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That effect you? >> at that point in time, i was already stationed in los angeles and thats when all the deployment started would everywhere stationed in wbelot also known as. >> when did you face enemy fire. >> every sing get day he crew chief say we are under attack. thats all we could do was chug our duffle bags immediately we took cover in bunkers. that day, january 16th, when that bomb landed right by me and took me out, hit me on the left side hit me in the face and took out my eyes and my...

>> when 9/11 happened, did that effect you? >> at that point in time, i was already stationed in los angeles and thats when all the deployment started would everywhere stationed in wbelot also known as. >> when did you face enemy fire. >> every sing get day he crew chief say we are under attack. thats all we could do was chug our duffle bags immediately we took cover in bunkers. that day, january 16th, when that bomb landed right by me and took me out, hit me on the left side hit me in the face ...

I self-medicated because i wasnt able to take my life. >> he was hit by a roadside bomb nine times. after the eighth explosion he asked for help and was told to get back into his humvee. >> when that ninth direct hit came, it shattered my world. i started to build a prison in my mind. >> theres marine staff sergeant here who was in fallujah. he ran up a staircase into enemy fire to save marines trapped by insurgents. >> nightmares. i would drink a case at beer at night to go to sleep. i was on n...

Medal of honor for actions he took at the battle in 2009 in afghanistan, repeatedly running under enemy fire to save wounded comrades and get them to safety. barack obama talks all the time about how we are getting out of afghanistan. im glad were recognizing the best people we have and what they did while we were in afghanistan. >> here, here, dan. on the mark cuban case, its five years. this is nearly five years this case is going on. mark cuban is a billionaire. he could afford to defend hims...

Award, the militarys highest award, for, an actions he took afghanistan, repeatedly running under enemy fire to save wounded comrades and get them on to safety. barack obama talks all the time about how we are getting out of afghanistan. im glad were recognizing best people we have and what they did while we were in afghanistan. >> hear hear, dan. on the mark cuban case, this is sneerly five years this case is going on. mark cuban is a billionaire. he can afford to defend himself in court and sp...

Today to terrorism charges in federal court in new york. hes accused in bombings in the u.s. bombings in 1998. he was seized by u.s. forces in libya two weeks ago. london police received nearly 1,000 responses for after appealing for new information in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. she vanished in port gill in 2007. there are sketches of a man seen the night madeleine disappeared. president obama awards the medal of honor to retired army captain william swinson. he braved enemy fire...

To leave anyone behind and spoke up to senior commanders when it all went wrong. >> what happened that day was a result of clouded judgment. it was a result of clouded judgment on behalf of people who did later receive letters of reprimand. >> reporter: in this valley four years ago, swenson and his men were ambushed in one of the most brutal fire fights of the afghan war. swenson said his men did not get urgently needed air support, a claim validated by the army. then his nomination file was sa...

Touches down by a remote village, you see out of a cloud of dust an american soldier. hes without his helmet, standing in the open, exposing himself to enemy fire, standing watch over a severely wounded soldier. he helps carry that wounded soldier to the helicopter and places him inside. and then amidst the whipping wind and the deafening roar of the helicopter blades, he does something unexpected. he leans in and kisses the wounded soldier on the head. a simple act of compassion and loyalty to ...

The wounded and search for four missing comrades. after using aviation support to mark locations of fallen and wounded comrades, it became clear, captain swensons time returned to the kill zone in a hum v. he voluntarily tearily exited the vehicle exposing himself to enemy fire to recover fallen marines and navy corpsman. his resistance against the enemy during six hours of continuous fighting rallied his teammates and effectively disrupted the enemys assault. captain william swensons extraordin...

The wounded and search for four missing comrades. after using aviation support to mark locations of fallen and wounded comrades, it became clear that ground recovery of the fallen was required due to heavy enemy fire on helicopter landing zones. captain swensons team returned to the kill zone another time in a humvee. captain swenson voluntarily exited the vehicle, exposing himself to enemy fire, to locate and recover three fallen marines and one navy fallen corpsman. he rallied his teammates an...