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interference during the shopping spree came on the second day when several
disgruntled enemy "storekeepers" tried to retrieve their stock.
After some were killed, others decided to turn in their "time cards"
and quit. Overall, Operation Attleboro had taken more than 900 enemy lives,
and U.S. casualties were officially described as light, though some units
were hit hard and a few of the top U.S. leaders had close calls. Brigadier
General James Hollingsworth, inspecting the Battle Zone in a helicopter
was shot down by VC ground fire. But, as the enemy closed in on the downed
General and his crewmen, Major Robert E. Oberg guided a chopper through
heavy fire from the ground to pick up Hollingsworth. Minutes later, Brigadier
General John R. Deane, and Depuy dropped down in their helicopters to
rescue the four crewmen and Hollingsworth's aide.
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