Video Essay: Battalion Hit Hard in Afghan War

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22 men in the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment of 800 died in a yearlong tour ending this summer. The group's story is an extreme example of the challenges U.S. soldiers face in Afghanistan. A video essay by Julie Jacobson. (June 1)

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  • I am the mother of PFC Walz kiled with his brothers Oct. 27, 2009. Want to thank the soldier who tattooed all of them on his arm. God bless you and all the fallen.

  • October 27th 2009 one of the worse days of my life. Ian I miss you so much! I can't even put the pain of losing you into words. Rest In Peace PFC Christopher Ian Walz!! My cousin.

  • I lost my brother in law october 27 2009 SSG Luis Manuel Gonzalez now SFC. This is talking about his platoon. Rest in peace brother

  • I was with the unit when the 8 casualties came over the radio...It was a long night for everyone that day. The the families of the fallen GOD bless.

  • @gohlin13 It's a public forum, it has everything to do with everybody. If you realize anything, you'll see that I did not comment on what you are talking about. So think about it and figure it out. I don't see what age or where somebody hangs out has to do with it. And God forbid the word "conspiracy" ever actually describes what it is, but then again what more conspiracy do you need besides the obvious special interests politics.

  • @gohlin13 Been a month since this reply, but to answer the question that's all I've been doing is paying attention. Rest assured, the only thing I've bashed is politicians who don't give a shit about the people who they send into these foreign death traps. Do I understand my battles? Yes.

  • @StopTheMorons P.S.- If you are so opposed, why are you commenting on videos of something that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with you? This is MY unit, I treat them. And 'bureaucratic war-machine propaganda'?!? C'mon, what are you, like, 23 hangin' out in a coffe shop somewhere? What's next government cover-up conspiracies?

  • @StopTheMorons Have you not been paying attention to world events the last 10 years? If your idea of 'understanding' is making light of the decisions of the men and women who risk all for our safety while you sit back and bash them on Youtube perhaps you SHOULD leave, because you'll do no good here. By the way, I am a Combat Medic- I devote as much, if not more, time and training to saving lives, not just taking them. I know exactly 'whose war' I am fighting. Do you understand YOUR battles?

  • @gohlin13 I don't buy into bureaucratic war-machine propaganda. And why should I leave? Because I didn't go shoot anybody on foreign soil? Do you even know what you are fighting for? Do you know whose war you are fighting? Is it your war? This has nothing to do with politics, and the only love of "our Home" is in knowing what this country stands for and then defending that. If you don't understand our Constitution and the Declaration, then how can you possibly know what you are fighting for?

  • @StopTheMorons Here's why I joined- these 'people' we are fighting think nothing of killing their own women and children, have proven they can sneak into any country and murder countless innocents, and have publicly stated they won't stop until they have destroyed our way of life. No matter what you think about politics if you truly love our Home you'll do something to defend Her. If you really think we are not worth fighting for you are more than welcome to leave.

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