are closing up shop." With a last look at the battle-scarred position, Steele then dropped into the bunker moments before Viet Minh troops swarmed over Elaine.

"Good to go, Adolf, hit it." Pushing down hard on the plunger Adolf detonated the charges set outside the bunker. Sandbags and dirt flew into the air with tremendous force covering the entrance. Entombed in the dark bunker the Legionnaires held their breath covered in dust. The entrance had been sealed.

Above the victorious Viets had no idea just below their feet a group of desperate men lay in the dark letting the storm wash over them. On 8 May Dien Bien Phu fell into the hands of the Viet Minh.

An attempted breakout to the South was met with heavy resistance. Only a smallattached at head height exploded. Shrapnel shattered his face tearing off his hand. Searing metal shards ripped into the bodies of two others.

"Three down, about thirty to go!" Adolf smiled watching the enemy break out of the tree line.

"Voyeur get to work, start at the back." Nodding to Steele Voyeur took aim. Four Viet Minh dropped to the muddy ground, a bullet through the chest or head of each one of them.

"One magazine each of you, make your shots count." The group opened fire as one unleashing a volley of deadly accurate fire on the enemy.

"This is starting to bring back bad memories Sergeant. Once again, we are almost surrounded by the Viets, a river behind us. Makes me think about the day I lost my friends and