"The Hero Of The Day"

14 August 1969, Quan Loi Convoy Ambush

          It is worth noting that one particular incident during this fight was the outstanding act of daring on the part of SP/4 Adam Garza.

I was the driver on his V100 and SP/4 Authement was the gunner. At one point the entire road was blocked by a blown up tanker and no traffic could pass, either way.

Garza dismounted the V100 and in clear open view of the enemy, under fire, he grabbed the winch on the front of our V and when I released it he took the cable to the tanker and hooked it on the front of it so I could pull it out of the way by backing the V up, pulling the tanker off to the side of the road.

After the road was cleared so traffic could get by he remounted the V100 and again manned the turret and the machine guns.

As far as I am concerned he was the hero of the day.

The rest of us were just trying to save our own asses and those of our buddies. I asked CPT Starkey to give him special recognition for that act but somehow it was never addressed.

SSG (CW3 Ret.) Archie E. Moss, Company, 720th MP Battalion, May 1969 to April 1970