Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwaSeptember 1945 vanyori venhau vakashuma nyongano dzapashure pehondo muSaigon, nokukurumidza pashure pokunge
August Revolution nokusvika kweBritish South East Asia Command. Boka renhau rakagara paHotel Continental paRue Catinat. Downs nomumwe wake munyori wenhau James McGlincy vakakokwa kuzodya masikati naColonel A. Peter Dewey paimba yaishandiswa somuzinda webasa reOSS munharaunda yacho. Pavakanga vakamirira, kurwisana kwakaitika pakati pevarwi veViet Minh nevarume vashomanana vakanga vari padzimbahwe. Achidzorera pfuti sezvo iye akamhanya, Major Herbert Bluechel akabuda akafukidzwa neropa raColonel Dewey. Muvhiringidziko yacho, Downs naMcGlincy vakapiwa karabhineti uye vakabatana navamwe mukurwa. Downs akapfura murume mumwe chete pasi uye anonzi gare gare akataura kuti "kuona mufananidzo muduku wakasviba uchidonha kuchamudzungaidza kwamakore". Pashure pemaawa maviri nehafu varwisi vacho vakadzokera, uye Downs naMcGlincy vakazvipira kuenda kunhandare yendege yaiva pedyo kunotsvaka vashandi. Vakasangana navaGorkha vatatu panhandare yendege avo vakavimbisa kuenda kumuzinda. Pavakadzoka, Downs naMcGlincy vakabatana mukutsvaka mutumbi waColonel Dewey. Kumukira kwacho pakupedzisira kwakadzvinyirirwa nemauto eBritain neFrance ayo akashandisa rubatsiro rwevarwi vechiJapan vakanga vasara muSaigon.