patrol base held their drown as an estimated 2300 taliban fighters launched a branch of rockets and machine gun fire. the one tithe i had over the radio to give me an understanding what was going on up there. pitts told his commander that everyone else at his post was dead or falling back and anyone fighters were so close, soldiers heard voices in the background of the radio call. i thought it was my time, but a lot of guys had already given their lives. so i owed it to do the same. he was gravely wounded. shrapnel through both legs and some of his torso and couldn t stand up but he was propping himself up and firing his machines gun, taking off grenades and shooting a grenade launcher. the army says pitts fought like that for more than an hour to understand his bravery we visited his home town in rural