The North Koreans were so close that Kouma could hear them cursing at him. Down to just Kouma and his Pershing, the crew made a desperate last stand using every weapon they carried, including hand grenades and pistols. Then the North Koreans, dressed in captured US uniforms, tried to infiltrate the lines and were killed. One by one the other vehicles either pulled back or were knocked out. The North Koreans kept attacking with infantry in human waves. Kouma said he and his patrol would remain behind to cover the retreat. The American vehicles quickly destroyed the bridge, but the patrol received orders to pull back as the rest of their supporting infantry was doing. That night they caught North Koreans attempting to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river. Kouma led a patrol of two Pershing tanks and two M19 Gun Motor Carraiges along the Natkong River. In early September 1950, Sergeant Ernest R. Audie Murphy's one-man fight against the Germans in World War II, a similar last stand happened to a Pershing tank crew in Korea. While the last stand of Fury can be based on Lt.
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