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Following the mission in realtime from the white house situation room. for 25 anxious minutes there are no updates from the ground. the president and his staff wait. >> the minutes passed like days, but it was clearly very tense, a lot of people holding their breath and there was a fair degree of silence. >> reporter: from the ground the teams approached the buildings ready for battle. former s.e.a.l. howard wasden knows what it was like. >> everythings coming faster, faster. hearts going to bea...

failure, high. >> would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29th, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long nights sleep, he basically came in and immediately told his staff you have the green light. lets go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. militarys best-kept secret is underway. >> the troops were ready and in p...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long nights sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "youve got the green light." lets go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. militarys best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place....

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. vi . >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long nights sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "youve got the green light." lets go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. militarys best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in p...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long nights sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "youve got the green light." lets go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. militarys best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place....

Humble. lieutenant murphy and two members of his team were fatally ambushed in afghanistan in 2005. despite two bullets in his back and under heavy enemy fire, murphy tried to save his fellow s.e.a.l.s by running into a clearing to call for help. incredibly his final calm words to his command were thank you, sir. 16 other would-be rescuers also died in that operation. it remains the worst single day loss in the s.e.a.l.s history. murphys parents received a medal of honor on behalf of their son i...

>> he gave his call. >> reporter: its a distinction rarely bestowed on someone so young. dedicating a ship in the name of 29-year-old navy s.e.a.l. lieutenant michael murphy. what do you think your son would say to you and his mother about this honor? >> michael would say, cut it out and stop it. >> reporter: his parents are as proud of his son as he was humble. lieutenant murphy and two members of his team were fatally ambushed in afghanistan in 2005. despite two bullets in his back and under h...

Humble. lieutenant murphy and two members ever his team were fatally ambushed in afghanistan in 2005. despite two bullets in his back, under heavy enemy fire he tried to save his fellow s.e.a.l.s by running into a clearing calling for help. his final calm words to his command were, thank you, sir. 16 other would be rescuers also died in that operation. it remains the worst single day loss in the s.e.a.l.s history. murphys parents received a medal of honor on behalf of their sign 2007, the nation...

Down osama bin laden, the navy is making sure another mans name will live on. >> he gave his all. >> reporter: its a distinction rarely bestowed on someone so young. dedicating a ship in the name of 29-year-old navy s.e.a.l. lieutenant michael murphy. what do you think your son would say to you and his mother about this honor? >> michael would say would you cut it out and stop it. >> reporter: his parents are as proud of their son as he was humble. lieutenant murphy and two members ever his team...

Third and final year. henry knew the dangers. he wrote, i may not return. that june of 1952, the rains and mosquitos were relentless, but they pushed on probing enemy line, fighting bunker by bunker, hill by hill. and as they neared the top of one hill, the rocky sleeps seemed to explode with enemy fire. his unit started to falter and thats when henry made his move. he stood up, he looked ahead, and he charged forward into a hail of bullets. those who were there described how he kept fires his w...