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May need them. >> reporter: it was pitch black when the team were dropped by chopper a couple miles from where amad shaw was believed to be located. they hiked for hours through snowy, steep and treacherous terrain. as day came, they laid down so they wouldn't be detected. that's when everything went wrong. suddenly, they were surprised not by gunmen, but by a goat herder. >> i was laying next to a tree, probably 60 feet long. come walking down it and when he jumped off it, he jumped over the top of my gun. >> he didn't see you at all? >> he had no idea i was there. and i had no idea he was ab...

Me. >> he had been fighting for hours. his three seal brothers were dead or near death. petty officer danny deeds from littleton, colorado had been in charge of communications matt, ax for short, a petty officer and sniper. lieutenant mike murphy was the team leader. they were part of a larger mission called operation red wings. their job was to locate this man, the four seals have seen in grainy photographs. he was aligned with the taliban. >> who was amad shaw? >> he had a group called the mountain tigers and creating havoc, killing marines, army, you name it. >> reporter: latrel was outside...

Navy cross. for sacrificing his life to make that telephone call, lieutenant mike murphy was given the medal of honor, his parents accepted it. it was the first time the country's first military honor was awarded for service in afghanistan. shaw, the man's his team was looking for was killed in a separate operation in 2008. after retiring, joe mcguire runs the special operations warrior foundation that provides support for veterans and families. marcus latrel created and raises money for a similar group, the loan survivor foundation and latrel visited families of his brothers. you traveled aro...

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