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Posted on 05/22/2007 2:01:20 PM PDT by Freeport
DAG, Afghanistan — It all started as a routine mission on a near moonless night one month ago.
The objective was an abandoned village named Shudergay, a place frequented by bad guys who do bad things. Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division had been there before. They knew it was a sanctuary for insurgents to regroup, rest and re-arm.
It was also the hometown of Habib Jan, the head of a large militant cell operating in northeastern Afghanistan.
“This guy was responsible for the only two soldiers I lost,” said Capt. Robert Stanton, commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. “The extension was almost worth it to get rid of him. No, I would say it was definitely worth it.”
Before the battle The 1st Battalion arrived in northeastern Afghanistan last June. Two companies moved into the Pech River valley northwest of Asadabad in Kunar Province.
On June 16, 2006, 1st Lt. Forrest Ewens, commander of 3rd Platoon, Company C, and Sgt. Ian Sanchez, an engineer attached to the unit, were killed by a bomb.
Thirty-eight days later, Sgt. David “Harry” Hierholzer, also of 3rd Platoon, was fatally shot.
In response to those and other attacks — blamed on Habib Jan’s militia — U.S. and Afghan forces conducted raids that yielded 22 weapons caches, ammo and other materials. The success was partly due to tips by locals.
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Very interesting report. Hard and dangerous work, and it paid off.
Good story — it’s well worth a click to read the whole tale. I wish we got more writing like this from the GWOT, but I appreciate what we have.
Awesome payback.
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