i think jack smith characteristiced it once as they said they had that blind combat stare. >> did you know what happened there? >> we did not. because communications was poor. we were not on the frequency until we got -- actually got in to xray. >> okay. do you remember the then lieutenant colonel -- >> absolutely. >> saw that. >> absolutely. he was probably this monumental figure standing in the middle of all of this chaos with a total control of who he was, what he was and what he wanted us to do. without hesitation, told me this is where i want your unit, in the perimeter and move out. so we basically did and deployed. immediately at some point later we came back for a more thorough briefing from him what had gone on and what he anticipated would happen the rest of the day and the next night. >> he came in and addressed the company commanders? >> company commanders came in. part of his normal -- either morning briefing or afternoon briefing. because we got there fatherly early in the morning. r