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They would like, listen to this. >> thats ma ea reporter and a r got an intense look at the fighting that still goes on there in afghanistan. take a look. [ gun fire ] >> reporter: as rounds of gun fire ring out. u.s. -- theyre the militarys elite and this is what theyre trained to do. they dont just fight back, they hunt down the enemy. we come under enemy fire less than 400 meters away. an incoming round flies close overhead. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: we take cover behind a mud brick wall. >>...

With enemy fire getting closer, special forces are exposed as they move along the banks of the river. a soldier reloads, preparing for another assault. >> move in. >> reporter: we run toward the compound where insurgents staged one of their attacks. >> were pushing down this way, all right? lets go. >> reporter: they quickly secure the area, not knowing whats behind these walls. >> somebody looking back that way? >> nope. >> reporter: movement inside has everyone on high alert. >> somebodys just...

The men who served in iraq in 2003 have had a tough time readjusting to life in the states. including corporal jason king. the driver of the light-armored vehicle we wrote in from northern kuwait to just outside baghdad steering through some of the worst conditions imaginable. blistering hot sand, burning oil fields and incoming enemy fire. kings first chance to relax was in a blinding sandstorm. >> what do you think of this weather? >> its pretty crappy. >> can you drive in this? >> probably. >...

Americas involvement in the iraq war. this is a u.s. marine. his photo was taken by a "los angeles times" photographer in fallujah in 2004. we wanted to check in and see where this marine is today, so we asked the man who took the picture. >> i found myself involved in the assault in fallujah, under constant enemy fire. >> i look back at it now and think about firing at another human being. how do you justify it? >> we were up on the rooftop, and a break in the action, he propped up next to me a...

Asked the man who took the picture. >> i found myself involved in the assault in falluja. we were under constant enemy fire. >> looking back at it, fire, to have it justified. >> we were up on the rooftop and a break in the action, he propped up next to me and starting smoking a cigarette. >> after falluja i tried to act like it had never happened. >> it shows a kid that had basically gone through a horrifying experience, traumatic experience. >> the first time i thought about committing suicide...

Fallujah in 2004. we wanted to check in and see where this marine is today, so we asked the man who took the picture. >> i found myself involved in the assault in fallujah, under constant enemy fire. >> i look back at it now and think about firing at another human being. how do you justify it? >> we were up on the rooftop, and a break in the action, he propped up next to me and started smoking a cigarette. i took the photo. >> after fallujah, i acted like it never happened. >> it shows a kid who...

Changing lives. and when janice jackson was hit by a car at the age of 24, she was told by her doctors the only thing she would ever move again were her shoulders. after suffering an injury like that, nobody would have faulted janice for just focusing on herself but as she recovered and she regained her strength, she revolved to give that strength to others in need. janice said that from a wheelchair i decided to devote my life to women with disabilities, to tell them that even though you have l...

Only hours ago president obama presented a brave army veteran with the medal of honor. sara money at the white house today. the president gave the medal of honor to former staff sergeant clinton -- its for his actions during a fire fight in afghanistan from 2008. he and 50 other soldiers were at a combat outpost near the pakistan border when 300 taliban fighters launched ambush. they were surrounded. the resulting 10 hour fire fight was one of the bloodiest of the afghan war. the soldiers caught...

Comrade. so he and his team started charging as enemy fire poured down. and they kept charging, 50 meters, 80 meters, ultimately 100 meter run through a hail of bullets. they reached their fallen friends and they brought them home. there are many lessons from cop keating, one of them is that our troops should never, ever be put if a position where they have to defend the indefensible. but thats what these soldiers did for each other in sacrifice driven by pure luck. all right. not to be outdon...

Day, that brand of selflessness was displayed again and again and again. and soldiers exposing themselves to enemy fire to pull comrades to safety. tending to each others wounds and performing bloody transfusion, giving each other their own blood. and you look no further than the medals and ribbons at that grace their chests, with their sustained heroism 37 army commendation medals. for wounds 27 purple hearts. for their valor, 18 bronze stars. for their gallantry, nine silver stars. these men w...