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14 years ago today in Afghanistan: The Ill-Fated Battle for Hill 2610 theatlantic.com/international/…
2/ On this day we remember SFC Jared Monti who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day

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3/ We remember PFC Brian Bradbury, 22, of St Joseph, Missouri
4/ We remember SSG Pat Lybert, 28, who was planning on returning home to Wisconsin to help take care of his special-needs brother
5/ And we remember SSG Heathe Craig, 28, a medic who was trying to help Bradbury, killed when the UH-60 helicopter hoist snapped.
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