MAJ Bruce P. Crandall will receive the Medal of Honor during a White House ceremony February 26, 2007 for his heroic actions in the Battle of Ia Drang.
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I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
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Crandalls Hueys were armed, We Were Soldiers contains a lot of Fiction.
FALSE-He didn’t have gunners for his aircraft. That’s why he flew unarmed helicopters into the battlefield.
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M-60 Machinegun ( l )in arms of doorgunner holding plasma bottle. l
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A wounded trooper is loaded on Huey. That early in the war, Huey slicks had no M60 machine guns. Only an infantryman with an M16 on each side.
M-60 machineguns were hung on straps, untill the mounts were put on. all Hueys were armed.
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