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0 ♪ i did not think i would ever be guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier. we need to realize your freedom isn't free. it really isn't. thousands of soldiers have died for our country. i don't look at it just as three unknown soldiers i'm 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, keating. studied by the enemy since it was set up three years before as seen in the taliban's own v...

video. time and again since the post was created in 2006, its defenses were tested by the taliban. but on that october morning in 2009, the enemy staged its fiercest attack yet. the high ground and their vastly superior numbers gave the taliban a huge advantage. eight americans would be killed in a battle that lasted from dawn till dusk. and would come to symbolize the end of a military strategy to hold remote mountainous outposts constantly under attack. but from the blood and embers, these faces of heroism. soldiers laying down their lives for their brothers. bravery rarely matched...