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make a decision and had my troops hit the deck. I then sig-
naled to the radioman to call in a cease-fire. All fire stopped
immediately, and all troops were reported safe. I found out
later that the platoon firing the machine guns never got
the message about the cease fire signal and would have
just continued firing. My initiative and quick decision saved
my troops from being seriously injured or killed that day. ”