This is a different guguyy, but it may help explain it:
By DAVE PHILIPPS
JULY 30, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Unofficially, in the jungles of Laos in 1970, hundreds of North Vietnamese troops closed in on a small team of United States Army commandos. Unofficially, as men were shot down, a medic sprinted through a hail of bullets to help, hefting a man over his shoulder as he fired back with one hand. Unofficially, even when bloodied by a rocket, the medic kept going, not sleeping for days as he cared for 51 wounded soldiers.
Officially, though, American troops were not in Laos. So officially, nothing happened.
Did you see the documentary on SOG, or read the book? The stuff these guys did is absolutely legendary. The first combat HALO jump came from this unit.