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C.J. Chivers has the following from the guys in the Korengal for today-
In Bleak Afghan Outpost Troops Slog On-NYT May 14, 2009
Superb bit of writing as the NYT continues following the travails of 1-26 Infantry in the Korengal. Further, the accompanying video SHOWS the ambush and firefight where PFC Dewater is KIA by a command-detonated IED. You see a LOT of the battle and a superb view of the land. There's also a multi-media slide show.
The article reads like a company air assault in the valley and a sweep above 9,000 ft. that hit nothing. Also reads like most of the company was out overnight to do so.
The article covers the same unit which lost PFC Dewater a few days before to a command-detonated IED. Also the same that had sprung an ambush the day before the TIC that killed Dewater when they caught, IIRC 13 or so on a trail crossing.
Brutal contest of wills limited by the terrain to the numbers that can be sustained by either, I suspect. Claustrophobic too. Forests and tight deep valleys.
The video which accompanies this story fully shows the contact in which Dewater is killed. You see a LOT of the fight and a very good look at the terrain.
Very powerful imagry.
THIS remains my single most favorite photo of the war. For those that read to here, enjoy.
God bless our guys.
In Bleak Afghan Outpost Troops Slog On-NYT May 14, 2009
Superb bit of writing as the NYT continues following the travails of 1-26 Infantry in the Korengal. Further, the accompanying video SHOWS the ambush and firefight where PFC Dewater is KIA by a command-detonated IED. You see a LOT of the battle and a superb view of the land. There's also a multi-media slide show.
The article reads like a company air assault in the valley and a sweep above 9,000 ft. that hit nothing. Also reads like most of the company was out overnight to do so.
The article covers the same unit which lost PFC Dewater a few days before to a command-detonated IED. Also the same that had sprung an ambush the day before the TIC that killed Dewater when they caught, IIRC 13 or so on a trail crossing.
Brutal contest of wills limited by the terrain to the numbers that can be sustained by either, I suspect. Claustrophobic too. Forests and tight deep valleys.
The video which accompanies this story fully shows the contact in which Dewater is killed. You see a LOT of the fight and a very good look at the terrain.
Very powerful imagry.
THIS remains my single most favorite photo of the war. For those that read to here, enjoy.
God bless our guys.
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