Operation Blowfish

August 22, 2017 • 00:32:23
Operation Blowfish
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Operation Blowfish

Aug 22 2017 | 00:32:23

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Show Notes

In 2010, Col. Jonathan Neumann commanded 1/17 Infantry Battalion, deployed in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Near the end of the deployment, the battalion received intelligence that Taliban forces were massing nearby, intending to try to overrun an American position. Col. Neumann talks through the four-day battle that followed.

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