This video is another 60 minutes clip and talks about one of the few famous battles that Special Forces soldiers fought in. I remember when this battle happened as I was in country at the time and in fact read one of the internal classified after action reports of this battle. The terp that they show in this clip became famous and an example I have mentioned quite a few times in public speaking engagements that I have given. He not only stood by his two wounded US soldiers, he also picked up their weapons and fought back, gave first aid to the US soldiers, but also kept the ANA soldiers there to keep fighting and threatened to kill them if they tried to flee in cowardice. It was this terp’s actions that prompted me to start pushing more weapons, radio and first aid training not only to my team’s terps but also our ANA soldiers.
I am astounded that O’Connor and Hernandez were not given the Medal of Honor for their actions in this battle. Please take another 13 minutes and watch this video.
