1 00:00:16,716 --> 00:00:26,759 [dramatic music plays] 2 00:00:26,761 --> 00:00:36,802 [dramatic music plays] 3 00:00:36,804 --> 00:00:51,583 [dramatic music plays] 4 00:00:51,585 --> 00:01:01,326 >> That's gonna be pretty upsetting for him. 5 00:01:01,328 --> 00:01:05,064 No one's ever dared to go in there. 6 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:06,765 You think that's gonna cause a ruckus? 7 00:01:06,767 --> 00:01:13,839 [dramatic sounds] 8 00:01:16,609 --> 00:01:21,246 [baby crying] 9 00:01:21,248 --> 00:01:24,650 [speaking foreign language] 10 00:01:31,524 --> 00:01:38,564 [speaking foreign language] 11 00:02:01,154 --> 00:02:06,792 >> Careful. 12 00:02:06,794 --> 00:02:08,260 >> Get over here! 13 00:02:14,267 --> 00:02:15,033 Mike Boettcher: What is that? 14 00:02:15,035 --> 00:02:15,934 >> R.P.G. 15 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:18,170 Camera Man: R.P.G.? 16 00:02:18,172 --> 00:02:20,072 >> Oh my god. 17 00:02:20,074 --> 00:02:22,641 >> That thing is straight out of China, like, yesterday. 18 00:02:22,643 --> 00:02:23,509 >> Yeah. 19 00:02:23,511 --> 00:02:26,211 Mike: How could they get out of China? 20 00:02:26,213 --> 00:02:29,848 >> Yeah. That thing's brand spanking new. 21 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:32,417 >> I'm down here, on Objective Richmond, 22 00:02:32,419 --> 00:02:34,887 and, uh, first platoon can't get to the first series of building. 23 00:02:34,889 --> 00:02:36,221 They keep finding more ammunition. 24 00:02:36,223 --> 00:02:37,656 They keep finding more mortar fuses. 25 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:40,225 They keep finding more stuff. 26 00:02:40,227 --> 00:02:41,093 >> I don't know what it is. 27 00:02:41,095 --> 00:02:44,796 It's a rifle. Bolt action of some sort. 28 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:46,098 Mike: What does that look like? 29 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:50,536 >> Six to seven R.P.G.'s, probably eight mortars, 30 00:02:50,538 --> 00:02:52,404 a couple box of fuses... 31 00:02:52,406 --> 00:02:53,805 >> Definitely an indicator that we caught them by surprise. 32 00:02:53,807 --> 00:02:54,806 Break. 33 00:02:54,808 --> 00:03:09,321 [suspenseful sounds] 34 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:10,055 >> Hey, Zee? 35 00:03:10,057 --> 00:03:11,056 >> What's up? 36 00:03:11,058 --> 00:03:19,398 >> Give me eyes on that bridge at your eleven. 37 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:20,933 [explosions] 38 00:03:20,935 --> 00:03:25,504 [rapid gunfire] 39 00:03:25,506 --> 00:03:27,072 >> Get down around here now! 40 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:29,474 Get something in front of you! 41 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:38,617 >> Fuck! 42 00:03:38,619 --> 00:03:43,622 [gunfire continues] 43 00:03:43,624 --> 00:03:43,622 >> Roger. We're shooting. 44 00:03:43,624 --> 00:03:46,491 We've got contact up on the hill for our fucking -- 45 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:49,962 [explosion] 46 00:03:49,964 --> 00:03:49,962 [voice over radio] 47 00:03:49,964 --> 00:03:49,962 >> Break, break, break, break. 48 00:03:49,964 --> 00:03:52,598 Holding six, moving three six. 49 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,499 >> Yeah. Roger. Where are you getting fire from? 50 00:03:54,501 --> 00:03:55,367 What target? 51 00:03:55,369 --> 00:03:58,003 [indistinct radio chatter] 52 00:03:58,005 --> 00:04:00,539 [explosions continue] 53 00:04:00,541 --> 00:04:01,273 >> I got shot... 54 00:04:01,275 --> 00:04:03,041 >> Bostic's shot! 55 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:04,443 [muted voices] 56 00:04:04,445 --> 00:04:10,616 [dramatic sounds] 57 00:04:13,553 --> 00:04:17,823 [airport announcement] 58 00:04:17,825 --> 00:04:22,160 Mike: My name is Mike Boettcher. 59 00:04:22,162 --> 00:04:24,162 For the past thirty-four years, 60 00:04:24,164 --> 00:04:29,401 my job has given me a front row seat to history. 61 00:04:29,403 --> 00:04:30,836 As a war correspondent, 62 00:04:30,838 --> 00:04:35,073 it's taken me to some of the worst places on the planet. 63 00:04:35,075 --> 00:04:35,073 [dramatic music plays] 64 00:04:35,075 --> 00:04:40,479 Everything that I have achieved in my career has come at a high 65 00:04:40,481 --> 00:04:44,449 price. It cost me my relationship with my 66 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:51,189 family and my son. I've missed Christmases, 67 00:04:51,191 --> 00:04:54,926 birthdays, graduations... 68 00:04:54,928 --> 00:04:55,994 [chuckles] 69 00:04:55,996 --> 00:05:00,265 You name it. So when it was time 70 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:03,068 for me to re-embed with U.S. Troops in 71 00:05:03,070 --> 00:05:10,442 Afghanistan, my son, Carlos, decided he was coming, with 72 00:05:10,444 --> 00:05:15,247 or without my permission. He said, "I need to know why you 73 00:05:15,249 --> 00:05:19,584 chose your work over us." As much as I wanted to 74 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:23,322 say no, I realized this could be my last chance 75 00:05:23,324 --> 00:05:31,330 to reconnect with my son. So off we went... together, 76 00:05:31,332 --> 00:05:36,335 father and son. The only trick was... 77 00:05:36,337 --> 00:05:41,640 we had to come out of there alive. 78 00:05:41,642 --> 00:05:45,243 [dramatic sounds] 79 00:05:56,155 --> 00:06:00,192 [rock music plays] 80 00:06:00,194 --> 00:06:05,030 [helicopter whirs] 81 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:59,518 [helicopter passing] 82 00:07:32,151 --> 00:07:34,052 >> Looks like they attached two different wires to try 83 00:07:34,054 --> 00:07:35,687 and make an I.D., maybe stretch out the wire 84 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:38,490 so they could get further away from us, when they 85 00:07:38,492 --> 00:07:42,994 detonate, gives themself a better chance to get away. 86 00:07:53,072 --> 00:07:55,640 >> For power? Where does it go to? 87 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:57,275 >> Right into the house. 88 00:07:57,277 --> 00:07:58,777 >> Well, I know, uh, I know in his house. I can see that. 89 00:07:58,779 --> 00:08:01,012 I meant, when it goes in here. Where is it 90 00:08:01,014 --> 00:08:02,714 getting the power from? 91 00:08:02,716 --> 00:08:03,682 [inaudible response] 92 00:08:03,684 --> 00:08:07,986 >> Hey, Gould, Gould! 93 00:08:23,302 --> 00:08:30,642 [indistinct radio chatter] 94 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:40,185 [natives chattering] 95 00:08:56,302 --> 00:08:57,235 Camera Man: What were you saying again? 96 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:09,314 [radio chatter] 97 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,523 >> He's next to the vehicle. Why? 98 00:09:18,525 --> 00:09:20,492 >> So you're a good luck charm? 99 00:09:20,494 --> 00:09:21,359 >> Whoa! 100 00:09:21,361 --> 00:09:22,961 >> Whoa! Son of a bitch! 101 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:33,104 >> Yeah, still warm, still warm. 102 00:09:33,106 --> 00:09:35,106 >> Yeah, we got a bunch of these that we were just shot 103 00:09:35,108 --> 00:09:37,042 at by the enemy from that hillside. This is 104 00:09:37,044 --> 00:09:39,611 a Dishka round, uh, little over twelve 105 00:09:39,613 --> 00:09:44,616 millimeter diameter, round, very deadly when it hits you. 106 00:09:44,618 --> 00:09:47,385 [dramatic music plays] 107 00:09:47,387 --> 00:09:52,123 [gunfire] 108 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:52,123 Chris Fields: And then watch me. 109 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:56,795 Hey, I'll either go up, left, right, or back. 110 00:09:56,797 --> 00:10:03,068 [gunfire] 111 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:07,072 >> He's still too low! 112 00:10:10,142 --> 00:10:12,477 >> Oh, nice. Good shot. 113 00:10:16,215 --> 00:10:19,918 >> One person injured. 114 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,754 >> They are reporting everything's okay right now. 115 00:10:22,756 --> 00:10:23,555 >> Good. 116 00:10:23,557 --> 00:10:25,156 >> It's not gonna be okay. 117 00:10:25,158 --> 00:10:28,960 They don't, they don't know what's about to hit 'em. 118 00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:34,666 [radio chatter] 119 00:10:34,668 --> 00:10:36,334 >> Roger that. I need to go tothe left of that. 120 00:10:36,336 --> 00:10:38,803 There's a rat drill on the left side of that. 121 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:40,872 Give me, uh, three shots rightthere for right now, 122 00:10:40,874 --> 00:10:42,140 so we're gonna you right on her. 123 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:44,075 [gunfire] 124 00:10:45,444 --> 00:10:51,549 [jet passes overhead] 125 00:10:51,551 --> 00:10:55,920 >> Yeah! Good hit! 126 00:10:55,922 --> 00:11:05,530 [dramatic music plays] 127 00:11:05,532 --> 00:11:05,530 [explosion] 128 00:11:05,532 --> 00:11:13,705 >> Whoa, baby! 129 00:11:13,707 --> 00:11:17,709 [explosion] 130 00:11:17,711 --> 00:11:19,377 >> Two-zero-seven, dark knightfour-two. 131 00:11:19,379 --> 00:11:23,515 It's good bombs, good bombs. 132 00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:23,515 >> There's a false bravado involved. 133 00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:26,751 They see us. They've been watching us for awhile. 134 00:11:26,753 --> 00:11:29,621 They're moving in position. They don't think we can harm them. 135 00:11:29,623 --> 00:11:33,191 Uh, they just haven't fought us yet. 136 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:37,128 [dramatic music plays] 137 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:38,897 >> How close were those bullets coming to you? 138 00:11:38,899 --> 00:11:43,535 You were close enough to hear the bzzzz go by, huh? 139 00:11:43,537 --> 00:11:45,704 >> Gunfire buzzes when it's close enough to you. 140 00:11:45,706 --> 00:11:48,139 It sounds like a bee passing over your shoulder, 141 00:11:48,141 --> 00:11:52,043 and that's when we knew that things were serious. 142 00:11:55,014 --> 00:12:05,056 [country song plays] 143 00:12:05,058 --> 00:12:15,100 [country song plays] 144 00:12:15,102 --> 00:12:21,740 [country song plays] 145 00:12:21,742 --> 00:12:27,712 [helicopter whirs] 146 00:12:45,531 --> 00:12:49,267 >> Steve Lutsky, Colonel Lutsky. 147 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:54,906 Lutsky was this character who was larger than life. 148 00:12:54,908 --> 00:13:05,083 He lived to be out front. 149 00:13:05,085 --> 00:13:10,288 [soldiers chanting] 150 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,656 Colonel Steve Lutsky: I expect these guys to risk their 151 00:13:11,658 --> 00:13:14,492 lives to get the mission done. I mean, mission comes first. 152 00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:17,829 I can't ask them to do something that I wouldn't do myself. 153 00:13:17,831 --> 00:13:20,665 Now, that's not saying that I'mlooking for a fight, 154 00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:22,934 but I can't sit in a truck and say, 155 00:13:22,936 --> 00:13:26,538 "Hey, I want you to go risk your life." 156 00:13:26,540 --> 00:13:29,574 >> It was a fight to stay alive when you were with Steve Lutsky, 157 00:13:29,576 --> 00:13:36,614 because he was going to be at that pointy end of the spear. 158 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:39,250 And sure enough, we were. 159 00:13:41,353 --> 00:13:43,188 >> Tag two, tag one, over. They saw three, 160 00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:45,757 uh, possible insurgents. They went us to head 161 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:50,929 southwest along the ridge. Over. 162 00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:50,929 [voice over radio] 163 00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:54,599 >> They were regressing straight south from that location. 164 00:13:54,601 --> 00:13:56,835 Staying in that low land ridge, they're probably 165 00:13:56,837 --> 00:13:59,070 hiding somewhere out there, behind the rock 166 00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:00,371 the rock line, break. 167 00:14:01,874 --> 00:14:07,879 >> The problem was, the Taliban found us before we found them. 168 00:14:07,881 --> 00:14:10,949 [clattering] 169 00:14:10,951 --> 00:14:14,552 [soldiers yelling] 170 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:37,942 [heartbeat sounds] 171 00:14:37,944 --> 00:14:40,111 >> I'm up here [unintelligible]! 172 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:42,180 [dramatic sounds] 173 00:14:53,158 --> 00:14:54,559 >> The problem is, he had no idea where they were 174 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:58,463 firing from. The Soviets call them "Ghosts," and they 175 00:14:58,465 --> 00:15:02,033 were. I mean, you couldn't... They were there. They were 176 00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:05,770 somewhere, and they were shooting at us. 177 00:15:05,772 --> 00:15:08,640 You couldn't see them. 178 00:15:08,642 --> 00:15:11,709 [soldiers yelling indistinctly] 179 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:12,510 [heavy breathing] 180 00:15:12,512 --> 00:15:15,213 [gunfire] 181 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:26,824 >> Yeah. 182 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:34,899 Snipers firing from us, in the tree line 183 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:37,602 over there. Snipers firing at us from the 184 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:40,238 tree line just over there, behind some 185 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,007 cover, but not much. 186 00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:45,310 [dramatic sounds] 187 00:15:48,814 --> 00:15:49,714 >> They want us to go up. 188 00:15:49,716 --> 00:15:51,015 >> Okay, okay. 189 00:15:53,652 --> 00:15:58,990 [indistinct yelling] 190 00:15:58,992 --> 00:16:04,862 >> Okay, I'm going. 191 00:16:04,864 --> 00:16:05,964 Here we go. 192 00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:10,802 [dramatic music plays] 193 00:16:10,804 --> 00:16:17,208 [rocks sliding] 194 00:16:17,210 --> 00:16:19,610 Shit. 195 00:16:19,612 --> 00:16:20,078 [breathing heavily] 196 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:31,422 [gunfire] 197 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:34,726 >> Carlos! 198 00:16:34,728 --> 00:16:36,260 Carlos! 199 00:16:36,262 --> 00:16:39,964 [grunts] 200 00:16:39,966 --> 00:16:44,335 Carlos!! 201 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:48,406 >> I had no idea if he was alive or not. 202 00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:56,080 I wasn't a reporter then. I was being a pop. 203 00:16:56,082 --> 00:16:59,717 [solemn music plays] 204 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:02,787 And the one thing I could not let happen was... 205 00:17:02,789 --> 00:17:09,160 was to let my son die. 206 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:17,168 Mike: Carlos! 207 00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:22,607 Carlos! 208 00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:30,348 Carlos! 209 00:17:30,350 --> 00:17:35,253 [breathing heavily] 210 00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:39,657 [gunfire] 211 00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:52,737 Carlos! 212 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:55,173 Mike: What the hell were you thinking? 213 00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:57,642 I told you, don't leave my side. 214 00:17:57,644 --> 00:18:01,379 This is a damn war zone, Carlos. 215 00:18:01,381 --> 00:18:04,649 You okay? Well, you were covering me, as well, right? 216 00:18:04,651 --> 00:18:08,186 >> Roger. Yes. 217 00:18:08,188 --> 00:18:10,221 To the best of my ability, I was. 218 00:18:10,223 --> 00:18:11,589 >> I thought you did pretty goodat covering me. 219 00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:12,356 [chuckles] 220 00:18:12,358 --> 00:18:14,425 >> Thanks. 221 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:18,229 >> Hey, by the way, their aim sucks. 222 00:18:18,231 --> 00:18:21,399 >> Okay, ambushes along the road are one of many 223 00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:23,801 reasons construction's taken so long, 224 00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:27,638 with mountainside... Fuck. I fucked up. 225 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:28,406 [background chatter] 226 00:18:28,408 --> 00:18:29,307 Ambushes along the road are one 227 00:18:29,309 --> 00:18:30,942 of many reasons construction's 228 00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:33,611 taken so long, with the mountainside providing 229 00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:38,282 no cover, and insurgents offering no quarter. 230 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:39,617 >> All right. That was good. 231 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:40,952 >> Any suggestions? 232 00:18:40,954 --> 00:18:42,820 >> We're getting ready to clearthat ridge line. 233 00:18:42,822 --> 00:18:44,622 Uh, at least one of them got hit. 234 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:45,790 Uh, we saw him go down, so we're gonna check 235 00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:48,593 for bullet trails and, uh, see if we can find him. 236 00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:50,628 A.W.T. has nothing on him right now. 237 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:54,198 [dramatic percussion] 238 00:18:54,200 --> 00:19:01,539 >> You all right? 239 00:19:01,541 --> 00:19:04,041 >> These are the first houses that they would bring him to. 240 00:19:04,043 --> 00:19:04,942 Mike: The guy who's wounded? 241 00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:06,310 >> Yeah. 242 00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:10,581 [background chatter] 243 00:19:10,583 --> 00:19:11,883 >> Hear any of the shooting? 244 00:19:11,885 --> 00:19:16,254 [speaking arabic] 245 00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:17,722 Translator: Yeah, we heard the fighting. 246 00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:19,991 >> One of them was wounded, so you may 247 00:19:19,993 --> 00:19:23,261 have them come down and cometo your house for help. 248 00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:26,130 I understand, Polesh and Wally, that you're going to help them. 249 00:19:26,132 --> 00:19:27,732 Did they come to your house? 250 00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:30,535 [speaking arabic] 251 00:19:30,537 --> 00:19:32,103 Translator: He says you can search, uh, the houses. 252 00:19:32,105 --> 00:19:34,372 >> Oh, they already are. They're up there searching right now. 253 00:19:34,374 --> 00:19:35,640 [speaking arabic] 254 00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:39,043 [dramatic sounds] 255 00:19:41,313 --> 00:19:46,517 >> Watch your head. 256 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,052 >> What the hell is this? 257 00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:04,802 >> I, I don't think you're Taliban, but I think you 258 00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:07,838 turn the other way when Taliban come through. 259 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,008 >> We had to arrest the insurgents and tell them 260 00:20:11,010 --> 00:20:12,143 they're not welcome here. 'Cause I want your 261 00:20:12,145 --> 00:20:15,580 children to be safe. I want you to be safe too. 262 00:20:15,582 --> 00:20:18,549 [speaking arabic] 263 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:20,017 [voice over radio] 264 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:21,319 >> I need a roger. 265 00:20:21,321 --> 00:20:24,755 >> Yeah, we're in route at this time. A, uh, actually 266 00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:26,624 developed this situation for what we need, we 267 00:20:26,626 --> 00:20:28,759 need to know when you think we should come in from the 268 00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:34,131 south, and do it right past, past the way, north. Over. 269 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:36,133 >> Six four, roger. 270 00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:38,603 >> That'll be six-four-six. 271 00:20:38,605 --> 00:20:39,737 [radio chatter continues] 272 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:40,304 [explosions] 273 00:20:40,306 --> 00:20:46,477 [screaming] 274 00:20:46,479 --> 00:20:52,917 >> Go, go, go, go! 275 00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:58,823 [baby crying] 276 00:20:58,825 --> 00:21:01,692 >> The American convey was traveling this direction. 277 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:04,228 The other way, civilian vehicles. 278 00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:06,797 They slowed down when the convey passed. 279 00:21:06,799 --> 00:21:09,934 So did a suicide bomber, and inside his car, 280 00:21:09,936 --> 00:21:15,239 he has six hundred pounds of high explosives. 281 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:24,081 [dramatic music plays] 282 00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:25,916 Rhyss Heeter: After we realized what happened, 283 00:21:25,918 --> 00:21:28,019 we pushed out of the blast zone. 284 00:21:28,021 --> 00:21:30,855 I got out of the truck. We realized it was a "vee-bid." 285 00:21:30,857 --> 00:21:34,992 [explosions] 286 00:21:34,994 --> 00:21:38,529 There was a lady off to the side, next to a, uh, kalat, 287 00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:42,400 and uh, she was screaming that her kids were dead. 288 00:21:46,938 --> 00:21:50,441 I started calling for the medic over the radio, 289 00:21:50,443 --> 00:21:57,815 and we just started treating them, did everything we could. 290 00:21:57,817 --> 00:22:00,584 Mike: Private Richter, how long you been in the Army? 291 00:22:00,586 --> 00:22:03,788 Paxton Richter: Uh, exactly a year, sir. That was the first 292 00:22:03,790 --> 00:22:11,829 actual, uh, trauma casualty I'd... in my care, sir. 293 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:14,298 [solemn music plays] 294 00:22:20,972 --> 00:22:29,380 >> And, uh, it didn't need to happen. 295 00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:32,717 [helicopters overhead] 296 00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:42,760 [music continues] 297 00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:48,799 [music continues] 298 00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:59,076 [muted voices] 299 00:22:59,078 --> 00:23:01,812 [engine whirring] 300 00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:05,716 >> One-oh-one over sixty, pulse seventy-two. 301 00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:09,920 One two saturation was one hundred percent. 302 00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:16,861 >> I looked at the eyes of the medics, and you could see it. 303 00:23:16,863 --> 00:23:19,730 They weren't gonna let him die. 304 00:23:19,732 --> 00:23:32,209 [melancholy music continues] 305 00:23:54,699 --> 00:23:56,667 >> The name of the child? We were more 306 00:23:56,669 --> 00:23:59,470 concerned about saving his leg than 307 00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:01,372 getting his name. 308 00:24:01,374 --> 00:24:02,673 >> The family has a patient over here. 309 00:24:02,675 --> 00:24:02,673 >> How's he doing? 310 00:24:02,675 --> 00:24:05,476 >> Doing okay. He's supposed to be going, 311 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:06,510 hopefully, to the O.R. today. 312 00:24:06,512 --> 00:24:14,118 >> Going back to the O.R. today? 313 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,921 >> I'm very happy that he kept his leg. 314 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:18,823 We go out of our way to make sure 315 00:24:18,825 --> 00:24:24,595 people like Sadich don't get hurt. 316 00:24:24,597 --> 00:24:28,732 Mike: In the end, does it change Afghanistan? 317 00:24:28,734 --> 00:24:33,237 Probably not, but it saved that kid's life, 318 00:24:33,239 --> 00:24:39,243 and maybe that kid will change Afghanistan someday. 319 00:24:39,245 --> 00:24:41,979 >> Get well. We'll see you. 320 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:44,415 I got a son, Jake, who's ten years old. 321 00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:46,283 Mike: Can you imagine? 322 00:24:46,285 --> 00:24:53,624 >> No. 323 00:24:53,626 --> 00:24:58,162 Mike: Did it sink into you that you had saved a child's life? 324 00:24:58,164 --> 00:25:03,200 >> It did, but uh, that's, that's what I'm here. 325 00:25:03,202 --> 00:25:05,102 That's why all these guys that are out here do what they do. 326 00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:11,542 It's 'cause they just wanna help. 327 00:25:11,544 --> 00:25:13,844 >> Afterwards, ground unit came up by and 328 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:15,613 thanked us, and that was probably the biggest 329 00:25:15,615 --> 00:25:18,015 reward, uh, that I've ever had, is having the 330 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:23,087 ground unit come by and say thank you. 331 00:25:23,089 --> 00:25:30,094 >> This all-woman crew who put any men I've known to shame. 332 00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:32,963 I call it, you know, the band of sisters and a little brother. 333 00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:42,106 >> We just consider ourselves just soldiers, like, like 334 00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:45,509 everyone else, and to us, it's really not a big deal. 335 00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:49,580 >> The countdown to hugs and kisses, and this is Chloe. 336 00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:51,081 She's so cute! 337 00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:54,318 I'm a mom. I understand how every other mom feels, 338 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,488 and if I was in her shoes, that I'd want those people 339 00:25:57,490 --> 00:26:05,796 to help my son or daughter out as much as possible. 340 00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:20,044 [dramatic sounds] 341 00:26:20,046 --> 00:26:24,949 [speaking arabic] 342 00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:32,222 >> Kids are the ones that usually give all 343 00:26:32,224 --> 00:26:34,291 the good information. Taliban do the same 344 00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:35,826 thing, from what we've experienced. 345 00:26:35,828 --> 00:26:37,161 They'll usually go tell the kids where they 346 00:26:37,163 --> 00:26:39,396 put in an I.E.D. The kids seem to be the, uh, 347 00:26:39,398 --> 00:26:42,099 the best guys to utilize for references. 348 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:43,200 [speaking arabic] 349 00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:51,809 >> I talked to some kids here on scene. 350 00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:53,777 They confirm Taliban had placed an I.E.D. 351 00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:56,680 here about, uh, forty-eight hours ago. 352 00:26:59,784 --> 00:27:01,785 >> The villages are the ones that actually came to us, 353 00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:04,088 and, and A.U.P. and reportedthis I.E.D. 354 00:27:04,090 --> 00:27:05,689 In my mind, I mean, that's a very positive 355 00:27:05,691 --> 00:27:07,691 step. Seems like they're starting to kind of, you 356 00:27:07,693 --> 00:27:11,228 know, support the government a little bit more. 357 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:27,211 [dramatic percussion] 358 00:27:27,213 --> 00:27:31,482 [indistinct background chatter] 359 00:27:49,534 --> 00:27:50,534 >> Naw, I love doing this. 360 00:27:50,536 --> 00:27:50,968 Mike: Really? 361 00:27:50,970 --> 00:27:51,568 >> Yep. 362 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:53,871 >> Why? 363 00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:56,907 >> 'Cause right now, my job is to help protect 364 00:27:56,909 --> 00:28:00,010 these guys, make sure they don't get hurt. 365 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:10,054 [ominous sounds] 366 00:28:10,056 --> 00:28:20,097 [ominous sounds] 367 00:28:20,099 --> 00:28:30,074 [ominous sounds] 368 00:29:00,371 --> 00:29:02,473 >> Yep, got the pressure plate. 369 00:29:02,475 --> 00:29:03,774 >> Hey, they found the pressure plate. 370 00:29:03,776 --> 00:29:05,175 >> Pressure plates on both sides and 371 00:29:05,177 --> 00:29:06,844 a power source for each pressure plate. 372 00:29:06,846 --> 00:29:06,844 >> Yep. 373 00:29:06,846 --> 00:29:09,246 >> Wire running off to the side. There's a little hole 374 00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,148 dug right there, with the wires running down into it. 375 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:13,383 >> It's about twelve to fourteen inches in diameter. 376 00:29:13,385 --> 00:29:15,753 >> In this area, we haven't seen charges that big. 377 00:29:15,755 --> 00:29:16,920 It would have done some damage too. 378 00:29:16,922 --> 00:29:19,022 >> Yeah, it's pretty, it's a pretty large charge. 379 00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:20,924 But uh, we've definitely located, uh, one 380 00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:23,427 pressure plate at this time. Uh, exploiting 381 00:29:23,429 --> 00:29:31,602 with the robot. 382 00:29:31,604 --> 00:29:34,438 Front line traced to the pressure plate, Victor 383 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,809 Bravo seven-eight- one-niner, plate. 384 00:29:38,811 --> 00:29:51,855 [dramatic sounds] 385 00:29:51,857 --> 00:29:54,158 [sirens wailing] 386 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:04,968 >> Holy hell. 387 00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:06,637 Mike: How much you think was in there? 388 00:30:06,639 --> 00:30:08,172 >> Forty to fifty pounds. I'd say probably closer 389 00:30:08,174 --> 00:30:09,807 to the fifty pound range. 390 00:30:09,809 --> 00:30:10,841 >> Tell all the kids that they need to 391 00:30:10,843 --> 00:30:12,109 stay away from that area, 'cause 392 00:30:12,111 --> 00:30:13,844 there still could be some stuff out there. 393 00:30:13,846 --> 00:30:15,746 They're doing a lot more patrolling around this area, 394 00:30:15,748 --> 00:30:18,382 and they'll continue to focus specifically around this area, 395 00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:21,885 now that we know that bad guys are putting I.E.D.s. 396 00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:27,257 [dramatic sounds] 397 00:30:44,909 --> 00:30:47,311 Mike: My intent is for us to get in there, and 398 00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:49,680 then get out of there in one piece. 399 00:30:49,682 --> 00:30:51,281 >> Yeah. 400 00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:51,281 [sighs] 401 00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:55,285 Well, my, my intent is always, is also to 402 00:30:55,287 --> 00:30:59,323 get out of there in one piece, so. 403 00:30:59,325 --> 00:31:04,561 >> But let's not do anything fucking stupid, huh? 404 00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:07,731 We have a mission tonight, from here, 405 00:31:07,733 --> 00:31:11,001 past those mountains, into the always 406 00:31:11,003 --> 00:31:14,404 dangerous river valley. 407 00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:16,640 >> I believe in each and every one of you, 408 00:31:16,642 --> 00:31:18,542 and I love each and every one of you. 409 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:21,511 You're the most precious resource that America has. 410 00:31:21,513 --> 00:31:24,815 Trust in your brothers, dedicate yourself to 411 00:31:24,817 --> 00:31:27,618 American battalion and our mission. 412 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:29,019 Your measure is not found in how 413 00:31:29,021 --> 00:31:31,021 much time you have on this earth. 414 00:31:31,023 --> 00:31:33,690 It's what you do with the time that you've had. 415 00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:34,725 These people have suffered for too 416 00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:37,661 long. Change the course of history 417 00:31:37,663 --> 00:31:39,329 in Afghanistan. 418 00:31:39,331 --> 00:31:41,965 [wind howling] 419 00:31:41,967 --> 00:31:44,568 [dramatic music plays] 420 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:47,070 Mike: We had marched for days with the 421 00:31:47,072 --> 00:31:51,508 Marines. It was summer, and it was hot. 422 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:55,646 One hundred thirty degrees. Unbelievable. 423 00:31:55,648 --> 00:31:58,448 And we did it all carrying more than eighty pounds 424 00:31:58,450 --> 00:32:02,452 of gear on our back. We ran out of everything. 425 00:32:02,454 --> 00:32:05,122 We ran out of food. We ran out of water. 426 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:21,505 Mike: And then, we got, finally, to the location that 427 00:32:21,507 --> 00:32:27,544 we're supposed to capture. 428 00:32:27,546 --> 00:32:29,980 This could be Gulf Company's new home. They're 429 00:32:29,982 --> 00:32:31,782 looking for headquarters to establish their 430 00:32:31,784 --> 00:32:35,485 presence down here, and we're going in to check. 431 00:32:35,487 --> 00:32:37,587 It's been eerily quiet. We haven't had a bullet 432 00:32:37,589 --> 00:32:41,959 fired at us in over twelve hours. 433 00:32:41,961 --> 00:32:52,002 [indistinct yelling] 434 00:32:52,004 --> 00:33:00,110 [indistinct yelling] 435 00:33:00,112 --> 00:33:06,350 [middle eastern music plays] 436 00:33:24,635 --> 00:33:25,802 >> This is it! 437 00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:27,938 >> Okay, let's get a team up there. 438 00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:30,374 >> Next team, coming up! 439 00:33:30,376 --> 00:33:32,175 [indistinct radio chatter] 440 00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:35,545 >> Roger. Fox One is clearing the area right now. 441 00:33:35,547 --> 00:33:36,947 [dramatic music plays] 442 00:33:36,949 --> 00:33:38,348 >> Go! Go! 443 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:39,716 Hot, hot! 444 00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:42,519 [explosions] 445 00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:44,154 >> Go! Let's go, go, go, go! 446 00:33:44,156 --> 00:33:48,525 [explosions continue] 447 00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:49,726 [indistinct radio chatter] 448 00:33:49,728 --> 00:33:52,396 Go, go, go, go! 449 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:01,505 >> Oh my god. 450 00:34:09,947 --> 00:34:11,648 Mike: What is this here? 451 00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:16,219 >> This is, uh, nitrate to, uh, make I.E.D.s. 452 00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:17,754 >> And this is pure heroine down here, you said? 453 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:25,862 Mike: So what do we have here? 454 00:34:34,338 --> 00:34:37,074 >> Walled compounds like this one fill Helmand Province, 455 00:34:37,076 --> 00:34:41,011 providing valuable cover for Taliban, and for Marines. 456 00:34:41,013 --> 00:34:44,047 >> Marines say the objective of this mission was met - 457 00:34:44,049 --> 00:34:46,983 to plant their presence here and to make a statement to 458 00:34:46,985 --> 00:34:50,420 the Taliban that the Marines are not leaving. 459 00:34:50,422 --> 00:34:54,157 Mike: We knew that we'd accomplished our mission, 460 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:56,326 and I was up all night feeding stories back to 461 00:34:56,328 --> 00:35:01,598 ABC. I was exhausted. Everyone was. 462 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:06,636 And the Marine commander said, "We gotta go another ten miles." 463 00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:08,672 [dramatic music plays] 464 00:35:08,674 --> 00:35:12,042 There is a squad that's surrounded. Someone 465 00:35:12,044 --> 00:35:17,047 else has to go, and Carlos came to me, as I was 466 00:35:17,049 --> 00:35:19,583 suiting up, and said, "Pop, if you do 467 00:35:19,585 --> 00:35:25,255 this, you're gonna die." I was just too tired. 468 00:35:25,257 --> 00:35:27,557 He said, "I'll go. Not you." 469 00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:28,859 [chuckles] 470 00:35:28,861 --> 00:35:34,197 That's my son... saying he'll go in place of me. 471 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:39,169 And he went, and I stayed. 472 00:35:39,171 --> 00:35:41,171 >> Hey, do I got any friendlies over there? 473 00:35:49,413 --> 00:35:50,614 >> Right or left? 474 00:35:50,616 --> 00:35:53,049 >> Uh, go left of the compound. Keep going 475 00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:55,085 all the way over. You got the dude in 476 00:35:55,087 --> 00:35:56,953 the white turban that keeps looking at us? 477 00:35:56,955 --> 00:35:56,953 >> Yeah. 478 00:35:56,955 --> 00:35:58,155 >> Yeah. 479 00:35:58,157 --> 00:35:59,489 >> Naw, it's definitely not them. 480 00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:00,290 >> All right. 481 00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:02,359 >> Set south, southwest. 482 00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:03,493 Carlos: While movement through the fields 483 00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:05,128 and canals is slow, every step the Marines take is 484 00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:10,100 one closer to securing peace in Helmand Province. 485 00:36:10,102 --> 00:36:11,735 >> Here at Camp Koshtay, the work 486 00:36:11,737 --> 00:36:14,371 continues. The Marines are now in the position 487 00:36:14,373 --> 00:36:17,407 of setting up this base, in the heart of this town 488 00:36:17,409 --> 00:36:22,879 called Koshtay, which was a Taliban stronghold. 489 00:36:22,881 --> 00:36:26,383 Mike: There's a copper wire. Where is it? 490 00:36:26,385 --> 00:36:31,221 Oh, yes. And it's running up to that compound there. 491 00:36:31,223 --> 00:36:34,191 A patrol this morning found an I.E.D. 492 00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:37,494 We're walking towards it. They cut the command wire, 493 00:36:37,496 --> 00:36:40,363 which is a wire that runs to a device that would trigger 494 00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:45,035 the bomb. Hopefully, that is the only command wire. 495 00:36:45,037 --> 00:36:49,439 Voice over radio: Command, three two. 496 00:36:49,441 --> 00:36:50,407 Mike: When you enlisted, you didn't 497 00:36:50,409 --> 00:36:51,708 ask for this job, did you? 498 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:54,945 >> Negative. 499 00:36:54,947 --> 00:36:54,945 [engines humming] 500 00:36:54,947 --> 00:36:57,681 Mike: The villagers did not come. The Taliban 501 00:36:57,683 --> 00:37:02,886 did not attack. But the question now is - where is the Taliban? 502 00:37:02,888 --> 00:37:05,522 [dramatic percussion] 503 00:37:05,524 --> 00:37:11,294 >> Stand by! 504 00:37:11,296 --> 00:37:12,829 >> Hey, we got two people, six hundred meters away 505 00:37:12,831 --> 00:37:17,100 from us, moving southeast. 506 00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:19,936 [indistinct chatter] 507 00:37:19,938 --> 00:37:22,372 [distant gunfire] 508 00:37:29,113 --> 00:37:29,646 >> Hey! 509 00:37:29,648 --> 00:37:30,113 >> Yeah? 510 00:37:30,615 --> 00:37:36,486 [indistinct yelling] 511 00:37:36,488 --> 00:37:38,121 >> Fuck! 512 00:37:38,123 --> 00:37:41,591 [gunfire continues] 513 00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:43,660 >> Huh? 514 00:37:43,662 --> 00:37:49,666 >> Hey, what is he talking about? 515 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:56,806 Send your traffic, O.P. Rock. 516 00:37:56,808 --> 00:37:58,441 >> I got pan left. 517 00:37:58,443 --> 00:38:00,477 >> Shoot him, dammit! 518 00:38:00,479 --> 00:38:03,013 [gun fires] 519 00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:08,952 [dramatic percussion] 520 00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:10,987 >> I shot that motherfucker that walked by the compound 521 00:38:10,989 --> 00:38:13,790 down there. I don't know if I fucking hit him or not. 522 00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:16,326 Saw him running with a fucking A.K. in his hand. 523 00:38:16,328 --> 00:38:18,962 I don't know if I fucking hit that son of a bitch. 524 00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:31,141 >> Shoot him! 525 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:33,009 [gunfire continues] 526 00:38:33,011 --> 00:38:36,680 >> Hey, guns and [unintelligible]! Let's go, go! 527 00:38:36,682 --> 00:38:38,214 >> I hit that son of a bitch. 528 00:38:38,216 --> 00:38:40,216 >> Go! 529 00:38:40,218 --> 00:38:43,820 [clattering] 530 00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:53,430 >> Did you see those fuckers? 531 00:38:53,432 --> 00:38:56,433 [indistinct chatter] 532 00:38:56,435 --> 00:39:01,137 [dramatic music plays] 533 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:05,308 Mike: Just last night, the platoons of Gulf Company 534 00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:08,411 Two-Eight Marines were attacked by small arms 535 00:39:08,413 --> 00:39:12,749 fire eleven times, uh, resulting in two concussions. 536 00:39:12,751 --> 00:39:15,785 It was very lucky that, uh, there were no major 537 00:39:15,787 --> 00:39:19,222 casualties, or no deaths on this march south here. 538 00:39:19,224 --> 00:39:23,526 Mike Boettcher for Nightline, Camp Koshtay, Afghanistan. 539 00:39:23,528 --> 00:39:26,162 [dramatic percussion] 540 00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:44,447 >> Stand by! 541 00:39:44,449 --> 00:39:46,883 >> What's up? 542 00:39:46,885 --> 00:39:49,018 >> We got smoke. 543 00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:52,455 >> Look straight down the road here is where everyone is. 544 00:39:52,457 --> 00:39:53,556 [indistinct chatter] 545 00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:55,925 >> Hey, one, twos, move in! 546 00:39:55,927 --> 00:39:59,896 [music swells] 547 00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:03,333 [gunfire] 548 00:40:03,335 --> 00:40:04,234 >> Open it up! 549 00:40:04,236 --> 00:40:05,668 >> Okay, let's go. 550 00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:06,836 >> Let's go, let's go! 551 00:40:10,975 --> 00:40:13,910 [breathing heavily] 552 00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:15,845 [gunfire continues] 553 00:40:15,847 --> 00:40:18,148 >> Hey, let's go! 554 00:40:18,150 --> 00:40:18,148 [voice over radio] 555 00:40:18,150 --> 00:40:20,350 >> We're taking fire! We're taking fire! 556 00:40:20,352 --> 00:40:23,186 Mike: All I heard on the radio was that they were in trouble, 557 00:40:23,188 --> 00:40:26,122 and he was surrounded, and there were Taliban all around, 558 00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:30,093 and they were taking fire constantly. 559 00:40:30,095 --> 00:40:33,396 [breathing heavily] 560 00:40:41,105 --> 00:40:44,007 [gunfire continues] 561 00:40:44,009 --> 00:40:44,707 [indistinct yelling] 562 00:40:45,943 --> 00:40:47,811 >> Start suppressing! Let's use suppress across the way. 563 00:40:47,813 --> 00:40:49,446 >> Good luck! 564 00:40:49,448 --> 00:40:51,848 >> Let's go, let's go! 565 00:40:51,850 --> 00:40:54,651 [gunfire continues] 566 00:40:54,653 --> 00:40:57,954 >> Over there! [inaudible] 567 00:40:57,956 --> 00:40:59,456 [gunfire continues] 568 00:41:00,224 --> 00:41:06,496 [indistinct yelling] 569 00:41:06,498 --> 00:41:07,430 [screaming] 570 00:41:07,432 --> 00:41:09,999 >> Gill! 571 00:41:10,001 --> 00:41:18,441 [ominous music plays] 572 00:41:25,316 --> 00:41:28,685 >> I had no idea what was happening. 573 00:41:28,687 --> 00:41:34,557 I felt completely helpless. I didn't know what to do. 574 00:41:34,559 --> 00:41:38,127 I thought I'd never see my son again. 575 00:41:38,129 --> 00:41:39,796 [gunfire] 576 00:41:39,798 --> 00:41:43,733 [inaudible yelling] 577 00:41:59,550 --> 00:42:01,117 [canon fires] 578 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:02,385 >> Yeah! 579 00:42:02,387 --> 00:42:04,420 [cheers] 580 00:42:04,422 --> 00:42:10,894 >> Go, go! Hey, let's go! 581 00:42:10,896 --> 00:42:12,262 >> Let's go, dudes! 582 00:42:20,504 --> 00:42:23,373 >> Yeah, more smoke, bro! 583 00:42:39,423 --> 00:42:40,590 >> Fuck yeah, brother! 584 00:42:40,592 --> 00:42:41,391 >> Hell, yeah. 585 00:42:41,393 --> 00:42:41,391 [cheers] 586 00:42:41,393 --> 00:42:45,895 >> Hey, let's go. We're up, bro. 587 00:43:02,613 --> 00:43:07,283 Mike: Being reunited with Carlos after that... to see 588 00:43:07,285 --> 00:43:10,987 him alive... was the best damn 589 00:43:10,989 --> 00:43:16,726 thing I've ever seen. The best. 590 00:43:16,728 --> 00:43:20,229 [dramatic music plays] 591 00:43:21,532 --> 00:43:24,300 >> Initially, I was scared going into it. We heard 592 00:43:24,302 --> 00:43:27,136 that there was gonna be gunfire directed at us, 593 00:43:27,138 --> 00:43:31,074 all the way down, and so there was, but after 594 00:43:31,076 --> 00:43:35,878 the first few explosions, after the initial contact, after 595 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:39,349 the initial rat-tat-tat of the A.K.-47s coming at 596 00:43:39,351 --> 00:43:44,687 us, uh, the adrenaline almost fades and you being to 597 00:43:44,689 --> 00:43:50,860 grow, if not numb, then used to it. 598 00:43:50,862 --> 00:43:59,369 Mike: Carlos grew up real fast, and I was so proud of him. 599 00:43:59,371 --> 00:44:03,206 My time is almost over, and now it's Carlos's 600 00:44:03,208 --> 00:44:09,646 turn, and I believe my son is going to be a better 601 00:44:09,648 --> 00:44:14,384 storyteller than I ever was. It's his turn. 602 00:44:14,386 --> 00:44:15,985 Diane Sawyer: We want you to meet two people 603 00:44:15,987 --> 00:44:19,155 who are unlike any other, the only team of journalists 604 00:44:19,157 --> 00:44:22,358 to embed for one solid year, on the front lines, with 605 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,128 the troops here, and not only that - they're father and son. 606 00:44:25,130 --> 00:44:29,065 They are Mike and Carlos Boettcher. 607 00:44:37,541 --> 00:44:40,109 >> And about twelve minutes into it, I was 608 00:44:40,111 --> 00:44:42,812 just dying. I was just, my whole, it was like 609 00:44:42,814 --> 00:44:44,847 the thing where your whole body overheats, 610 00:44:44,849 --> 00:44:47,617 and I started to feel like asthmatic, which, probably 611 00:44:47,619 --> 00:44:51,421 'cause I smoke too much, but it was just way too much. 612 00:44:51,423 --> 00:44:54,857 >> Yeah, yeah, you gotta... See, my joints 613 00:44:54,859 --> 00:44:57,093 have a limited shelf life, so that's why 614 00:44:57,095 --> 00:44:58,628 you don't see me hitting the gym. 615 00:45:00,798 --> 00:45:02,165 >> Yeah, true. 616 00:45:02,167 --> 00:45:03,966 [chuckling] 617 00:45:03,968 --> 00:45:08,938 [dramatic music plays] 618 00:45:08,940 --> 00:45:12,108 Mike: Carlos's time was up, and after everything 619 00:45:12,110 --> 00:45:14,811 we'd experienced here, it was going to be 620 00:45:14,813 --> 00:45:19,582 tough to watch him go back to the States without me. 621 00:45:19,584 --> 00:45:22,819 You wake up every morning, facing death, 622 00:45:22,821 --> 00:45:24,954 and you cherish every moment you're with 623 00:45:24,956 --> 00:45:27,690 the people you're with, and here I was, with 624 00:45:27,692 --> 00:45:35,298 my son, and ironically, in a war zone, we reconnected. 625 00:45:35,300 --> 00:45:38,735 It was worth the risk to be a father again. 626 00:45:38,737 --> 00:45:41,370 [helicopter whirs] 627 00:45:42,473 --> 00:45:45,742 But, I think, deep down, as afather, 628 00:45:45,744 --> 00:45:48,678 I was relieved that Carlos was headed home, 629 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,781 because I knew where we weregoing next 630 00:45:51,783 --> 00:45:54,283 was one of the worst places you could go in 631 00:45:54,285 --> 00:45:58,621 Afghanistan. It was the heart of darkness. 632 00:45:58,623 --> 00:46:08,431 [dramatic sounds] 633 00:46:17,407 --> 00:46:20,309 Tye Reedy: Q.Z.R. controls the entire 634 00:46:20,311 --> 00:46:21,911 northern part of our area of operation. 635 00:46:21,913 --> 00:46:24,013 He controls, uh, the fighters, the 636 00:46:24,015 --> 00:46:26,682 equipment, uh, the training, everything. 637 00:46:26,684 --> 00:46:28,384 He's our number one target. It's an 638 00:46:28,386 --> 00:46:30,486 extremely important mission. 639 00:46:30,488 --> 00:46:32,989 >> Now, you're gonna have a lot of young, inexperienced 640 00:46:32,991 --> 00:46:36,125 fighters, who want to go to toe to toe with an American, 641 00:46:36,127 --> 00:46:38,227 and they'll get their ass handed to them, because 642 00:46:38,229 --> 00:46:40,029 they don't know what they're doing. 643 00:46:40,031 --> 00:46:42,131 They just graduated that [unintelligible], 644 00:46:42,133 --> 00:46:44,734 so they've been instilled with that bullshit 645 00:46:44,736 --> 00:46:48,838 extremist philosophy. They don't know any better. 646 00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,340 Let 'em come to you. Let 'em come to you. 647 00:46:51,342 --> 00:46:54,944 >> We can't just air strike them. It would do no good 648 00:46:54,946 --> 00:46:58,014 to kill him or our enemy, along with civilians, so 649 00:46:58,016 --> 00:47:00,616 we have to go in, put boots on the ground, 650 00:47:00,618 --> 00:47:02,251 and root these guys out. 651 00:47:02,253 --> 00:47:04,053 Matthew Mendez: As a leader, you have to, as my 652 00:47:04,055 --> 00:47:09,492 son calls it, manning up, so... that's what, that's what I did. 653 00:47:09,494 --> 00:47:11,227 >> This is gonna be the final nail in the coffin against 654 00:47:11,229 --> 00:47:14,030 this asshole. He's going down. His abilities to 655 00:47:14,032 --> 00:47:17,500 fight in the future are gonna be extremely degraded. We're 656 00:47:17,502 --> 00:47:19,402 gonna create a lot of good things for the people 657 00:47:19,404 --> 00:47:21,437 that don't have the reach of security forces or 658 00:47:21,439 --> 00:47:25,608 governments as a result of this. That's all I got. 659 00:47:25,610 --> 00:47:26,876 [all respond unintelligibly] 660 00:47:26,878 --> 00:47:26,876 Kevin Mott: I don't think anybody was 661 00:47:26,878 --> 00:47:29,345 necessarily prepared for exactly what it 662 00:47:29,347 --> 00:47:30,746 was gonna be like, but some of us 663 00:47:30,748 --> 00:47:32,615 had the worst in mind, mentally prepared 664 00:47:32,617 --> 00:47:34,283 that way, so we wouldn't have 665 00:47:34,285 --> 00:47:37,119 any surprises. 666 00:47:37,121 --> 00:47:37,119 [dramatic sounds] 667 00:47:37,121 --> 00:47:41,057 Mike: After almost dying, why would you 668 00:47:41,059 --> 00:47:43,693 wanna come back to this hellhole? 669 00:47:43,695 --> 00:47:43,693 [sighs] 670 00:47:43,695 --> 00:47:50,766 >> I think it was... a personal thing, on a level that, 671 00:47:50,768 --> 00:47:52,969 you know, I wasn't gonna let these guys beat me. 672 00:47:52,971 --> 00:47:58,841 [dramatic music plays] 673 00:48:20,097 --> 00:48:21,330 I've been through quite a few fire fights. 674 00:48:21,332 --> 00:48:23,499 I'm not different than anybody else. 675 00:48:23,501 --> 00:48:25,968 I wanted to get back, get back in the fight, 676 00:48:25,970 --> 00:48:29,205 whether it be sitting in this three shop, you know, 677 00:48:29,207 --> 00:48:32,875 doing paperwork or whatever, I wanted to come back. 678 00:48:40,083 --> 00:48:46,255 [music swells] 679 00:48:46,957 --> 00:48:53,763 [helicopter whirring] 680 00:49:22,059 --> 00:49:34,537 [ominous sounds] 681 00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,589 Mike: We landed at three in the morning, 682 00:49:53,591 --> 00:50:00,129 and all of us were tense. 683 00:50:00,131 --> 00:50:02,465 >> Now, based off the map, it looked like there was a, 684 00:50:02,467 --> 00:50:05,267 a trail that we could have taken to head. 685 00:50:05,269 --> 00:50:07,203 Pretty sure it does not exist at all. 686 00:50:07,205 --> 00:50:13,342 It just some trickery the imagery showed. 687 00:50:13,344 --> 00:50:16,112 >> I'm glad we waited til daybreak to actually move, 688 00:50:16,114 --> 00:50:17,046 because somebody would have actually 689 00:50:17,048 --> 00:50:20,383 broke their leg or, or worse. 690 00:50:20,385 --> 00:50:27,323 [dramatic music plays] 691 00:50:39,636 --> 00:50:44,807 [speaking arabic] 692 00:51:05,162 --> 00:51:07,396 >> Hey, Ramone, take the low trail! 693 00:51:07,398 --> 00:51:10,399 >> Going through the kalats, uh, you can tell, 694 00:51:10,401 --> 00:51:12,568 men, men did live there. They just weren't there, 695 00:51:12,570 --> 00:51:15,404 and the, uh, excuse they gave of that they were, 696 00:51:15,406 --> 00:51:17,106 um, day workers in Jalalabad, you know, 697 00:51:17,108 --> 00:51:19,775 is completely ridiculous. 698 00:51:19,777 --> 00:51:24,013 [dramatic sounds] 699 00:51:28,051 --> 00:51:34,857 [speaking arabic] 700 00:51:49,439 --> 00:51:50,172 >> Hey, Zee? 701 00:51:50,174 --> 00:51:51,173 >> What's up? 702 00:51:51,175 --> 00:51:59,949 >> Give me eyes on that bridge at your eleven. 703 00:51:59,951 --> 00:52:02,518 [explosions] 704 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:06,555 [gunfire] 705 00:52:18,368 --> 00:52:20,236 >> That shit sounds like it's right in front of us. 706 00:52:20,238 --> 00:52:20,936 >> Yeah, it does. 707 00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:29,578 [gun firing repeatedly] 708 00:52:29,580 --> 00:52:35,751 >> We have landed in the hornet's nest. 709 00:52:35,753 --> 00:52:38,420 >> Stay down. Stay behind Jim Coper. 710 00:52:38,422 --> 00:52:42,992 >> This was command and controls for the Taliban, 711 00:52:42,994 --> 00:52:45,594 right there in that valley. 712 00:52:45,596 --> 00:52:47,129 [gunfire continues] 713 00:52:47,131 --> 00:52:47,930 [indistinct yelling] 714 00:52:52,736 --> 00:52:55,404 And they were gonna make us pay. 715 00:52:55,406 --> 00:53:02,411 [speaking arabic] 716 00:53:03,113 --> 00:53:09,084 [middle eastern music plays] 717 00:53:22,666 --> 00:53:27,102 [gunfire continues] 718 00:53:34,177 --> 00:53:38,214 >> Hey, we gotta start getting them in this fucking kalat. 719 00:53:38,216 --> 00:53:40,783 Can we get the fucking sixties up on this fucking hilltop? 720 00:53:40,785 --> 00:53:42,418 >> Yeah, they're working on it right now. 721 00:53:42,420 --> 00:53:44,353 >> All right, this is, this is them right here, 722 00:53:44,355 --> 00:53:45,521 above phase line white, this is us 723 00:53:45,523 --> 00:53:47,323 down here, the grid liner section. 724 00:53:47,325 --> 00:53:47,323 >> Okay. 725 00:53:47,325 --> 00:53:48,958 >> They're righthere. They got packs 726 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:50,593 moving up and down this ridge line, 727 00:53:50,595 --> 00:53:51,994 generally east of them. 728 00:53:51,996 --> 00:53:53,929 [indistinct chatter] 729 00:53:54,764 --> 00:53:57,633 [gunfire continues] 730 00:54:00,537 --> 00:54:04,206 >> They're there! I saw 'em moving! 731 00:54:04,208 --> 00:54:04,974 >> Fizzo? 732 00:54:04,976 --> 00:54:05,774 >> Yeah? 733 00:54:05,776 --> 00:54:10,112 >> Make shit start blowing up! 734 00:54:10,114 --> 00:54:13,515 [aircraft overhead] 735 00:54:14,484 --> 00:54:16,218 >> R.P.G. seven! 736 00:54:16,220 --> 00:54:17,353 >> R.P.G. seven! 737 00:54:17,355 --> 00:54:18,220 >> Oh, shit! 738 00:54:18,222 --> 00:54:22,391 [explosion] 739 00:54:22,393 --> 00:54:32,134 [muted sounds] 740 00:54:32,136 --> 00:54:39,141 Mike: In this muddy, friggin' hillside, we were surrounded, 741 00:54:39,143 --> 00:54:41,877 and I thought, "What's it gonna feel like when 742 00:54:41,879 --> 00:54:47,950 the bullet comes through me?" 743 00:54:47,952 --> 00:54:49,218 [dramatic sounds] 744 00:54:49,220 --> 00:54:56,292 [gunfire continues] 745 00:54:56,294 --> 00:54:58,627 [indistinct voice over radio] 746 00:55:01,831 --> 00:55:03,766 >> Go ahead, one-six Romeo. 747 00:55:03,768 --> 00:55:05,701 [voice over radio] 748 00:55:16,012 --> 00:55:17,046 >> Six-three-six, stand by. 749 00:55:17,048 --> 00:55:22,017 [bullets whizzing by] 750 00:55:22,019 --> 00:55:24,853 >> Three pads, two urgent, one priority. 751 00:55:45,442 --> 00:55:47,042 >> Break, break, break, break! 752 00:55:58,021 --> 00:56:01,757 >> Yankee, Delta, zero, four, niner, three, eight, 753 00:56:01,759 --> 00:56:09,098 six, five, four, one, three, zero. 754 00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:11,066 Mike: I was sitting there on this 755 00:56:11,068 --> 00:56:14,970 mountainside, hearing their radio calls come in. 756 00:56:14,972 --> 00:56:17,005 [indistinct radio chatter] 757 00:56:18,341 --> 00:56:21,443 "We need choppers now. These guys are gonna die." 758 00:56:29,285 --> 00:56:29,284 >> Roger. 759 00:56:29,286 --> 00:56:31,487 [indistinct radio chatter] 760 00:56:31,489 --> 00:56:34,690 >> Dammit. I need that Medevac now. 761 00:56:34,692 --> 00:56:40,295 >> And you knew... choppers weren't coming. 762 00:56:43,666 --> 00:56:46,101 >> Tell them, "Hey, the bird's coming, the bird's coming, 763 00:56:46,103 --> 00:56:47,569 just hang in there. The bird's coming." 764 00:56:47,571 --> 00:56:50,506 After awhile, you... the person saying 765 00:56:50,508 --> 00:56:53,442 it is getting tired and under-sure, and the 766 00:56:53,444 --> 00:56:55,611 person hearing it is getting tired and under-sure. 767 00:57:06,222 --> 00:57:07,623 >> Star cluster? 768 00:57:14,564 --> 00:57:16,965 [sighs] 769 00:57:16,967 --> 00:57:21,503 [dramatic sounds] 770 00:57:24,774 --> 00:57:26,175 >> There he is! 771 00:57:26,177 --> 00:57:27,209 [helicopter approaching] 772 00:57:27,211 --> 00:57:28,143 >> Medevac's inbound? 773 00:57:28,145 --> 00:57:37,252 >> Yeah. They're in the valley. 774 00:57:37,254 --> 00:57:37,986 >> Hell, yeah! 775 00:57:37,988 --> 00:57:41,990 [cheering] 776 00:57:41,992 --> 00:57:44,726 >> You pull in, turn sideways, and... 777 00:57:44,728 --> 00:57:49,131 ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. You just get lit up. 778 00:57:49,133 --> 00:57:53,569 [gunfire] 779 00:58:02,045 --> 00:58:03,946 >> Made multiple attempts, until the 780 00:58:03,948 --> 00:58:05,414 bird was, you know, it was damaged so 781 00:58:05,416 --> 00:58:07,416 bad, it actually had to go and land 782 00:58:07,418 --> 00:58:10,118 for immediate maintenance. 783 00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:16,492 [dramatic music plays] 784 00:58:24,934 --> 00:58:32,841 >> Fuck! Dammit! 785 00:58:32,843 --> 00:58:34,309 >> A kick in the balls, more than anything. 786 00:58:34,311 --> 00:58:36,912 As soon as we got 'em here, we just lost 'em 787 00:58:36,914 --> 00:58:43,652 again. Um... So we had to wait again. 788 00:58:43,654 --> 00:58:46,922 >> It was a very low moment, because you knew... 789 00:58:46,924 --> 00:58:56,965 nothing could get there to you. You were on your own. 790 00:58:56,967 --> 00:59:04,540 nothing could get there to you. You were on your own. 791 00:59:04,542 --> 00:59:06,542 >> It went through everybody's mind that, you know... 792 00:59:06,544 --> 00:59:11,079 this might be the day. This, this might be the day. 793 00:59:11,081 --> 00:59:13,849 Mike: You don't know who you are, how far you will 794 00:59:13,851 --> 00:59:16,285 go, until that moment, when you know 795 00:59:16,287 --> 00:59:20,088 someone is dying, and if you don't get there, 796 00:59:20,090 --> 00:59:26,061 they're going to die, and you may die trying to save them. 797 00:59:26,063 --> 00:59:29,698 And that's what these soldiers did. 798 00:59:29,700 --> 00:59:31,767 >> Hey, tell 'em, tell 'em I want a gun run from 799 00:59:31,769 --> 00:59:35,504 fucking west to east, running up this spur here. 800 00:59:35,506 --> 00:59:36,972 >> Arrechaga and the lead section had already started 801 00:59:36,974 --> 00:59:39,074 moving, roughly twenty minutes before. 802 00:59:39,076 --> 00:59:40,475 It probably took a couple minutes before, 803 00:59:40,477 --> 00:59:42,578 uh, they got ambushed. The insurgents that 804 00:59:42,580 --> 00:59:43,912 were attacking certain Arrechaga realized 805 00:59:43,914 --> 00:59:46,214 that they had caught 'em in a bad spot. 806 00:59:50,486 --> 00:59:55,324 [explosion] 807 00:59:55,326 --> 01:00:00,629 [gunfire] 808 01:00:00,631 --> 01:00:03,765 [missile whizzes] 809 01:00:08,237 --> 01:00:12,140 [gunfire] 810 01:00:12,142 --> 01:00:22,184 [dramatic percussion] 811 01:00:22,186 --> 01:00:30,525 [dramatic percussion] 812 01:01:09,332 --> 01:01:12,601 >> In the draw. Hey, they're in the draw, Meyers. 813 01:01:12,603 --> 01:01:15,137 >> Roger, sir. Nine-five-nine- th hr re ee e, hey, 814 01:01:15,139 --> 01:01:17,172 we got eyes on 'em in the draw now. Over. 815 01:01:17,174 --> 01:01:23,045 >> Hey! We'll provide coverage fire. You guys come to me! 816 01:01:23,047 --> 01:01:27,983 [gunfire] 817 01:01:44,634 --> 01:01:46,802 >> Cease fire! 818 01:01:46,804 --> 01:01:49,337 [indistinct radio chatter] 819 01:01:50,707 --> 01:01:52,074 >> What's that? 820 01:01:52,076 --> 01:01:54,409 >> What I heard was, uh, A.C.'s down. My 821 01:01:54,411 --> 01:01:56,278 men need help. It just clicked into 822 01:01:56,280 --> 01:01:57,979 my head. It was like muscle memory. 823 01:01:57,981 --> 01:02:00,882 You just run, you just run to them. 824 01:02:00,884 --> 01:02:02,084 >> Hey, Wade, get ready! 825 01:02:02,086 --> 01:02:04,519 >> Ready, sir! 826 01:02:11,761 --> 01:02:15,330 >> All right, let's get moving. 827 01:02:15,332 --> 01:02:17,532 >> Let's go, let's go! 828 01:02:17,534 --> 01:02:22,037 [gunfire] 829 01:02:22,039 --> 01:02:23,271 [dramatic music plays] 830 01:02:23,273 --> 01:02:25,874 Mike: In the middle of this battle, Specialist Lindskog, 831 01:02:25,876 --> 01:02:28,543 this timid young man who you wouldn't 832 01:02:28,545 --> 01:02:32,280 expect would do anything heroic, 833 01:02:32,282 --> 01:02:37,719 runs through a hail of gunfire, to try to save 834 01:02:37,721 --> 01:02:43,725 his fellow soldiers and another Afghan soldier. 835 01:02:43,727 --> 01:02:45,227 >> Let's go, let's go! 836 01:02:45,229 --> 01:02:46,962 [gunfire] 837 01:02:46,964 --> 01:02:48,597 >> Move! 838 01:02:48,599 --> 01:02:57,539 >> Go! 839 01:02:57,541 --> 01:02:58,840 >> Move, move, move, move, move! 840 01:02:58,842 --> 01:03:06,047 [explosion] 841 01:03:06,049 --> 01:03:09,651 [dramatic music plays] 842 01:03:09,653 --> 01:03:09,651 Kellis Richardson: As soon as I said, "Let's 843 01:03:09,653 --> 01:03:12,354 go," he grabbed his bag and took off running. 844 01:03:12,356 --> 01:03:13,288 He didn't ask a single question. 845 01:03:13,290 --> 01:03:14,790 He just grabbed his bag and 846 01:03:14,792 --> 01:03:15,891 stayed right behind me. 847 01:03:15,893 --> 01:03:19,928 >> I looked back and I saw him grab his, his, 848 01:03:19,930 --> 01:03:23,665 his, uh, his side. He was our medic. 849 01:03:23,667 --> 01:03:25,600 >> Lindskog was coherent enough to 850 01:03:25,602 --> 01:03:28,403 talk to Sizemore and tell him,"Hey do this 851 01:03:28,405 --> 01:03:30,772 for thay guy, do this for that guy." 852 01:03:30,774 --> 01:03:32,040 >> He wanted to do everything he could 853 01:03:32,042 --> 01:03:34,142 to give us medical advice, while he 854 01:03:34,144 --> 01:03:37,345 was hit, on how to treat him. 855 01:03:37,347 --> 01:03:38,547 >> He treated three people in, like, 856 01:03:38,549 --> 01:03:42,517 a matter of ten minutes. 857 01:03:42,519 --> 01:03:45,120 >> Oh, he was fully alert. He talked, 858 01:03:45,122 --> 01:03:48,256 up until the point he passed, uh, actually 859 01:03:48,258 --> 01:03:51,226 apologized for not being able to hang on. 860 01:03:51,228 --> 01:03:53,395 >> When he was sitting there bleeding out, he 861 01:03:53,397 --> 01:04:02,904 apologized... for dying. 862 01:04:02,906 --> 01:04:05,473 >> Go ahead, three-six. 863 01:04:05,475 --> 01:04:09,444 [gunfire in background] 864 01:04:14,383 --> 01:04:20,222 >> Roger. 865 01:04:20,224 --> 01:04:22,057 [sighs] 866 01:04:22,059 --> 01:04:27,829 >> How do you process that? 867 01:04:27,831 --> 01:04:31,900 As a reporter with a camera... 868 01:04:31,902 --> 01:04:41,042 [dramatic music plays] 869 01:04:41,044 --> 01:04:44,679 You don't. 870 01:04:44,681 --> 01:04:51,987 [gunfire] 871 01:04:51,989 --> 01:04:53,021 >> Fucker! 872 01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:09,971 [voice over radio] 873 01:05:09,973 --> 01:05:12,340 >> Roger, we don't know... 874 01:05:12,342 --> 01:05:15,777 >> Give me this radio. Get it on battalion. 875 01:05:18,281 --> 01:05:19,681 >> When we gun it, a three hundred and 876 01:05:19,683 --> 01:05:21,650 sixty degree fire fight, coming down on our 877 01:05:21,652 --> 01:05:23,919 current position. You should have it, right? 878 01:05:23,921 --> 01:05:25,687 >> Fuck, dude! 879 01:05:25,689 --> 01:05:28,590 >> I tried to let you know as, soon as I saw it. 880 01:05:28,592 --> 01:05:30,358 >> Okay, listen up. Prepare to copy, all right? 881 01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:32,694 I got two urgent surgicals. They're 882 01:05:32,696 --> 01:05:35,430 at building one-three-zero. 883 01:05:35,432 --> 01:05:42,470 [gunfire] 884 01:05:46,175 --> 01:05:50,578 [muted sounds] 885 01:05:50,580 --> 01:05:56,318 >> I could tell by A.C.'s tone of voice that, uh... I'm, I'm 886 01:05:56,320 --> 01:05:58,787 pretty sure he didn't think he was gonna make it out of there. 887 01:05:58,789 --> 01:06:01,222 [dramatic music plays] 888 01:06:05,261 --> 01:06:07,796 >> Looked to A.C. like, "A.C., this is gonna hurt." 889 01:06:07,798 --> 01:06:09,731 At that point, he was like, "I don't care. I'll 890 01:06:09,733 --> 01:06:12,734 take the pain. I just wanna get out of here." 891 01:06:12,736 --> 01:06:16,171 [helicopter whirring] 892 01:06:17,606 --> 01:06:29,150 >> He actually, you know, did us the big A.C. smile. 893 01:06:29,152 --> 01:06:33,822 >> Couldn't explain, in words, how I felt... 894 01:06:33,824 --> 01:06:37,225 After helping them out, having to run down there, 895 01:06:37,227 --> 01:06:39,594 all that effort... and you know, the only 896 01:06:39,596 --> 01:06:41,363 thing that I could question myself, 897 01:06:41,365 --> 01:06:43,498 which I try not to do, is I could 898 01:06:43,500 --> 01:06:48,570 have ran faster, you know. 899 01:06:49,872 --> 01:06:50,739 >> Watch it! 900 01:06:50,741 --> 01:06:51,940 [indistinct yelling] 901 01:06:51,942 --> 01:06:52,340 [gunfire] 902 01:06:52,808 --> 01:06:54,209 >> Go, go, go, go! 903 01:06:54,211 --> 01:07:00,749 Go, man! 904 01:07:00,751 --> 01:07:03,685 >> Shit. 905 01:07:03,687 --> 01:07:03,685 >> You okay? 906 01:07:03,687 --> 01:07:05,086 >> It's definitely exposed. 907 01:07:05,088 --> 01:07:06,087 >> Get back. 908 01:07:06,089 --> 01:07:07,756 >> Come on. Get farther in there. 909 01:07:07,758 --> 01:07:11,693 >> Hey, go in the fucking doors. 910 01:07:11,695 --> 01:07:12,994 >> Hey, Kent! 911 01:07:12,996 --> 01:07:13,895 >> Loaded, sir. 912 01:07:13,897 --> 01:07:15,296 >> He's right here. 913 01:07:15,298 --> 01:07:16,898 >> All right, breathe. 914 01:07:16,900 --> 01:07:18,166 Who else was with us? 915 01:07:18,168 --> 01:07:18,166 >> Albright. 916 01:07:18,168 --> 01:07:18,166 >> Albright, right here. 917 01:07:18,168 --> 01:07:19,667 >> Albright? 918 01:07:19,669 --> 01:07:19,667 So... 919 01:07:19,669 --> 01:07:21,870 >> Two, three, four, five... 920 01:07:21,872 --> 01:07:24,239 >> Hey, where's, where's Meyers? 921 01:07:24,241 --> 01:07:27,242 >> He, he, he didn't make it up. 922 01:07:27,244 --> 01:07:30,745 >> Hey, Meyers! Meyers! 923 01:07:30,747 --> 01:07:39,788 [middle eastern music plays] 924 01:08:00,743 --> 01:08:04,045 Brit Jacobs: This is Strong Eagle Three. 925 01:08:04,047 --> 01:08:04,045 Got up to our over watch 926 01:08:04,047 --> 01:08:11,286 position. Uh, wasn't... wasn't that easy, 927 01:08:11,288 --> 01:08:13,922 uh, this time, as, as it has been 928 01:08:13,924 --> 01:08:16,424 in other operations. 929 01:08:30,473 --> 01:08:32,941 >> He actually had to fix his boot. His shoelace 930 01:08:32,943 --> 01:08:35,810 was busted, so we were just joking around a little bit. 931 01:08:35,812 --> 01:08:37,078 >> Let's talk about the seven layers of hell. 932 01:08:37,080 --> 01:08:38,813 >> Yeah. Right here in Afghanistan. 933 01:08:38,815 --> 01:08:41,015 >> Well, I think we're at about layer four or five now. 934 01:08:41,017 --> 01:08:42,784 [chuckles] 935 01:08:42,786 --> 01:08:44,719 >> I heard, like, a couple Afghanis talking, like, 936 01:08:44,721 --> 01:08:46,421 really quiet, just a couple whispers, 937 01:08:46,423 --> 01:08:47,689 and they were right in the trees above 938 01:08:47,691 --> 01:08:49,057 us, and I asked Sergeant Burgess, 939 01:08:49,059 --> 01:08:50,592 like, we don't have no A and A right next to us, right? 940 01:08:50,594 --> 01:08:54,796 And he said, "No," and soon as, soon as he said no... 941 01:08:54,798 --> 01:08:57,398 I heard, I heard 'em flip their, flip their weapon 942 01:08:57,400 --> 01:08:59,434 to fire, and started opening up on us. 943 01:08:59,436 --> 01:09:04,172 [gunfire] 944 01:09:04,174 --> 01:09:06,674 [dramatic sounds] 945 01:09:17,419 --> 01:09:20,188 >> I'm looking at the trees, just, you know... 946 01:09:20,190 --> 01:09:21,356 They're literally in the trees firing 947 01:09:21,358 --> 01:09:23,992 down at us. What is, what kind of 948 01:09:23,994 --> 01:09:25,026 crazy crap is that? 949 01:09:25,028 --> 01:09:26,461 >> I started shooting up in the trees, 'cause 950 01:09:26,463 --> 01:09:29,731 they were directly above us, and 951 01:09:29,733 --> 01:09:31,466 it was all pretty much chaos from there. 952 01:09:39,875 --> 01:09:45,280 [bullet whizzes] 953 01:09:45,282 --> 01:09:47,315 Eric Matheson: We made a plan to get 954 01:09:47,317 --> 01:09:49,150 the hell out of there, and, and make sure 955 01:09:49,152 --> 01:09:50,485 we radioed it forward to the rest of 956 01:09:50,487 --> 01:09:52,587 the element, which we did, and we 957 01:09:52,589 --> 01:09:54,122 all got up out of there, and unbeknownst to 958 01:09:54,124 --> 01:09:56,191 us, the gun team stayed behind, including 959 01:09:56,193 --> 01:10:02,530 Smith, Mark Gonzalez, uh, Jeremy Faulkner... 960 01:10:02,532 --> 01:10:04,699 [gunfire] 961 01:10:05,534 --> 01:10:06,701 [indistinct yelling] 962 01:10:06,703 --> 01:10:11,072 >> Go, man! 963 01:10:11,074 --> 01:10:14,542 >> That's when Jeremy was, uh, shot and killed. 964 01:10:21,717 --> 01:10:23,251 >> We can't fucking move, and we're 965 01:10:23,253 --> 01:10:24,619 waiting on this stuff -- Hey! 966 01:10:24,621 --> 01:10:25,987 [indistinct yelling 967 01:10:37,533 --> 01:10:39,334 Bryan Smith: I heard my buddies saying 968 01:10:39,336 --> 01:10:40,468 that they were hit. 969 01:10:40,470 --> 01:10:41,970 >> I heard the radio go on, and I heard 970 01:10:41,972 --> 01:10:43,805 someone kind of whimpering. No one 971 01:10:43,807 --> 01:10:45,073 told me that there were casualties. 972 01:10:45,075 --> 01:10:46,908 I knew, because of that whimpering. 973 01:10:46,910 --> 01:10:48,743 >> Dusty Feldhaus, he was hit at least 974 01:10:48,745 --> 01:10:50,445 five times. 975 01:11:09,832 --> 01:11:11,699 >> ...and he was apologizing as if, you know, he had 976 01:11:11,701 --> 01:11:15,970 something to, to apologize for. I mean, naw, don't... 977 01:11:15,972 --> 01:11:18,640 you know, "I'm sorry." What are you sorry for? 978 01:11:18,642 --> 01:11:21,376 So... you're a freaking hero. We love you. 979 01:11:21,378 --> 01:11:22,210 >> Yep. Yeah. 980 01:11:22,212 --> 01:11:23,611 >> We miss you. 981 01:11:26,949 --> 01:11:28,583 Bryan Burgess: My daughter is Makayah. 982 01:11:28,585 --> 01:11:31,886 She turns four next month. My, my son 983 01:11:31,888 --> 01:11:36,758 is Xander. He turns three in January. 984 01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:37,859 >> Cool. You miss 'em? 985 01:11:37,861 --> 01:11:39,027 >> I do. 986 01:11:39,029 --> 01:11:40,328 >> How much? 987 01:11:40,330 --> 01:11:42,063 >> A lot. 988 01:11:42,065 --> 01:11:48,002 [dramatic music plays] 989 01:11:48,004 --> 01:11:56,778 [singing indistinctly] 990 01:11:56,780 --> 01:12:00,782 >> All right, Feldhaus, show us how to fight. 991 01:12:00,784 --> 01:12:04,819 [indistinct chatter and laughter] 992 01:12:10,359 --> 01:12:13,728 >> They're dying. 993 01:12:13,730 --> 01:12:18,633 And they're fighting, not for some war on terror. 994 01:12:18,635 --> 01:12:25,673 They're fighting for their buddies. 995 01:12:25,675 --> 01:12:27,141 Mike: What kept you going? 996 01:12:27,143 --> 01:12:29,610 >> The rest of these guys. 997 01:12:29,612 --> 01:12:32,647 >> We all kind of saw it in us to, to, to try to 998 01:12:32,649 --> 01:12:34,749 be strong, if, if not for us, for, at 999 01:12:34,751 --> 01:12:36,651 least, you know, the guy beside us. 1000 01:12:36,653 --> 01:12:38,419 >> I stayed there, even though, I should... 1001 01:12:38,421 --> 01:12:41,222 my, my instinct was to get the hell out of there, 1002 01:12:41,224 --> 01:12:44,792 but I stayed there for all my guys, my squad, my, 1003 01:12:44,794 --> 01:12:49,297 my platoon, stayed there for the bastards. 1004 01:12:51,367 --> 01:12:56,604 >> They're sacrifices are not going to be forgotten. 1005 01:13:03,045 --> 01:13:06,280 >> Got, um, hoisted out, and that was, 1006 01:13:06,282 --> 01:13:13,855 that was good, all three of them. 1007 01:13:13,857 --> 01:13:15,790 Continue getting [unintelligible] to traffic. 1008 01:13:15,792 --> 01:13:21,796 We found a bunch of enemy weapons, enemy I.D.s, so... 1009 01:13:21,798 --> 01:13:25,066 found the radio station. 1010 01:13:25,068 --> 01:13:28,503 [aircraft overhead] 1011 01:14:12,548 --> 01:14:13,314 >> John, what, what are you cooking there, dude? 1012 01:14:13,316 --> 01:14:14,315 [sizzling] 1013 01:14:14,317 --> 01:14:16,117 >> Um, I'm cooking up, uh, paratha. 1014 01:14:16,119 --> 01:14:16,617 [speaking arabic in background] 1015 01:14:16,619 --> 01:14:17,518 >> What? Paratha? 1016 01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:18,486 >> Yeah. Paratha. 1017 01:14:18,488 --> 01:14:19,554 >> Paratha. 1018 01:14:19,556 --> 01:14:20,154 >> Paratha. 1019 01:14:20,156 --> 01:14:20,855 >> Paratha. 1020 01:14:20,857 --> 01:14:21,789 [laughter] 1021 01:14:21,791 --> 01:14:22,790 >> Yeah. Paratha. 1022 01:14:22,792 --> 01:14:25,092 >> Paratha. 1023 01:14:25,094 --> 01:14:27,128 Looks good. 1024 01:14:27,130 --> 01:14:28,429 >> Inshallah. 1025 01:14:28,431 --> 01:14:31,966 [laughter] 1026 01:14:31,968 --> 01:14:32,567 >> You want some, Jim? 1027 01:14:32,569 --> 01:14:33,167 >> Yeah. 1028 01:14:33,169 --> 01:14:33,801 >> Yo! 1029 01:14:33,803 --> 01:14:33,801 >> Don't listen to Hoosa. 1030 01:14:33,803 --> 01:14:36,737 >> Hoosa had one whole bread, man. 1031 01:14:36,739 --> 01:14:38,372 >> Hoosa had, he already had his own. 1032 01:14:38,374 --> 01:14:40,541 [indistinct chatter] 1033 01:14:40,543 --> 01:14:41,375 Kellis Richardson: As a leader, you gotta put it 1034 01:14:41,377 --> 01:14:42,577 out of your mind and keep going, 1035 01:14:42,579 --> 01:14:43,778 and keep moving on for the guys, 1036 01:14:43,780 --> 01:14:45,146 so they don't, uh, they don't get all 1037 01:14:45,148 --> 01:14:49,517 tripped out and stuff, so... just keep going. 1038 01:15:02,397 --> 01:15:04,065 >> Sure was. 1039 01:15:04,067 --> 01:15:04,065 [goat bleets] 1040 01:15:04,067 --> 01:15:04,065 >> So what is the goat saying there? 1041 01:15:04,067 --> 01:15:07,201 >> The goat's named Roman. 1042 01:15:07,203 --> 01:15:07,935 >> Roman? 1043 01:15:07,937 --> 01:15:09,070 >> Yeah, Roman. 1044 01:15:09,072 --> 01:15:11,506 [laughter] 1045 01:15:11,508 --> 01:15:15,776 And, uh, this is a gift for Captain Maud. 1046 01:15:15,778 --> 01:15:16,844 [indistinct chatter] 1047 01:15:16,846 --> 01:15:19,914 [chicks chirping] 1048 01:15:19,916 --> 01:15:21,148 Mike: Is that your new friend? 1049 01:15:21,150 --> 01:15:22,717 >> It is my new friend. 1050 01:15:22,719 --> 01:15:22,717 >> What are you gonna -- 1051 01:15:22,719 --> 01:15:26,153 >> I'm gonna name him... Pep. 1052 01:15:26,155 --> 01:15:31,292 You okay, Pep? How are you? 1053 01:15:31,294 --> 01:15:34,795 Go back to your mama. Go back to your mother. 1054 01:15:34,797 --> 01:15:35,730 >> Ooh! 1055 01:15:35,732 --> 01:15:37,331 >> First fly! You got it on camera! Good. 1056 01:15:37,333 --> 01:15:39,100 >> Yay! 1057 01:15:39,102 --> 01:15:43,271 [laughter] 1058 01:15:43,273 --> 01:15:44,105 [exclaims] 1059 01:15:44,107 --> 01:15:44,805 [birds squawking] 1060 01:15:44,807 --> 01:15:52,113 [laughter] 1061 01:15:52,115 --> 01:15:53,581 You have a problem with a fucking chicken. 1062 01:15:53,583 --> 01:15:53,581 [laughter] 1063 01:15:53,583 --> 01:15:55,149 >> The chicken flew up here and he 1064 01:15:55,151 --> 01:15:58,119 just made him, like, reject it. 1065 01:15:58,121 --> 01:15:59,854 >> Damn. 1066 01:15:59,856 --> 01:16:01,422 [laughter] 1067 01:16:03,358 --> 01:16:06,727 >> Like, I've never seen someone just up that fast in my life. 1068 01:16:06,729 --> 01:16:08,863 [all laughing] 1069 01:16:08,865 --> 01:16:12,300 [indistinct chatter] 1070 01:16:12,302 --> 01:16:13,901 >> It was a rough day. 1071 01:16:13,903 --> 01:16:19,507 >> Sure was. 1072 01:16:19,509 --> 01:16:21,742 >> How do you think today's gonna go? 1073 01:16:21,744 --> 01:16:23,811 >> Hopefully, better than it was yesterday. 1074 01:16:23,813 --> 01:16:26,581 [dramatic music plays] 1075 01:16:26,583 --> 01:16:27,448 [indistinct yelling] 1076 01:16:27,450 --> 01:16:28,616 [canons firing] 1077 01:16:28,618 --> 01:16:30,184 [cheers] 1078 01:16:34,489 --> 01:16:37,858 >> This went on for nine days. 1079 01:16:37,860 --> 01:16:38,559 [gunfire] 1080 01:16:38,561 --> 01:16:40,428 [indistinct yelling] 1081 01:16:51,907 --> 01:16:54,809 >> Hey, we got forty-five seconds til a bomb drop. 1082 01:16:54,811 --> 01:16:57,345 [unintelligible chatter] 1083 01:17:09,124 --> 01:17:14,962 [yelling in arabic] 1084 01:17:14,964 --> 01:17:16,163 >> Motherfuckers. 1085 01:17:22,070 --> 01:17:27,274 [helicopter whirs] 1086 01:17:27,276 --> 01:17:29,276 >> Six-four, roger. 1087 01:17:29,278 --> 01:17:30,478 [gunfire] 1088 01:17:30,480 --> 01:17:39,920 [yelling in arabic] 1089 01:17:39,922 --> 01:17:43,958 [crashing] 1090 01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:45,760 >> Take that! Yeah! 1091 01:17:45,762 --> 01:17:47,728 [soldiers cheering] 1092 01:17:47,730 --> 01:17:49,296 Yes! 1093 01:17:49,298 --> 01:17:50,831 >> I don't think they liked our bombs. 1094 01:17:50,833 --> 01:17:52,800 >> I don't think they did either. 1095 01:17:52,802 --> 01:17:53,567 Mike: Do you know why you've done 1096 01:17:53,569 --> 01:17:54,502 this for twenty-two years? 1097 01:17:54,504 --> 01:17:55,803 >> Sir, I do not know why I've done it for 1098 01:17:55,805 --> 01:17:59,173 twenty-two years. I've just, I've enjoyed it, and I've 1099 01:17:59,175 --> 01:18:02,777 just kept doing it and... As long as I can stay 1100 01:18:02,779 --> 01:18:04,912 healthy and keep doing it, I'm gonna keep doing it. 1101 01:18:04,914 --> 01:18:06,947 >> I can't see myself doing anything else. 1102 01:18:12,854 --> 01:18:12,853 >> Yeah. 1103 01:18:12,855 --> 01:18:15,156 >> Even after a mission like this. 1104 01:18:15,158 --> 01:18:19,126 [helicopter whirring] 1105 01:18:21,763 --> 01:18:23,898 >> I think that we made a huge difference here, 1106 01:18:23,900 --> 01:18:25,466 that we reduced the insurgent credibility 1107 01:18:25,468 --> 01:18:27,134 here. We went right in their back yard, 1108 01:18:27,136 --> 01:18:30,104 right in their home town, and, and succeeded. 1109 01:18:30,106 --> 01:18:31,605 >> It's hard to tell families that their 1110 01:18:31,607 --> 01:18:35,443 sacrifice quantifiably made a difference, 1111 01:18:35,445 --> 01:18:37,411 'cause they're ten thousand miles away, 1112 01:18:37,413 --> 01:18:38,846 and you're trying to explain that to 'em, 1113 01:18:38,848 --> 01:18:41,315 and their husband, their father, their 1114 01:18:41,317 --> 01:18:45,853 son is, is, is, uh, is not coming home. 1115 01:18:45,855 --> 01:18:52,860 [dramatic sounds] 1116 01:19:17,586 --> 01:19:26,160 [helicopter whirring] 1117 01:19:27,996 --> 01:19:29,296 [announcement over speaker] 1118 01:19:29,298 --> 01:19:30,564 >> Attention! 1119 01:19:30,566 --> 01:19:32,500 [soldiers respond indistinctly] 1120 01:19:48,450 --> 01:19:50,151 >> Staff Sergeant Sizemore is also receiving a second 1121 01:19:50,153 --> 01:19:53,120 bronze star Medal of Valor for Operation Strong Eagle Three. 1122 01:20:13,008 --> 01:20:21,415 ["The Star Spangled Banner" plays] 1123 01:20:21,417 --> 01:20:21,415 >> To those fought beside us, this is the 1124 01:20:21,417 --> 01:20:24,785 time to reflect on how we can best carry their memory 1125 01:20:24,787 --> 01:20:27,154 forward, and ensure their sacrifice is for a greater 1126 01:20:27,156 --> 01:20:32,193 good, and that we'll never let their memory fade. 1127 01:20:32,195 --> 01:20:34,829 >> It was hard. I knew all of them, and as 1128 01:20:34,831 --> 01:20:37,998 a task force commander, it's very difficult to, to 1129 01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:41,235 know that the orders you gave for combat cost us. 1130 01:20:41,237 --> 01:20:43,671 >> They gave their life for what they believed in and 1131 01:20:43,673 --> 01:20:46,841 for their buddies. It's our responsibility to 1132 01:20:46,843 --> 01:20:50,377 remember their courage, their commitment, and their heroism. 1133 01:20:50,379 --> 01:20:52,680 >> Every soldier in No Slack knows that 1134 01:20:52,682 --> 01:20:56,083 if that time comes, that the honor and 1135 01:20:56,085 --> 01:20:59,220 respect is bestowed on them, for their 1136 01:20:59,222 --> 01:21:02,056 ultimate sacrifice will always be met. 1137 01:21:02,058 --> 01:21:05,392 >> Sound off for roll call! 1138 01:21:05,394 --> 01:21:06,427 Sergeant Mendez? 1139 01:21:06,429 --> 01:21:08,963 >> Here, Sir Major. 1140 01:21:08,965 --> 01:21:10,331 >> Sergeant Trickendaus? 1141 01:21:10,333 --> 01:21:12,833 >> Here, Sir Major. 1142 01:21:12,835 --> 01:21:18,138 >> Specialist Lindskog? 1143 01:21:18,140 --> 01:21:25,646 Specialist Jameson L. Lindskog? 1144 01:21:25,648 --> 01:21:28,249 [dramatic music plays] 1145 01:21:33,388 --> 01:21:36,457 >> Lindskog was a young guy. You know, 1146 01:21:36,459 --> 01:21:41,929 who knows what he could have brought to the world. 1147 01:21:41,931 --> 01:21:43,597 >> Cary Fruthers, as he, himself, needed 1148 01:21:43,599 --> 01:21:50,170 urgent care. This is heroism defined. 1149 01:21:50,172 --> 01:21:55,409 >> Sergeant First Class Arrechaga? 1150 01:21:55,411 --> 01:21:59,813 Sergeant First Class Ofren Arrechaga. 1151 01:22:14,496 --> 01:22:15,863 >> He was the rock for the platoon. He was the, 1152 01:22:15,865 --> 01:22:18,232 uh, humor. He was always the, the happy 1153 01:22:18,234 --> 01:22:22,736 guy. He always had a smile on his face. 1154 01:22:22,738 --> 01:22:25,406 >> These bonds are so close that... 1155 01:22:25,408 --> 01:22:27,074 you're not gonna leave somebody out there to 1156 01:22:27,076 --> 01:22:28,876 get shot or die by themselves. You're 1157 01:22:28,878 --> 01:22:29,677 gonna run out there and help them, 1158 01:22:29,679 --> 01:22:36,684 no matter what. 1159 01:22:36,686 --> 01:22:40,387 >> Staff Sergeant Frank Adamski. 1160 01:22:40,389 --> 01:22:45,559 Staff Sergeant Frank E. Adamski. 1161 01:22:54,202 --> 01:22:57,037 >> Sergeant Adamski was a husband, father, 1162 01:22:57,039 --> 01:23:02,710 a squad leader, and my best friend. 1163 01:23:02,712 --> 01:23:07,948 >> Staff Sergeant Bryan Burgess. 1164 01:23:07,950 --> 01:23:12,853 Staff Sergeant Bryan A. Burgess. 1165 01:23:17,959 --> 01:23:19,493 >> The last thing Sergeant Burgess said to 1166 01:23:19,495 --> 01:23:22,196 me was, uh, "Where's my chariot?" He was 1167 01:23:22,198 --> 01:23:24,231 talking about the Medevac bird. 1168 01:23:24,233 --> 01:23:26,433 About the sixty that was hovering above us. 1169 01:23:26,435 --> 01:23:27,301 "Where's my chariot?" 1170 01:23:27,303 --> 01:23:29,536 And I said, "It's right here." 1171 01:23:29,538 --> 01:23:33,741 >> Specialist Dustin Feldhaus. 1172 01:23:33,743 --> 01:23:38,779 Specialist Dustin J. Feldhaus. 1173 01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:47,588 >> We went through thick and thin together, 1174 01:23:47,590 --> 01:23:49,656 and though I am sad that he's gone, I'll 1175 01:23:49,658 --> 01:23:53,327 always cherish the memories that I have shared with him. 1176 01:23:53,329 --> 01:24:00,134 I love you, Mouse. Rest in peace, brother. 1177 01:24:00,136 --> 01:24:05,806 >> P.F.C, Jeremy Faulkner. 1178 01:24:05,808 --> 01:24:11,245 P.F.C. Jeremy P. Faulkner. 1179 01:24:16,751 --> 01:24:18,419 >> With such a famous last name, I told him he should 1180 01:24:18,421 --> 01:24:20,521 live up to it. He gave back to me, 1181 01:24:20,523 --> 01:24:23,290 and no kidding, he told me, quote, 1182 01:24:23,292 --> 01:24:27,928 "I'm gonna make history, sir, not write about it." 1183 01:24:27,930 --> 01:24:29,363 >> You'll always be remembered, and 1184 01:24:29,365 --> 01:24:31,832 you'll always be loved by all the bastards. 1185 01:24:31,834 --> 01:24:37,371 Rest in peace, Remy. 1186 01:24:37,373 --> 01:24:43,343 [yells command] 1187 01:24:43,345 --> 01:24:51,185 [guns firing] 1188 01:24:51,187 --> 01:24:59,827 >> It becomes, uh, to a point, that it gets to be enough. 1189 01:25:13,741 --> 01:25:17,244 [yells command] 1190 01:25:18,546 --> 01:25:24,418 >> All these men, his men, dead. 1191 01:25:24,420 --> 01:25:30,424 He didn't know the camera was rolling. 1192 01:25:30,426 --> 01:25:34,895 He hung back the whole time. When 1193 01:25:34,897 --> 01:25:39,500 no one else was around, he walked up, and he 1194 01:25:39,502 --> 01:25:50,777 let the tears of this entire war come out, right there. 1195 01:25:50,779 --> 01:25:54,081 And I could do nothing... 1196 01:25:54,083 --> 01:25:56,183 but cry, myself. 1197 01:25:56,185 --> 01:26:03,991 [solemn music plays] 1198 01:26:19,641 --> 01:26:23,177 You sit down and you come to grips with 1199 01:26:23,179 --> 01:26:29,249 your life. But you have to realize that 1200 01:26:29,251 --> 01:26:38,792 what you've done is something important. 1201 01:26:38,794 --> 01:26:42,563 And you hope you've left something behind. 1202 01:26:50,071 --> 01:26:55,509 We only do this to make a difference. 1203 01:26:55,511 --> 01:27:01,448 That's why you constantly keep going back, 1204 01:27:01,450 --> 01:27:06,954 keep fighting, keep trying to tell these stories. 1205 01:27:06,956 --> 01:27:16,363 Otherwise, my whole life's been for nothing. 1206 01:27:16,365 --> 01:27:23,637 You know something? It's been for something. 1207 01:27:23,639 --> 01:27:26,073 It has. 1208 01:27:26,075 --> 01:27:36,149 [uplifting music plays] 1209 01:29:47,315 --> 01:29:49,416 >> I think I have an I.E.D. on you. 1210 01:29:49,418 --> 01:29:50,984 We'll have to dig and find out. 1211 01:29:50,986 --> 01:29:52,352 >>Dude. 1212 01:29:52,354 --> 01:29:53,286 [children chattering] 1213 01:29:53,288 --> 01:29:58,492 [laughter] 1214 01:29:58,494 --> 01:29:59,559 >> Is she still following me? 1215 01:29:59,561 --> 01:30:00,927 >> Yep. 1216 01:30:00,929 --> 01:30:04,698 [speaking arabic] 1217 01:30:04,700 --> 01:30:06,566 Good luck with that tractor. 1218 01:30:06,568 --> 01:30:09,503 >> Hey, buddy. How you doing? 1219 01:30:09,505 --> 01:30:12,339 High, high five. There you go! 1220 01:30:12,341 --> 01:30:14,541 Fist bump! No fist bump? 1221 01:30:14,543 --> 01:30:15,375 >> No. 1222 01:30:15,377 --> 01:30:19,246 >> Oh. I'm hurt. 1223 01:30:19,248 --> 01:30:21,281 [speaks arabic] 1224 01:30:21,283 --> 01:30:22,382 [makes whooshing sound] 1225 01:30:22,384 --> 01:30:25,285 >> Mott, hold the tea cup up and said, "America." 1226 01:30:25,287 --> 01:30:26,119 >> "America." 1227 01:30:26,121 --> 01:30:27,554 [laughter] 1228 01:30:27,556 --> 01:30:35,629 [rock music plays] 1229 01:30:49,811 --> 01:31:01,388 >> Yeah! Whoo! 1230 01:31:01,390 --> 01:31:06,026 [children chattering] 1231 01:32:02,250 --> 01:32:05,018 Mike: What do you miss most about home on Fourth of July? 1232 01:32:05,020 --> 01:32:07,420 >> Spending time with my family. 1233 01:32:07,422 --> 01:32:09,623 But I have my new family here, so I'll spend quality 1234 01:32:09,625 --> 01:32:11,591 time with my new family. To everybody 1235 01:32:11,593 --> 01:32:13,960 back home, I miss you and I love you. 1236 01:32:13,962 --> 01:32:15,195 >> What kind of message would you wanna give 1237 01:32:15,197 --> 01:32:17,330 Americans about what you've been doing here, 1238 01:32:17,332 --> 01:32:19,799 and on this Fourth of July? 1239 01:32:19,801 --> 01:32:23,069 >> I'd say, uh, to support the troops. It's, uh, it's 1240 01:32:23,071 --> 01:32:24,538 pretty tough, being out here. 1241 01:32:24,540 --> 01:32:27,007 >> We're so blessed with what we have back in the States, 1242 01:32:27,009 --> 01:32:29,309 and I just hope everyone remembers that back home. 1243 01:32:29,311 --> 01:32:35,282 >> Puts a different perspective on what it means to be American. 1244 01:32:35,284 --> 01:32:35,315 ["Chariots" plays]