"Graham was the best possible commander, he gave his all in the face of certain death," Corporal Brent MacKinnon said of the Marine captain. D Company of 7th Marines began to arrive as reinforcements.
The veteran, Maj. James Capers, served in the Vietnam War and saved seven fellow Marines when his recon group was ambushed and outnumbered by North Vietnamese troops in Phú Lá»™c in 1967.