Good evening. Welcome to Sawcast number 32. My name is John Stryker-Marrer. I'll

be your host tonight. And I'm joined by our outstanding technician from

Jocco Productions, Carrie Hilton. Carrie, welcome to the show. Thank you for

everything. And as always, we thank Jocco, Willink and his team for being a

sponsor on the Sawcast interviews and our podcast as we capture stories from

the men who fought and sawed during the eight-year sequel war conducted

during the war in South Vietnam. As the team waited for helicopters from

company A, the common charos. The 101st Aviation 101st Airborne Division had

bad weather and they had started to close in in a red ridge line. The first

chopper started to lift off the Robins, Wesley, Robinson and two brew team

members. The four men jumped from the ladder. They had started to climb. The

helicopter crew had to cut loose the ladder. Because the mountainous area was

thin, a second chopper had a difficult time lifting off of the ridge line.

Ashley dragging the four team members through the jungle before clearing it. A

third chopper lifted out. The three remaining brew team members carrying no more

men due to the weather. As darkness closed in, chief warrant also two. George P.

Berg returned to the LZ to pick up the three remaining green breweries.

Helicopter crew chief, spec four water density and door gunner Gary L.

Johnson lowered three stable extraction harness rigs attached to ropes that were

more than a hundred feet long to the trio of soldiers on a ground.

Stable harness rigs were designed by special forces during a war for

extraction from the jungle when no landing zones were available. An event a

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