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The battle of Wanat began in the early morning hours of July 13, 2008. That’s when Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated attack.

The afghan people and who wrote to his family, afghanistan is exactly where i wanted to be, corporal jason bogar. the father who loved surfing with his son, the platoon leader who led a dash through the gunfire to that post to reinforce his men, first lieutenant jonathan brostrom. an immigrant from mexico who became a proud american soldier on his third tour whose final thoughts were of his family and his beloved wife leslie, sergeant israel garcia. a young man of deep faith who served god and country who could always get a laugh with his impersonation of his commander, corporal jason hovader....

Or chain of command derelict of duties. >> they put a lot of blame on your son. >> yes, they did. >> reporter: in what is now official army history, the army largely blamed platoon leader lieutenant jonathan brostrom for the deaths. the report says he picked a poor location for the observation post and failed to use afghan security forces as lookouts. >> it's a lot easier to blame a dead second lieutenant than it is the chain of command. >> so drew, this just begs the question -- now what? what recourse do the family members have some what pushback is possible this is there an inspector genera...

Petraeus and general notonsky's decision, it was embarrassing to them. the final decision was more to protect the institution than it was focused on finding officers or chain of command derelict of duties. >> they put a lot of blame on your son. >> yes, they did. >> reporter: in what is now official army history, the army largely blamed platoon leader lieutenant jonathan brostrom for the deaths. the report says he picked a poor location for the observation post and failed to use afghan security forces as lookouts. >> it's a lot easier to blame a dead second lieutenant than it is the chain of c...

Didn't do anything different than anybody else that day. we did it as a team. as far as the call goes, it was very surreal. i don't remember a lot of what the president said to me. it was brief. but i thought i was prepared for it. it was just a lot of, yes, sir, thank you, mr. president, okay, you have a good day too, bye. that was the gist of it. >> maybe too early to tell, but how has your life changed already? >> that day changed my life in the sense that i have an appreciation of life now that i didn't have before. i look at the sacrifices that those guys made. corporal matt phillips, lie...