The Most Extraordinary Single Contact in MACV-SOG History — RT Colorado | Military History

8 men. 300 NVA soldiers, standing in formation in a jungle clearing in Laos. What followed became one of the most extraordinary single engagements in the military history of the Vietnam War. MACV-SOG true story.

8 Claymore mines already in position.

Pat Mitchell had maybe thirty seconds to decide.What he did next became
extraordinary in MACV-SOG history.

But that wasn't their hardest day. Their hardest day came later when the NVA
found them first.

RT Colorado operated out of CCC Kontum in the tri-border area, the junction of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Eight men. Three Americans, five
indigenous fighters. In a country where American forces officially didn't exist.

Two days defined their story. The first day, they found the NVA first. The second day, the NVA found them.

David "Lurch" Mixter saved Pat Mitchell's life by shoving him out of the way of an RPG. He was dead before he hit the ground.

Mitchell carried his wounded One-One through the jungle with the NVA thirty meters behind him until the helicopters arrived.

Same man. Both days. One decision underneath both.

The Prairie Fire recording from that day still exists. You can find it. About twelve minutes of radio traffic. One of the most difficult things to listen to in
the entire archive of Vietnam War audio.

This is RT Colorado - Prairie Fire

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - The Day They Found 300 NVA in Formation
00:35 - Who Was RT Colorado
01:30 - The Claymore Ambush
03:08 - The Prairie Fire Recording
04:13 - RT Colorado Under Attack
04:46 - David "Lurch" Mixter
06:01 - Mitchell Carries St. Laurent
06:37 - The Recon Ethic — Same Decision Both Days
07:38 - The Legacy — Pat Mitchell, St. Laurent, Mixter
07:57 - Stay Hard

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SOURCES:
✦ Plaster, John L. SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam. Simon & Schuster, 1997.
✦ ProfessionalSoldiers.com — RT Colorado Prairie Fire radio recording
✦ SOFREP — Radio Traffic from Vietnam: MACV-SOG recon teams in contact
✦ sogsite.com — FOB-2 CCC Kontum

NOTE: All portrayals of RT Colorado personnel in this video are AI-generated artistic representations based on verified historical descriptions. No claim is made that they represent the actual appearance of any individual.

All rights to real content belong to their authors. Thank you for sharing them. They are shown for educational purposes only.

*Dedicated to Pat Mitchell, Lyn St. Laurent and David "Lurch" Mixter. And to the five indigenous fighters (montagnards) of RT Colorado whose names
are not in the public record.*

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