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>> that's bob dole's mission now and it is across generational effort. always a visitor to walter reed hospital in recent years he spent a lot of time as a patient rehabbing, talking. >> this is a great group. >> getting to know the country's greatest veterans. it took him back to 1945 on a hill in italy where he nearly died and was permanently disabled by german machine gun fire. he remembers his years in the hospital and his long journey home then makes him worry about them now. >> when they're there surrounded by people who are caring for them, nurses, technicians, doctors, i often wondered...

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...

Reaches the outskirts of the village, all hell breaks loose. almost instantly four americans, three marines, one navy, at the front of the column are surrounded. will and the soldiers in the center of the column are pinned down. rocket propelled grenades, mortar, machine gunfire, all of this is pouring in from three sides. as he returns fire, will calls for air support, but his initial requests are denied. will and his team are too close to the village. then will learns that his noncommissioned officer, sergeant first class kenneth westbrook, has been shot in the neck. so will breaks across 50...

>> almost looks photo shopped. >> that's machine gunfire. from an ak-47, right? >> yeah, during a special ops training in the helmud province. >> this is a machine gun munition. that's going on in afghanistan. >> i love photography. they have some of these -- a lot of these helicopters, when they take off in the desert. did you see that stuff? >> yeah. we had the photographer on our show. >> it was amazing because it's the sand that's getting super heated. that's where you're getting those incredible images. >> like a halo. >> like glitter. >> we markable. we in this country stink at math. i...

Own safety and in spite of his own wounds, he ran through a hail of enemy rocket propelled grenade and machine gunfire to rescue a critically wounded comrade who had been pinned down in an exposed position. specialist carter rendered life-extending first aid and carried the soldier to cover. on his own initiative, specialist carter again maneuvered through enemy fire to check on a fallen soldier and recovered the squad's radio, which allowed them to coordinate their evacuation with fellow soldiers. with teammates providing covering fire, specialist carter assisted in moving the wounded soldier...