Morris Johnson was assigned to a unit in the Central Highlands of Vietnam known as Pleiku. His extensive training at Ft. Sill enabled him to outrank a Korean War veteran, who didn’t take too kindly to the young officer schooling the troops on how to fire their howitzers more efficient than in the past.

Johnson and his group of sixty artillery soldiers were moved to Ben Het an area without any U.S. infantry support. There were 10 – 12 Rangers at the base that were departing as Johnson and his group arrived.