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To their operating base. during the fire fight, two u.s. soldiers were wounded and evacuated by french air to miami. and that was consistent with the quality evacuation plan that was in place for this particular operation. three u.s. soldiers who were killed in action were evacuated on the evening of 4 october and at that time sergeant la david johnson was still missing. on the evening of 6 october, sergeant johnson's body was found and subsequently evacuated. from the time the fire fight was initiated until sergeant johnson's body was recovered. french, nigerian or u.s. forces remained in tha...

Coming out and sharing information, right? this is what i'm trying to clear up today. what you were told in the past that the french were there in 30 minutes. they responded within 30 minutes, and they were overhead of this unit within 30 minutes. so that's why the 30 minutes came from and i'm making that claarification. >> you says they were ambushed coming become to their outpost. we were told they were ambushed when leaving the village. >> there's not a discrepancy. when i described it, they are leaving the village. where are they going? they're going back to their operating base. they are ...

Members of the u.s. special operations task force, accompanied 30 nigerian forces from the capital city to an area near the village of tongo tongo. approximately 85 kilometers to the north was the location of that village. on the 4th of october, u.s. and nigerian forces began moving back south. en route to their operating base the patrol came under attack from approximately 50 enemy using small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and technical vehicles. what i want to do now is i want to walk through, for you, the timeline that we have and kind of what i'd categorize as what we know about the...

Operations task force accompanied 30 nigerian forces on a civil military reconnaissance city to an area near the i'll have link of tongo tongo. approximately 85 kilometers to the north is that village. on october 4, u.s. and nigerian forces moved back south. they came under attack from 50 enemy using small arms fire, rocket propelled grenades. what i want to do now, i want to walk through for you the timeline that we have and kind of what i would categorize what we know about the incident. early in the morning on october 3, u.s. forces accompanied that nigerian unit this week to gather informa...

This unfolded. i wouldn't want to talk about numbers and meters from the village. the initial report was the contact they made with the enemy was outside the village, south of the village as they were heading back to their operating base. >> just to be clear, sir. you said they did not call for support until an hour after first contact. that's kind of putting a lot of pressure on those team members so can you say without a shadow of doubt that within that hour they did not try to call out for support? >> look, what i can tell you is the timeline that we have is the first indicator that the uni...