Restrepo Page #2

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is where the Taliban begins.

We've been getting reports that they've been

watching us throughout the day,

so the contact right now

I'd say is likely or imminent.

- Good to see you.

- Move southeast. It's this way.

Do you want chai?

We don't have time to sit down

and have chai tonight.

I just wanted to come in and talk to you

briefly about the project.

How many people are you actually

going to use to build the project?

What's up?

You see that last house, to the right of it?

Brownish f***ing bush

about f***ing 15, 20 meters to the right?

Yeah?

Someone turned around that corner,

saw us and went right back around, dude.

We're going to be moving in darkness.

You're going to be lead, so...

We could move now if you need to.

Okay, spread out.

I'm pushing up here.

Whoa, a tracer came right by here!

Hey!

There's fire coming. They're shooting.

Over there!

Where? Over where?

Tell me, sir, tell me.

Kim!

The first friend I lost was Vimoto,

and that was right at the beginning

of the deployment. That hit hard.

And then a month after that, I lost Restrepo.

The day that Restrepo got killed,

it came across the net

that we had troops in contact.

Then they called back in

and said that we have a casualty.

I need you to give me fire, Cortez.

We didn't know who it was, because nobody

was saying anything over the radio.

When you hear someone's hit,

your first reaction

is just like, f***, like, no.

And then you start going through your head

all the people that you know out there

and wanting to eliminate your friends

and the people that were closest to you--

you know, not this guy.

Not this guy. Not this guy.

You know, your heart just sank.

You were like, f***.

I mean, it was Doc Restrepo.

He was shot in the neck twice...

but he was stable,

so that was a relief for us.

We say, okay, he's going to be okay,

because we looked at him.

when he gets on the aircraft,

he's still breathing.

But he, it hit his, um, artery in his neck,

and he bled out.

He bled out on the helicopter ride

to the emergency room

where they take you when you get shot.

- This is the big danger area right now.

- Okay.

Because if we're here

and they start opening up on us...

You're in between.

But if we clear down, you guys could

use my weapons squad as an indicator

for where they are,

and that's your right limit of fire, man.

Shoot anything up the mountain.

I would say since we haven't been down here

and we don't know what's in here,

I'm going to f***ing assume the worst,

because it's near Kalaygal,

and that they have fortified fighting

positions throughout here.

Okay.

What were we doing in the Korengal?

Our purpose in the Korengal--

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