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That since gettiesburg. we're breaking it down with shawn parnel. he chronicles his time in afghanistan in his new book "outlaw platoon." welcome, shawn. let me start by asking. you obviously have been in some of the toughest terrain and toughest combat that the american military can engage in. what do folks need to understand about what it's like on the ground in afghanistan? >> it's one of the toughest, most difficult places to operate on the face of the planet. we operated there for 485 days. just to put that into perspecti perspective. they jumped into normandy and fought to berlin in less...