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Mountain division. they were first in and last out. you talked to some of those soldiers. share that with us. that s right. so specifically, this was the 4th battalion 34th infantry regiment known as the polar bear unit. this was the first unit on the ground after the september 11th attacks and the last soldiers out and the last mission that they had there was the evacuation. these are infantry soldiers. this was outside of what they usually do when dealing with a humanitarian crisis and here s what they said. dealing with thousands of people coming on to an airport is something we ve never seen and never specifically prepared for that. it was difficult. desperation especially. people are handing babies over or doing anything they could to try to get into the airport on to an aircraft. it was hard to see some of that stuff. about half of these soldiers too young to remember what drew ....

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