusty cyanide. that was his call name. those days leading up to april 14th, the battalion command post had been destroyed. major duffy had already been twice wounded, refusing evacuation. efforts to resupply the base had failed, and fsb charlie was surrounded by the battalion size element for hours, american gun ships guided took positions. he exposed himself to danger to direct the gun ships fire and keep the battalion from being overrun. he even called in one strike, extreme danger close, to his own
April 14, 1972, the battle of fire support base charley, loan lone american on the base was major john duffy. they called him dusty cyanide. that was his call name. in those days leading up to april 14th, the battalion command post had been destroyed. major duffy had already been twice wounded, refusing evacuation. efforts to resupply the base had failed. fsb charlie was surrounded by the battalion-sized element. for hours american gun ships guided by dusty cyanide took air strikes on enemy positions. major duffy repeatedly exposed himself to danger in order to direct the gun ship s fire and keep the battalion from being overrun. he even called in one strike, extreme danger close to his own position in order to drive back
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