During Dog Company’s last week on COP2, the Recon Company ran its 1st Platoon on patrol between two of the Three Fingers facing the outpost and
was ambushed. Pfc. Atkinson had the gun pit watch on COP2 when all hell broke loose around 0300. “They must have expected something was going to happen,” he said, noting there was a reinforced platoon on standby. “The 2nd Platoon was in the trench line in case of fireworks.” And fireworks there were. “As it worked out,” he said, “the 1st Platoon got wacked and some of the 2nd Platoon got hit
providing assistance. It was like Fourth of July with tracers and grenades flying all over the place.”