Enemy reinforcements came pouring down, seeking a soft spot. They found it at the junction between Troops H and G, and prepared to counterattack. Marvin Goulding saw what was happening. He turned to his platoon. ``Okay, men,'' he said. ``Follow me.'' Goulding leaped to his feet and started forward, ``Garryowen!'' on his lips, his men following. But the bullets whacked home before he finished his battle cry and Marvin Goulding fell dead. For an instant his men hesitated, unable to believe that their lieutenant, the most popular officer in the regiment, was dead. Then they let out a bellow of anguish and rage and, cursing, screaming and hollering ``Garryowen!'' they charged into the enemy like wild men.

That finished the job that Captain Chandler and Lieutenant Carroll had begun. Goulding's platoon pushed back the enemy soldiers and broke up the timing of the entire enemy attack. Reinforcements came up quickly to take advantage of the opening made by Goulding's platoon. The North Koreans threw away their guns and fled across the rice paddies. Artillery and air strikes were called in to kill them by the hundreds.

Though Bob Carroll seemed to have had his head practically blown off by the exploding grenade, he lived. Today he is a major -- in the Regular Army.

So filled was Mel Chandler with the spirit of Garryowen that after Korea was over, he took on the job of writing the complete history of the regiment. After years of digging, nights and weekends, he put together the big, profusely illustrated book, Of Garryowen and Glory, which is probably the most complete history of any military unit.