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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.![Usflag :usflag: :usflag:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cute/usflag.gif)
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.
![Usflag :usflag: :usflag:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cute/usflag.gif)
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