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First Lieutenant Williams was executive officer of a Special Forces Detachment when a Vietcong reinforced regiment struck the camp and threatened to overrun it. He led his troops to their defensive positions on the south and west walls. As the insurgents attempted to scale the walls and as some of the Vietnamese defenders began to retreat, he dashed through a barrage of gunfire and led them back to their positions. Although wounded in the thigh and left leg he returned to his position and learned that his commanding officer was seriously wounded, requiring him to take charge of actions in both compounds. He ordered consolidation of the personnel from both compounds and, disregarded multiple wounds, directed the defense using descending flares as reference points to adjust air strikes. As daylight arrived he took a rocket launcher and worked his way across open terrain where he took aim at the Vietcong machinegun 150 meters away and destroyed it. Although seriously wounded, he continued to direct the air strikes closer to the defensive position. When informed that helicopters would attempt to land as the gunfire abated, he led his team from the building to the artillery position, making certain of the timely evacuation of the wounded. |
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