 At daylight on the morning of 4 September only two officers and approximately half the men who had assembled on the hill , were alive . As the day passed , with ammunition down to about one clip per man and only a few grenades left and no help in sight , McDoniel decided to abandon the position that night . When it got dark the survivors would split into small groups and try to get back to friendly lines . That evening after dark the North Koreans launched another weak attack against the position . At 22 : 00 , McDoniel and Caldwell and 27 enlisted men slipped off the hill in groups of four . Master Sergeant Travis E. Watkins , still alive in his paralyzed condition , refused efforts of evacuation , saying that he did not want to be a burden to those who had a chance to get away . He asked only that his carbine be loaded and placed on his chest with the muzzle under his chin . Like Oullette , he would also win the Medal of Honor for his actions . Of the 29 men who came off the hill the night of September 4 , 22 escaped to friendly lines , many of them following the Naktong downstream , hiding by day and traveling by night , until they reached the lines of the US 25th Infantry Division . 
 At daylight on the morning of 4 September only two officers and approximately half the men <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> assembled on the hill , <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> alive . As the day passed , with ammunition down to about one clip per man and only a few grenades left and no help in sight , McDoniel decided to abandon the position that night . When it got dark the survivors would split into small groups and try to get back to friendly lines . That evening after dark the North Koreans<a href='been_done' title='4'><mark></mark></a> launched another weak attack against the position . At 22 : 00 , McDoniel and Caldwell and 27 enlisted men slipped off the hill in groups of four . Master Sergeant Travis E. Watkins , still alive in his paralyzed condition , refused efforts of evacuation , saying that he did not want to be a burden to those <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>had a chance to get away . He asked only that his carbine be loaded and placed on his chest with the muzzle under his chin . Like Oullette , he would also win the Medal of Honor for his actions . Of the 29 men <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='7'><mark></mark></a> came off the hill the night of September 4 , 22 escaped to friendly lines , many of them following the Naktong downstream , hiding by day and traveling by night , until they reached the lines of the US 25th Infantry Division . 
At daylight on da mornin of 4 September only 2 officers and approximately half the men done assembled on the hill , was alive . As tdaday passed , with ammunition dwn to about one clip per man and only a few grenades left and no help in sight , McDoniel decided to abandon the position dat night . When it got dark the survivors would split into small groups and try to get bck to friendly lines . That evening after dark thdaorth Koreans done launched another weak attack against the position . At 22 : 00 , McDoniel and Caldwell and 27 enlisted men slipped off thedall in groups of 4 . Master Sergeant Travis E. Watkins , still alive in his paralyzed condition , refused efforts of evacuation , saying tdathe did not want to b a burden to those had a chance to get away . He asked only thdatis carbine be loaded and placed on his chest w/ the dazle under his chin . Like Oullette , he would also win the Mdal of Honor fir his actions . Of the 29 men  been came offf the hill the night of September 4 , 22 escaped to friendly lines , many of em following the Naktong downstream , hiding by day and traveling by night , till they reached the lida of the US 25th Infantry Division .