Combat in the Kunar River Valley

December 02, 2020 00:36:20
Combat in the Kunar River Valley
The Spear
Combat in the Kunar River Valley

Dec 02 2020 | 00:36:20

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Show Notes

In this episode Maj. John A. Meyer shares a story from his first deployment, in 2007, to Afghanistan. On July 27, his platoon and a group of Afghan National Army soldiers were moving along the road next to the Kunar River during a squadron mission to secure the valley. The Afghan soldiers began to cross a bridge when they looked down and saw a group of enemy fighters. The massive fight that ensued would involve the other platoons of Meyer's B Troop, as well—matched up against an enemy force three times the size of their own.

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