Beginning on November 14, 1965, Lt. Col. Moore led the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division …show more content…
Col. Moore was that his battle position was being overrun. Him and his men were ambushed and were getting overrun by all perimeters. He then noticed that they weren’t going to leave out of their alive with just using their rifles and machine guns. So he called in “Broken Arrow” which is a distressed signal and was used to call in every available air support to help a unit that was being overrun. He called this in on Day 2 on November 15th. He and his men witnessed napalm spreading all around them. Only a certain amount of United States soldiers survived this horrific airstrike, including Lt.Col.