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>> pete: 485 days. that is how long sean parnell of the elite tenth mountain division was engaged in fierce battle along the afghan-pakistan border. consistently outgunned and under attack by deadly islamic terrorist groups, he and his outlaw but do not only survived, but triumphed. killing more than 350 enemy fighters, becoming one of the most decorated army platoons since 9/11. >> pete: welcome back to "modern warriors." we will talk more about the transition to civilian life. we alluded to it a little bit when we talked about combat, we said some of the most difficult parts of combat are ac...

Thank you very much for being here. by the end of the day, john and his company of less than 150 marines had successfully pushed into the city which was held by 6,000 at least communist fighters. in the days that followed, john led his company through the fog and rain and house-to-house vicious, very hard combat. he assaulted enemy strong holds, killed enemy fighters and with deadly accuracy did everything you had to do. he raced into heavy machine gun fire on many occasions all to save his fellow marines. in one harrowing engagement after another, john risked his own life to save the lives of...

In vietnam. just moments ago, retired u.s. marine corps sergeant major john canley. barbara starr has the story. >> reporter: marine corps sergeant major john canley, a vietnam hero, honored at the white house with the nation's highest award for valor in combat. >> he assaulted enemy stro strongholds, killed enemy fighters and did everything you had to do. >> reporter: now 80 years old, he was lauded by the president of the united states for a battle in which 147 marines were killed and 857 wounded. >> despite sustaining serious injuries, very, very serious injuries, he continued to face

Going through my clothes. the bullets hitting around me, so i know that there is quite a few friendly fire. when i look out of my team, i get this feeling that they are being torn apart. >> where are chapman and roberts at this point? >> i didn't see roberts at all. john was more than 15 feet away for me during this whole time. he did not move throughout this whole time. i gave the order to move out, go over the top of john, looking for some sign of life, did not get any cover no movement, no sound or anything from him. >> the hasty retreat meant chapman's body remained where he was shot by en...

>> quite a few enemy fighters up there. they were being torn apart. >> i didn't see roberts at all. 10 or 15 feet from me during this time. give the order to move out, looking for some sign of life, no movement or sound or anything. >> reporter: the hasty retreatment chapman's body remained where he was shot by enemy fighters. there has been criticism you left him behind. >> i can tell you we left no one behind, no one. what i saw, what i experienced.