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Wheeler. the driver in truck eight is shot. >> eight, going down -- >> i knew it was going bad then. >> get out of the kill zone. >> wheeler's camera captures the growing panic. >> jesus christ, help us all, lord. i got six and seven behind me. they're screaming at me to go, go, go, go. you know, everybody's on the radios hollering, wanting to get out of there. and i'm scared to death just like everybody else is. [ gunfire ] >> the drivers try to keep moving and get out of harm's way, but shots fired at truck one derail the entire convoy. >> truck down. truck one's down. >> and his truck turns...

>> eight, going down -- >> i knew it was going bad then. >> get out of the kill zone. >> wheeler's camera captures the growing panic. >> jesus christ, help us all, lord. i got six and seven behind me. they're screaming at me to go, go, go, go. you know, everybody's on the radios hollering, wanting to get out of there. and i'm scared to death just like everybody else is. [ gunfire ] >> the drivers try to keep moving and get out of harm's way, but shots fired at truck one derail the entire convoy. >> truck down. truck one's down. >> and his truck turns over. now everybody's stopped. and i almost...

The wounded and search for four missing comrades. after using aviation support to mark locations of fallen and wounded comrades, it became clear, captain swenson's time returned to the kill zone in a hum v. he voluntarily tearily exited the vehicle exposing himself to enemy fire to recover fallen marines and navy corpsman. his resistance against the enemy during six hours of continuous fighting rallied his teammates and effectively disrupted the enemy's assault. captain william swenson's extraordinary heroism and sel self-lessness are in keeping with the highest military service and reflect gr...

The wounded and search for four missing comrades. after using aviation support to mark locations of fallen and wounded comrades, it became clear that ground recovery of the fallen was required due to heavy enemy fire on helicopter landing zones. captain swenson's team returned to the kill zone another time in a humvee. captain swenson voluntarily exited the vehicle, exposing himself to enemy fire, to locate and recover three fallen marines and one navy fallen corpsman. he rallied his teammates and effectively disruptded the enemy's assault. captain william d. swenson's extraordinary heroism ab...

Mortar, and machine gunfire, captain swenson immediately returned fire and coordinated and directed the response of his afghan border police while simultaneously calling in suppressive artillery fire and aviation support. after the enemy effectively flanked coalition forces, captain swenson repeatedly called for smoke to cover the withdrawal of the elements. surrounded on three sides by enemy forces, inflicting effective and accurate fire, captain swenson coordinated air assets, indirect fire support, and evacuation support. captain swenson ignored enemy radio transmissionings demanding surren...