well, we all trained at fort bening, georgia. advanced infantry division is what i was doing down there. we went overseas. we were best buddies back in the states. we were close knit in on-kay. we were in country about two months before the ballot of the idrang valley. so we worked together, we played together, we shared things together. we were close. and we were good friends. our sergeants were good friends, good buddies. our officers we respected. our lieutenants, our captains, right up to colonel moore himself. we all knew each other. so we were pretty much a close-knit family. >> was that unusual, do you think, for a battalion to be that close? >> i didn't know it pet, but in hindsight, when you look back on things, i think we were a lot closer than other veterans i talked to. >> tell me about tony nadal. >> tony nadal, he was my company commander. he was a fair and honest man. he treated his men like they wanted to be treated. he treated us fairly. we liked him very much. we respected him. we knew he had a prior tour in vie