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>> caught on camera as they come under fire themselves. >> they've been taking incoming rounds from at least two directions on these hills. >> war reporting is as old as war itself, and for journalists covering the wars in iraq and afghanistan, it's as dangerous as ever. in 2008, nbc news' richard engel the network's chief foreign correspondent, heads to afghanistan to report the story of soldiers based at restrepo. >> we didn't know exactly what we were going to find. we went to the korangal valley which at the time was the most dangerous place in afghanistan. so we knew we would see action, ...

I think if you go to a conflict zone, you will see a dynamic that you will not find anywhere else. >> hold fire, hold fire. coming up -- a close call for a team of army engineers who seek out roadside bombs. ♪

Of view. >> all individuals are contained. getting ready to fire. >> we got a guy shooting. now he's behind the building. >> the helicopter crew gets permission from the commanding officer on the ground to fire on the group. >> clear. all right. firing. >> line them up. >> come on, fire. [ gunfire ] >> they're running. >> keep shooting. >> the apache fires and fires and fires into this group of guys. it appears that they're all dead right away. >> look at those dead bastards. >> nice. >> a few minutes pass and the reuters employee begins crawling away. >> he's got that guy crawling right now o...

And neither one of us could remember why we didn't. but had we got into the humvee, we wouldn't have then got the pictures. >> we tried to cross an open stretch of road, we came under attack. there's incoming fire right now. >> fortunately, the crew and the soldiers make it back to the command post, but as they return, the men get the news they had been dreading, one member of their company, sergeant john penich, was killed in the incident. >> they were devastated. they were absolutely devastated. and i knew what it was going to mean for these soldiers, because i knew the bonds that they had a...

Humvee and hide there? and neither one of us could remember why we didn't. but had we got into the humvee, we wouldn't have then got the pictures. >> we tried to cross an open stretch of road, we came under attack. there's incoming fire right now. >> fortunately, the crew and the soldiers make it back to the command post, but as they return, the men get the news they had been dreading, one member of their company, sergeant john penich, was killed in the incident. >> they were devastated. they were absolutely devastated. and i knew what it was going to mean for these soldiers, because i knew th...