the first time was with joe stringham's unit. >> stringham: morley, he was cool as a hog on ice. ( > kroft: back at base camp, after walking for ten miles a day, all morley wanted was some water for his feet. >> stringham: he was brand new at the thing, with soft feet. ( laughs ) >> kroft: a friendship had been born that's lasted a half a century. >> stringham: he is a very cool guy. >> kroft: in august of 1965 came morley's most controversial report. it started as a routine mission with a company of u.s. marines. >> safer: i was talking to a young captain, and i said, "where are we going, what are we doing?" and he said, "a place called cam ne. we are going to punish this village." i had never heard that word before, in that context. marines had been sniped at and that a few houses were made to pay. as we came in, the guys started lighting up. with matches, with lighters, with flamethrowers. and they were clearing these people out. and torching their houses. this was not like any operation i had ever been on before with american troops. or with

. >> joe stringham: tomorrow, we are going on operation matchstick. >> kroft: 51 years ago, joe stringhamen beret special forces unit when he and morley first met. >> stringham: he was all business and he reported what he saw. nothing staged, nothing phony. >> kroft: he went out with stringham's unit of american and south vietnamese soldiers, searching for the vietcong. >> safer: there's no such thing as a safe patrol. no such thing as a routine day. >> stringham: beastly hot. it's dusty, it's hard work. and there's one other thing, they were carrying a ton of equipment. got a lot more stuff than we were carrying. >> safer: operation matchstick slogged through the streams infested with leeches. >> stringham: morley was right in back of me, every step of the way. i had to do it. he didn't. >> kroft: morley would come under enemy fire several times in vietnam. the first time was with joe stringham's unit. >> stringham: morley, he was cool as a hog on ice. ( laughs ) >> safer: the end of the long road back to ben cat. >> kroft: back at base camp, after walking for ten miles a day, all morley

. >> 51 years ago, joe stringham was army captain commanding a green beret. >> he was all business.he saw. nothing staged. nothing phony. >> he won't out with the uniit. searching for the viet cong. >> there is so much as a safe patrol. no such thing as a routine day. >> it's dusty. hard work. there is one other thing. they were carrying a ton of equipment. lot more stuff than we were carrying. operation match stick, slogged through the streams with leaches. >> morely was right in back of me. every step of the way. i had to do it. he didn't. >> morely would come under enemy fire in vietnam. >> just got on the him. >> the first time with joe stringham's unit. >> the he was cool as the a hog on ice. the end of the long road back. >> at base camp. walking for ten miles a day. all morely wanted was water for his feet. he was brand new with soft feet. friendship had been born. lasted half of a century. >> he is a very cool guy. >> tie dee's operation. >> in a august, 1965. morely's controversial report. it started as routine mission with the company of u.s. marines. >> talked to a young