European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 04, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday december 4, 1935 i Don Tati staff writer j he were it Suli tin Trail. I Lilun the hurtle a run it. C flit the dirt of hitting in Uwel i i a Kij. I d ill a tar Tii Lindl j5/ Ihram ii main Claril in my  t trim a irw.1 / / / us a him /.\,ri/ t n Riv Cri Amir tin rat r in imm. T Nnoli till not Stirm. My if of Tiki a i a. Surv in he us four or of Nir or Cri Unm inv. On firs of Imoni of i/7c san intr Titi Tiit it. Siml ii a Htiu lil Ilent  in seconds. The watching Soldier and his five fro in companions would tonic to life like Jungle demons ind. By various explosive Means proceed to take  i c., greatly ii Minisoi t in Large number of enemy troups moing it the Tuvek. Minutes liter he demons faded into the Bush like smoke into Twilight leaving behind a once disciplined fighting Force turned wrong Side out. A confused run Ting around rabble wondering who or what was blowing them up is it rambo or reality0 rambo the shirtless Over muscled Vietnam it ionic  let who real vets have . Should be arrested for even dreaming he rep resents the real thing. The real thine Conn in a smaller less plos a off Tadina. Patrick a. Command sergeant Nii Jor Lor til tin .4th Armor. 3rd Infin at ski Weinfurt.  i like rambo.  stands jus Oscr 5-feel-.\ am  All the Way up to 1.11 pounds after a big Nical lie a Cir ran around biceps bulging pectorals protruding bonding the Cong with his shirt off. And he never Hung out to Houy Wax d s version of Vietnam. Hut for Giorc than five years he stayed alive in the real Vietnam Low crawling in to Chi Mph sandals through real  or his efforts there were no Academy awards just two Sliver stars. 10 Liron a stars three vietnamese crosses of gallantry three purple Charls and an Assort ment of other . Tadina. 42. Called  is considered Llic most decorated enlisted my of the Vietnam War. Said maj. Bob Mckensir Pii Bli affairs officer of   also received real wounds including Bullet holes in birth legs and lost his Only brother in Battle. And he sent at least 136 enemy warriors along the Road to the real command sol. Maj. Patrick j. Tadina today and inst As be appeared during the Vietnam War. Vietnam Valhalla before they could Send him. The Little Man from Hawaii talks soft walks softer is As hard As twisted wire and fights like the furies. After his brother fell. Tad became a Force thai would make rambo shiver lie often went to work in the other Guy s work clothes no a sandals khakis and Black pyjamas carried the communists ak-47 Rifle. A fought deep inside the enemy s redoubt the dense misty Jung  Hills of the Central i Highlands. His citations overflow with phrases like crossing the area alone. Tadina displayed tremendous courage by choosing to move Forward feigning ignorance of the impending enemy ambush until he was Only 10 feet from the closest  with Complete disregard for his personal safety he purposely exposed himself to the approaching enemy under fire. Sgt. Tadina began to Circle Back inward the place where the remainder i his Leam had Stabli snid a Hasty ambush. Leading the enemy into the  out foxing the Jungle foxes repeatedly putting himself at the Point of worst danger so that the rest of his team could ambush the master ambushes. He made even the savvy Hardno  fighters of the other Side seem like amateurs. Tad s Little band of Long Range a trollers out of the 173rd airborne were nearly always outnumbered 20 or 30 to one was no big Deal but they kept slipping and slithering through and around their foes like Forest wraiths. I looked like  says Tad. They would Sec me in the Middle of these big regular looking americans and did t know what to do. H gave us the Edge. We knew what to  also had patience. The american Soldier is not always noted for his patience. So we Learned How to Nui Wail them. How important attention to detail was. Pc  knew How to Deal with them in the Jungle in he dark. Dark was when americans normally pulled inside their perimeters. Everyone said. The night belongs to Charlie night was when tlu., attacked. But for us it was easier at night. If you had your stuff together you could really do it to them Al night. They did t cup Cal americans to come at Ihm at  Tadina joined the army 22 years at and was promoted to command sergeant major in january. Now in his second Lour in Germany he has views on other aspects of being a Soldier under fire the importance of h Wing your stuff together and the Art of staying alive. On being a Good Leader in combat "7 Hyrc s so Many words about leadership. I Don t even understand All those words. But when you re out there in the deep stuff there s an unspoken understanding. It s caring about troops. Making sure a Soldier knows that when the chips Are Down he can count on you. That no matter How tight the situation he has a 50-50 Chance to survive. And with Good leadership that s True. I be been in situations so tight we could hardly breathe. Nearly completely surrounded. Those suckers All Over the place looking for us. But somehow we made it  on what a few soldiers can do against big Odds if you be got your stuff together five or six Guys cart really mess up a big unit. I took out this Young lieutenant one time and showed him How we were going to accomplish our Mission. About to n a were coming our Vay. And he could t believe we were going to ambush 80 Guys with just six. What do you think Usu re doing he asked looking All Shook up. This is the Way you do it i said. Put the Shock on them. Knock out their front Clement their Center take out the machine guns split Hern up. Gel them confused. Kvin a Good troop when he sees five or six men in front of him gone just like that is going to lose some Confidence. On fighting and hat you re fighting for the thing you hear in the speeches i., you re Fishlin for your country your Way of life. But. When you re jul there what it gets Down to is people. You re fighting for your own life and for the other Guys. And them for  bonding in really something. 1 can still Sec the looks on their faces. &.-the Battles. All those things come Back. It was to intense. I Sec every Little thing. You really learn to read faces know who you can depend on in a do or Dic thing. I could just look at a Guy. And know if he d be with me at the end. When it s coming Down to the end that s when you look around. Sec who s Gonna run who might come apart on you. Who s Gonna slay there and fight those suck ers with you. I looked at the eyes. You can pretty Well tellin the  on being earless me. Fearless hell no. 1 was afraid i might buy the farm like anybody else. What i was what you be got to be is realistic. When you go out there you can get killed at any time. So. If it comes to that it comes to that. But you can t let it get you Down. You do your damnedest not to let it happen. If train my men right i know they re Gonna Back me up. And i m Gonna Back them up. And we re going out with Confidence that it s not going to happen. But you also learn there s no such thing As getting too Good too cocky out there. You do your Best try 10 be perfect and then you re All the Way up to 50-50. Once i was taking fire at close Range looking Down these barrels these big fireballs coming right at me. I started reloading jerked a Magazine out of my Chest Pouch Jamr Mcd the Magazine up into inv ride As fast As i could and. Missed the  the heavily decorated Soldier the Veteran of hundreds of Battles is laughing shaking his head. " missed the Damn Hole. " rambo would never do that