duty, but then in a strange about-face, the same leaders were taken off the hook. >> going hot. 50 meters east. they're within hand grenade range. >> stand by for fire. >> this is video from apache helicopters during the battle. hundreds of taliban fighters so close, the two sides were meters apart. >> ten meters. >> you've got to be kidding me. >> by the time the apaches arrived, 75% of the soldiers in chosen company second platoon were dead or injured. >> this is miserable. >> this is video those soldier took just days before the battle. >> doesn't this look fun?