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Had been warned to evacuate because something big was about to go down. nobody knows if theres civilians left but the local police got out of dodge. more than 300 taliban fighters then launched a coordinated attack, firing down on the physically indefensible camp keating. eventually, the camp was overrun. some of the taliban fighters got inside camp keating. the american troops called in air strikes, called in air support to help, but in the meantime the outnumbered americans on base were left t...

Smoke, staff sergeant carter and a fellow soldier defended that trapped humvee for hours until the smoke cleared and they could see what was around them, including their fellow soldiers who had been wounded or killed. >> and if youre left with just one image from that day, let it be this. ty carter bending over, picking up stephen mace, cradling him in his arms, and carrying him through all those bullets and getting him back to that humvee. and then ty stepped out again, recovering a radio, fina...

Own safety and in spite of his own wounds, he ran through a hail of enemy rocket propelled grenade and machine gunfire to rescue a critically wounded comrade who had been pinned down in an exposed position. specialist carter rendered life-extending first aid and carried the soldier to cover. on his own initiative, specialist carter again maneuvered through enemy fire to check on a fallen soldier and recovered the squads radio, which allowed them to coordinate their evacuation with fellow soldier...

Troop, third squadron, fourth infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in kamdesh district, afghanistan, on october 3rd, 2009. on that morning, specialist carter and his comrades awakened to an attack of an estimated 300 enemy fighters occupying the high ground on all four sides of combat outpost keating. employing concentrated fire from rifles, rocket propelled grenades, anti-aircraft machine guns, mortars and small arms fire. specialist carter reinforced a forward batt...

From that day, let it be this, ty carter bending over, picking up stefan, cradling him in his arms and carrying him through all those bullets and getting him back to that humvee. then ty stepped out again, recovering a radio, finally making contact with the rest of the troop, and they came up with a plan. as clint romesha and his team provided cover, these three soldiers made their escape. ty, brad carrying stefan on a stretcher through the chaos, delivering stefan to the medics. the battle was ...

Own wounds, he ran through a hail of enemy rocket propelled grenade and machine gunfire to rescue a critically wounded comrade who had been pinned down in an exposed position. specialist carter rendered life extending first aid and carried the soldier to cover. on his own initiative, specialist carter again maneuvered through enemy fire to check on a fallen soldier and recovered the squads radio which allowed them to coordinate their evacuation with fellow soldiers. with teammates providing cove...

And if youre left with just one image from that day, let it be this -- ty carter, bending over, picking up stephan mace, cradling him in his arms and carrying him through all those bull aets and carrying him backo the humvee. then he stepped out again, getting a radio. then they came up with a plan. as clint provided coverage, the three made their escape. ty, brad, stephan, getting through the chaos, delivering stephan through the medics. battle still wasnt over. so ty returned to the fight. wit...

This. ty carter bending over, picking up stephan mace, cradling him in his arms and carrying him through all those bullets and getting him back to that humvee. then ty stepped out again, recovering a radio. finally making contact with the rest of the troop, and they came up with a plan. as clint romesha and his team provided cover, these three soldiers made their escape. ty, brad carrying stephan on a stretcher through the chaos delivering stephan to the medics. the battle was still not over. so...

That out. there could have been rounds coming in, but my entire focus was on mace. >> carter reaches mace. >> i asked mace, are you still alive? he said yes. and he started to turn, so i turned him over. >> carter ties a tourniquet on maces legs and stuffs gauze into bullet holes. he then tells mace to pretend hes dead and sprints back to larson in the humvee. >> he says, what is your plan? i said were going to bring him to the humvee? its the only safe place. >> larson lays down cover fire as c...

Grab mace. but the incoming fire is too intention. sergeant larson tells him, its a suicide mission. >> because of larson, i survived that day. and he held me back when i could have died going to get him, because i was going to go get him. >> time passes and the enemy fire focuses on other parts of the camp. carter thinks he hears a horn from a nearby truck. he darts to it. inside, he finds more ammo, and he realizes now is the time to rescue mace. >> i thought i would ask sergeant larson again,...