 The 1st Platoon Leader then requested and received permission to make cloverleaf patrols to the east and west of the trail.Almost immediately, the 1st Platoon sighted a VC soldier while scouting west of the trail and another group of VC soon appeared.George then ordered the 1st Platoon to set up a hasty ambush across the trail, but by the time they were in position the VC had disappeared and everything was quiet.