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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6-3I9JHllc&feature=player_embedded

I wonder if this video clip will be in the new series...

Here, soldiers return to RESTREPO after a few days R&R. It’s a 2-hour climb straight up the mountain - is you watch, you can see the valley far below.

This little clip tells a big story. It shows the isolation of the the little fire base...as Sebastian explained it: “We were, essentially, on Mars.” (For most of the deployment, they had no running water, no heat, no facilities of any kind - under almost daily firefights and ambushes on patrol to/from villages.)

Cunningham was know for carrying the heaviest of loads to bring back precious treats for the Brothers. The little black dog, “Airborne”, provided a tiny respite of humanity. (When they rotated back to base for a few days of R&R, the first thing they was burn their ripped up, shot up, dirt/sweat encrusted uniforms.

Listening to the background noise of the Muslim call to prayer and realizing they had that going on 5 times a day, starting at four in the morning, along with all the rest, (over a thousand firefights, highest losses, etc., in what was called “The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: - you get just a tiny glimpse.

The simple folding chair was a major treat - a step up from sitting on rocks.
Fortunately, this day, they weren’t fired on.

Through it all, they never lost their sense of humor...