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The colonel\u2019s throat tightened. His vision blurred. Because suddenly he wasn\u2019t standing in a mess hall. He was twenty-four years old again, half-buried in sandbags outside Da Nang, Tet Offensive lighting up the sky like hellfire.<\/p>\n

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Vietnam, February 14, 1968.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lieutenant Foster was pinned down with three wounded soldiers. Mortars shook the earth. The radio was dead.<\/p>\n

Then Captain James Mitchell appeared\u2014charging through enemy fire to reach them.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you move?\u201d Mitchell shouted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can,\u201d Foster answered, blood streaming down his temple. \u201cThey can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we carry them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forty-seven minutes of dragging wounded men through mud and bullets. Forty-seven minutes of Mitchell taking hits, bleeding through his uniform, refusing to stop.<\/p>\n

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The colonel\u2019s throat tightened. His vision blurred. Because suddenly he wasn\u2019t standing in a mess hall. He was twenty-four years old again, half-buried in sandbags outside Da Nang, Tet Offensive lighting up the sky like hellfire. Vietnam, February 14, 1968. Lieutenant Foster was pinned down with three wounded soldiers. Mortars shook the earth. The radio…<\/p>\n

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