YOU
YOU DO
YOU DO GO
YOU DO GO OUTSIDE. I'D STAY INSIDE IF YOU CAN. AARON STAY
SAFE. THANK YOU ON THIS
VETERANS DAY A RETIRED ARMY
SERGEANT AND FORMER NORTHEAST
IED BUS DRIVER IS SHARING
PAINFUL WAR MEMORIES. A BRUTAL
AMBUSH THAT HE SURVIVED DURING
THE VIETNAM WAR IS COMING TO
THE BIG SCREEN NEXT YEAR
THE FILM IS CALLED THE LAST
FULL MEASURE FRED NAVARRO SAT
DOWN WITH OUR MARVIN HIRSCH TO
SHARE THE PERIL AND COURAGE OF
WHAT HAPPENED ON 11 APRIL 1966
SIX
SIX MEN
SIX MEN IN A SMALL TRENCH AND TWO OF THE MEN WOUNDED WHEN A
CBS SOUND TECHNICIAN WE CAN
WATCH CLIPS OF THE VIETNAM WAR
WILL LET FRED NAVARRO WISHES HE
COULD STOP THE IMAGES PLAIN IN
HIS HEART. THIS INCIDENT THIS
INCIDENT HAS DONE ITS DAMAGE
AND IT'S SAD BECAUSE I'M NOT
REALLY THE PERSON THAT I USED
TO BE. HE'S A RETIRED ARMY
SERGEANT MAJOR WHOSE WAR STORY
IN VIETNAM IS NOW A FEATURE
FILM CALLED THE LAST FULL
MEASURE. IT'S ABOUT APRIL 11TH
1966. HE WAS A POINT MAN FOR
CHARLIE COMPANY IN A SEARCH AND
DESTROY MISSION AFTER LANDING
BUNK. HOW VIETNAM 30 MILES EAST
OF SAIGON THE VIET CONG STRUCK
DECISIVELY THAT HE HAD GOTTEN
ALL AROUND US. WE DIDN'T TELL
YOU BUT REFUSED STEPS AND ALL
BROKE LOOSE. HE SAID HIS
COMPANY WHICH TRAINED AS WAS
THE ENEMY WHO HAD HIS COMPANY
OUTNUMBERED AND OUTGUNNED WE
FOUGHT FOR OUR LIVES IN THIS.
EVERYTHING WAS CRAZY. A RADIO
THE AIR FORCE TO LIFT
THE WOUNDED OUT FROM THE AMBUSH
ON HIS DAY OFF PARA RESCUE MEN.
WILLIAM KATZENBACH CAME IN ON A
HELICOPTER NAVARRO SAYS HE WAS
THERE WHEN HE GETS AS THEY CALL
THEM CAME DOWN. ACCORDING TO
NAVARRO THE CHOPPER TOOK
SOLDIERS AWAKE THREE TIMES FROM
THE ATTACK. PITTS HAD A CHANCE
TO LEAVE LEAD THE PAIR RESCUE
JUMPER MODEL SO OTHERS MAY
LIVE. SO PITTS AND BY THE WAY
THE HELICOPTER AWAY THEN
THE BARBARA WAS SHOT. PITTS
CAME TO HIS AID. NOW IMAGINE
700 GUNS FIRING AT THE SAME
TIME. THAT'S CAME TO CHECK ON
ME. HE PULLED HE PULLED HIS
TOOK HIS FLIGHT VEST OFF AND
PUT IT ON MY CHEST. I THINK HE
PULLED TWO DEAD AMERICANS ON
TOP OF ME TO PROTECT ME HE
SAID. PITTS ANNE BARGAIN WAS
KILLED TRYING TO RUN AWAY.
NAVARRO REMAINED UNDER
THE SHIELD OF DEAD BODIES. WE
LAY THERE ALL NIGHT WHICH WAS
REALLY SCARY? COULD SEE YOUR
FACE YOUR HANDS ARE ON YOUR
FACE. VERY DARK PARTICULARLY
HERE GUYS MOANING AND CRYING
AND CALLING FOR THEIR MOTHER
PRAYING. THE ENEMY'S FURY
LASTED EIGHT HOURS AND CAME
BACK THE FOLLOWING NAVARRO WAS
RESCUED WHEN HE GOT BETTER. HE
FOUGHT FOR PITTED TO BE
RECOGNIZED WITH THE AIR FORCE'S
MEDAL OF HONOR ON DECEMBER 8
2000 THE HONOR WAS AWARDED
PITTS EMBARGO WAS ALSO PROMOTED
TO STAFF SERGEANT GET SMARTER
IS A HERO THAT ACCOUNT IS WHAT
WILL PLAY OUT IN MOVIE
THEATERS. THAT'S A STORY THE 77
YEAR OLD CAN'T GET PAST. YOU
KNOW THERE WAS ONE HUNDRED
EIGHTY AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON HIS
MISSING AND OWE THE HUNDRED
EIGHTY. THERE WAS A HUNDRED AND
ELEVEN OF US WOUNDED AND 48
KILLED. IN FACT HE STILL CAN'T
FIND A TAKEAWAY FROM THAT AWFUL
DAY FOR A WHILE FOR A FEW
YEARS. IT MADE ME A BETTER
PERSON. A STRONGER PERSON.
MEDICINE MARRIAGE AND A FURRY
DOG NAMED MAX HAVE MADE LIFE
MORE TOLERABLE. I USED TO
APPRECIATE LIFE MORE. BUT
NAVARRO SAYS TO BE HONEST
PIECES OF HIM DIE DAVE. MY PTSD
IS REALLY TAKEN OVER A KIND OF
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN PEOPLE SAY
WELL YOU KNOW I I UNDERSTAND
BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
GOT IT. THIS THIS HAS HAPPENED
TO YOU YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO
AT THE VERY LEAST THIS MOVIE IS
HIS WAY OF HONORING THOSE FROM
THE DARKEST DAY OF HIS LIFE.
ELEVEN APRIL 66. I DON'T KNOW
HOW MADE IT POWERFUL TESTIMONY.
THE LAST MEASURE HITS THEATERS