lieutenant ringler noted everyone had the attitude and not only can be done. it will be done and once word of the mission got out paratroopers from across the regiment were begging for a seat on those c-47s and i can say that there were a few non-b company men who snuck on board. so what exactly happened on that faithful morning 76 years ago. well first the 11th airborne's recon platoon and the filipino companions crawled to within meters of their assigned targets. you know three minutes to seven a japanese century shot at a small animal which led the filipino gorillas and the recon men to think they'd been spotted. so three minutes before schedule. they opened fire on the centuries and began assaulting the machine gun emplacements and made for the front gate. then at seven o'clock lieutenant ringler led a reinforced b company on their jump onto the dz outside the camp dropping from just 400 feet. the paratroopers quickly rushed towards the camp eliminating machine gun nest on the way and then moved in to help eradicate the final guards. meanwhile, the surpris