His targets identified, Tong and his crew opened fire with their three 7.62mm miniguns.
Flares dropped from the circling aircraft, illuminating the torn ground below. South Vietnamese Captain Huynh Van Tong appeared in the skies over the battle at the controls of an AC-47 gunship. But before the communists could attain their victory, help arrived for the beleaguered defenders. Quickly the base was in danger of being overrun. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops had attacked, showering the small base with mortar and machine-gun fire. The night of October 17, 1969, was a harrowing one for the South Vietnamese soldiers at Phung Hiep Army outpost.
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