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>> well, keeping down. bullets are flying over here too fast. >> well, we weren't prepared for the combat in an urban area. so we had to go in and to use the marine corps phrase, we had to adapt, improvise and overcome the many obstacles that we had. how do you cross the street? how do you attack a fortified the position which is a home? >> colonel cheatham, what are your men about to do? >> i got two companies here about to clear the next two blocks up. >> what kind of fighting? >> it's house to house and from room to room. >> had you ever expected to experience this kind of street fighting i...

>> well, keeping down. bullets are flying over here too fast. >> well, we weren't prepared for the combat in an urban area. so we had to go in and to use the marine corps phrase, we had to adapt, improvise and overcome the many obstacles that we had. >> colonel cheatham, what are your men about to do? >> i got two companies here about to clear the next two blocks up. >> what kind of fighting? >> it's house to house and from room to room. >> had you ever expected to experience this kind of street fighting in vietnam? >> no, i didn't. i think this is the first time the marine corps has been stre...