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Jake Tapper @jaketapper
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Nine years ago this morning, at a small outpost in Afghanistan at the bottom of three steep mountains, roughly 50 US servicemembers were attacked by up to 400 insurgents.
2/ By the time the smoke had cleared, 8 US troops had been killed — the deadliest day for the US in Afghanistan that year.
3/ Their names were Gallegos, Griffin, Thomson, Scusa, Martin, Mace, Kirk and Hardt.
4/ here’s a thread i wrote two years ago about the Battle of COP Keating.

And here’s a piece i did about the attack for @Nightline in 2012

One of the heroes of that fierce battle was Clint Romesha, who was later awarded the Medal of Honor.

Another was Ty Carter, who was also awarded the Medal of Honor. It was the first time since Vietnam that two living servicemembers were awarded this nation’s highest honor for actions in the same battle.

cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/…
Romesha wrote a great book about his experiences in battle, Red Platoon: amazon.com/Red-Platoon-St…
I will now do a separate thread about October 3, 2009.
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