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Bottom of three steep mountains. soldiers had been fatally attacked there before. in 2007, private chris pfeiffer. in 2008, camp commander captain rob yeskis. and near there a different camp commander, captain tom boss tick. as lethal as its position was the outposts terrain. the camp was named for lieutenant ben keating, killed when his truck rolled over the treacherous side of the road leading to the camp. >> i knew it was a bad spot, and i knew that previous commanders had expired there. but ...

Happen. >> tell me why its so important to you that the enemy not get their hands on a dead american soldier. why does that thought bother you so much? >> because theyre ours. i mean, to give closure to the family, you know, to have their son one more time. i mean, im -- were not going to leave someone behind. never going to do it. >> the men retrieved the bodies of justin gallegos, vernon martin, and chris griffin. but enemy fire kept them from rescuing sergeant john breeding

Rifle that had belonged to an afghan soldier and walked outside. >> i remember seeing three guys walk right by the entry control point. >> three taliban. i mean, like they thought theyd already won, you know, strolled in like johnny on the block. and i sat there and it threw me for a second, you know. just one of those "are you serious" moments. >> they didnt see you. >> they had no idea i was sitting there. got this russian sniper rifle still, and they were less than 100 meters away. this is a ...

Platoon leaving, shane scherer, got a massive head wound. other guys got sprinkled with shrapnel. >> to have that instant, you know, action and that reality check right off the bet really helped set the tempo to know what to prep the guys for, but it also gave you that instant sense of, were not over here selling girl scout cookies, guys. were in a real fight. >> romesha and his men knew it was not a question of if there would be a major attack but when.

0 ♪ i did not think i would ever be guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier. we need to realize your freedom isnt free. it really isnt. thousands of soldiers have died for our country. i dont look at it just as three unknown soldiers im guarding, i look all the soldiers that gave their live for this country. >> october 3, 2009. a storm of bullet s rockets, grenades and mortars rained down on a u.s. outpost in eastern afghanistan deep it in a valley. the taliban had found a perfect target, kea...