The men from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Division and 6th Battalion, 29th Artillery Division stand in the chow line for a hot meal at Fire Support Base 25. FSB 25 is a hill-top position similar in set up to many around Dak To. Combined they cover the whole Dak To Bowl - the small, unnamed valley in which Dak To is located. FSB 25 came under an intense mortar, rocket and ground attack January 31st in which nine men of 3/12 were wounded. Prisoner interrogation afterward revealed an NVA company was destroyed. 

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