The crack of AK-47 rounds had never sounded louder or closer. The thunderous fury of dozens of men blasting away at each other on full automatic killed all other sounds. A key element in any firefight is the race to reload after the initial contact. On 7 October 1968, ST Idaho won the race. No one was faster than Sow, heep, heep,. heep, Fook at getting the first magazine out and returning full automatic gunfire on the enemy.