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While serving as a combat medic with the charlie company 196th light infantry brigade, americal division. the company air assaulted into an area in new yong hill. on may 13th with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy fire to rescue a comrad too injured to move and carried him to safety. that same day, second platoon was ordered to search the area near new yong hill when the area was ambushed and sustained heavy casualties. with complete disregard for his life and personal safety, private first class mccloughan led two americans into the safety of a ...

So god bless you, ryan. god bless all who serve in our name. may god continue to bless the united states of america. and with that, i would like our military aide to please complete the ceremony. >> the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3rd, 1863. has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant ryan m. pitts, united states army. for conspicuous gal lantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. sergeant ryan m. pitts distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of heroism at the risk of his life ...

Properly in combat. that young man, brendan, is a good friend of mine. he was troubled by the moral implications of killing in a sort of general sense. but he was also incredibly proud of his service. who loved being a soldier. confessed just recently to me that he missed all of it. and part of him wishes he could go back. that's the conundrom of combat. that's not different people having different reactions. all those reactions sometimes happen in the same person. that's complicated. >> part of, you know, is part of the, you know, the real visceral anger, putting aside the politics, i mean, t...

For going awol was started hours after his release. people who know bergdahl want answers, if not a court-martial for desertion. he will likely not be punished but may be promoted to staff sergeant this month. many have stayed silent about his disappearance and many were asked to sign nondisclosure agreements about the matter. now that he's free, they are coming forward to talk, regardless of the consequences. let's bring in josh quarter. you served with bergdahl in blackfoot company, second platoon in afghanistan and you were recently discharged from the military. e-mails reported by michael ...

Duty, but then in a strange about-face, the same leaders were taken off the hook. >> going hot. 50 meters east. they're within hand grenade range. >> stand by for fire. >> this is video from apache helicopters during the battle. hundreds of taliban fighters so close, the two sides were meters apart. >> ten meters. >> you've got to be kidding me. >> by the time the apaches arrived, 75% of the soldiers in chosen company second platoon were dead or injured. >> this is miserable. >> this is video those soldier took just days before the battle. >> doesn't this look fun?