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Normally happens. i have seen to get somebody something over a week or two but for 47 years. >> in september of 1970, captain rose was an army medic on a top-secret mission. his unit was attacked. over the next four days, he would repeatedly run into enemy fire to treat the wounded. are you thinking you are going to get out of this alive? >> no. on the 14th of september, i figure that was my last day on earth. >> firing at the enemy and dragging a wounded soldier, he was hit by shrapnel. yet he ...

Called on his second combat mission. he was the only medic for 136 men who embarked on one of the groups biggest missions of the war. "operation tail wind." it was to prevent the north vietnamese from funneling weapons along the ho chi minh trail to use against our american troops. helicopters dropped the unit into laos. before they even touched the ground, enemy fire struck three men. once they landed in the clearing, they rushed to the jungle for much-needed cover. soon another man was shot ou...

Cover. sergeant rose continuously exposed himself to bullets. he was knocked from his feet and injured his hand leg and foot. he continued to render aid to other soldiers. do you evering the attempted medevac he again exposed himself to enemy fire as he attempted to hoist wounded up to the helicopter unable to land due to unsuitable ter reiraiterrain. the helicopter crashed a few miles away due to the heavy attempts of extraction. he continued to expose him to enemy fire to treat the wounded est...

>> michael story doesnt end there. soon after the helicopter lifted off the ground, the chopper was hit by enemy fire. mike, this is serious stuff. this was not a good four days. the bullets tragically struck a young marine gunner in the throat. again, mike rushed to help, as he wrapped a cloth around the marines neck, the engine of the helicopter failed. and the aircraft crashed less than a mile from where it had taken off. mike was thrown off the aircraft before it hit the ground, but he raced...

These pentagon documents, e-mail exchanges between the pentagon and white house. first of all you did a nice job summarizing it. and i cant really tell you how i learned it because that would be revealing a source, but i will tell that you i did see the e-mail chain which involved senior people in the white house, and the executive secretary for defense secretary james mattis. it was clear from the e-mail exchange that even after the president had said via radio interview tuesday morning that ...

Contacting families, its actually not a bad story from his point of view. but he seems to have this reflex to exaggerate, to burnish his own reputation, to criticize those who question him, and he cant just be good at something, he has to be the best. he has to be better than all his predecessors. that kind of thing gets him in trouble. this shows that his aides knew it. >> john, very quickly, the concept made contact with, does that necessarily imply a phone conversation or can it be something ...

Islamic militants grow over time, whether its boko haram, whether its al qaeda in the islamic ma greb and increasingly affiliates for isis. so we have been working steadily across the obama administration and now to this administration with the french whove been historically taking the lead in that area. and thats why you saw them have a much more significant presence and bring the support in. but also i took note of the reports that said the vehicle that these soldiers were traveling in was una...

Because the time to think about tomorrow is today. and were back with john kellys remarkable statements this afternoon. he suffered the unthinkable loss of his who was killed in afghanistan in 2010. i want to bring in now paul montee who unfortunately also knows that pain all too well as viewers of the show know, weve covered the story before. paul is the father of posthumans army sergeant jared montee who lost his life in afghanistan in 2006 when he ran straight into enemy fire to try to save...

The call never comes. is hes going to send him $25,000. the check isnt sent today when the story gets out. these are two reports we have tonight. we begin with how the president and his white house are dealing with the criticism of another family of a fallen soldier, one of four u.s. servicemen killed by enemy fire in niger. he was 25 years old with a wife, two young children and a third on the way. today the woman who raised him said the president disrespected her son with what he said in the c...

Actual primary killing that takes place and exchange of fire is very explosive and it doesnt last for a long period of time. and the other thing is, the unit integrity was broken down by the sheer violence of an ambush. these are very chaotic things. well disciplined troops, believe me. at that point when youre under such intense enemy fire, you are absolutely fighting to protect your life at that point. and youre outnumbered and outgunned and you know that this is a life ending situation that y...