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His career began to move forward when he was appointed a top aide to "Defense Secretary McNamara at the Pentagon, just as the Vietnam War was heating up. But Haig again sought the theater of combat and, as a lieutenant colonel, took command of a battalion of the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam.
In 1967, his battalion was pinned down by the Viet Cong near Ap Gu. Haig flew to the scene in a helicopter, which was subsequently shot down. For three days, his soldiers, outnumbered 3 to 1, fought off waves of enemy troops, inflicting severe casualties. Haig was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the country's second-highest honor for heroism, by Gen. William Westmoreland."
Lt. Col. Haig's helicopter was shot down about 30 meters from a few of us in the 1st Platoon, A Company, 26th Infantry at Ap Gu. We covered his move to another big Huey. Of course, being grunts we stayed on the ground. Old times.
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