Sgt. Yntema then continued to repulse the attacking Viet Cong attempting to overrun his position until, out of ammunition and surrounded, he was offered the opportunity to surrender. Refusing, Sgt.
Sgt. Yntema kept pushing back against the advancing Viet Cong troops trying to take over his post until, without more ammo and trapped, he was offered a way out by surrendering. He turned down the offer, Sgt.