On 6 October 1952 another reconnaissance patrol left“G’’ Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines led by 2nd Lt. James Lewis Day, the 3rd Reconnaissance Platoon leader to follow a path heading towards Outpost Warsaw.
Included in this patrol were three Recon Marines whom Day affectionately named the “Three Mice” because of their small stature and uncanny ability to move about swiftly and silently. The three mice were Pfc. Clyde J. Steel, Pfc. George Nafesh, and Pfc. Wayne Mitchel. At approximately 1955, as the patrol moved in column file nearing the outpost, the area was engulfed in a thundering of mortar and artillery.