Part 45 (1/2)
Chapter 30: ”Wish Me Luck”
Information about events at the aid station came from interviews with Rodriguez, Cordova, and Courville.
Events in the b.a.s.t.a.r.ds' barracks were described in interviews with Hill, Harder, Frunk, Dulaney, and Adams.
Events at the mortar pit were related in interviews with Rodriguez, Breeding, and Barroga. Thomson's autopsy results were included in the Swan report.
The content of Bundermann's radio call to the mortar pit and his initial actions in the operations center were recalled by him in interviews.
Events in the Red Platoon barracks were detailed in interviews with Romesha, Dannelley, Jones, Davidson, Gregory, and Knight.
The attack on OP Fritsche was described by Stickney and Bellamy in interviews.
”Black Knight_TOC” and ”Keating2OPS” communications were included in the Swan report.
Chapter 31: GET SOMETHING UP!
Events at LRAS-2 were recounted in interviews with Larson.
The activities of ANA soldiers and ASGs were relayed by Lakis and Dabolins and recorded in the Swan report.
Activities in the b.a.s.t.a.r.ds' barracks and the run to the ammo supply point were covered in interviews with Hill, Harder, Carter, and Francis.
Events in the shura building were described by Davidson, Knight, and Gregory in interviews. Kirk's autopsy results were included in the Swan report.
Activities in the aid station were summarized by Cordova, Courville, and Floyd in interviews, as well as in Stone's after-action report, incorporated in the Swan report.
Activities at the shura building were recalled by Courville, Davidson, Rasmussen, and Stanley. Activities at the aid station were reported by Cordova and Courville.
Activities at LRAS-1 were related by Koppes, Dannelley, and Jones in interviews.
The conversation between Francis and Dulaney was repeated in interviews with both men.
Breeding and Rodriguez described events at the mortar pit.
mIRC chat between <tf_destroyer_btl_cpt> and <tf_palehorse_btl_cpt> was reproduced in the Swan report.
Accounts of the activities at the b.a.s.t.a.r.ds' barracks were provided by Hill, Carter, Frunk, Rogers, Francis, and Harder.
Activities at the aid station were described in interviews with Cordova, Courville, Floyd, Chappell, Harder, and Francis.
Events at FOB Bostick were covered in interviews with Brown, Portis, Salentine, and Birchfield.
Events outside the Red Platoon barracks were recalled by Romesha, Gregory, Rasmussen, and Jones.
Larson and Carter gave descriptions of the activities in LRAS-2.
Daise's activities were related by him in an interview; myriad troops heard his ”Enemy in the wire” call throughout the camp.
Chapter 32: Into This h.e.l.l
<keating2ops> and <black knight_toc=””> mIRC chat was contained in the Swan report.
Bundermann, Burton, and others in the operations center shared details about activities there.
The F-15 bomb drops were described in the Swan report.
The conversation between Hill and Francis was recounted in interviews.
Activities in the aid station were recalled by Hill, Courville, Romesha, and Floyd in interviews.
In interviews, Koppes, Romesha, and Francis reviewed the events at LRAS-1.
The plan to rescue the men stuck at LRAS-2 was explained in interviews with Bundermann and Romesha as well as in Faulkner's after-action summary, which was included in the Swan report. Griffin's autopsy results were also part of the Swan report. Many troops heard Hardt's last words on the radio.
Thomas described his activities in an interview.
Chapter 33: Taking This b.i.t.c.h Back
Portis summarized events at FOB Bostick.
Carter and Larson's conversation was related in interviews with both men.
Romesha, Lakis, Dabolins, Gregory, Jones, and Dannelley described their efforts to fight back.
Activities in and around LRAS-2 were detailed by Larson and Carter in interviews.
Bundermann and Shrode recalled activities inside the operations center.
Diagram information came from interviews as well as the Swan report.
Bundermann, Romesha, Hill, and Burton recounted their conversations about consolidating the outpost and fighting to take it back.