[Table of contents]. Operation enduring freedom -- The Stand (Captain Jason Amerine) -- "The Americans won't get out alive" (Lieutenant Stephen Boada) -- The fatal funnel (Master Sergeant Sarun Sar) -- The battle of Ebrahimkhel (Staff Sergeant Jason "Jake" Kimberling) -- In the chaos of combat (Tech Sergeant Mark DeCorte) -- The ambush at Afghanya (Specialist Gregory "Scott" Ruske) -- The "fire-and-forget" guys (Captain Sheffield Ford III, Master Sergeant Thom Maholic, Staff Sergeant Matthew Binney, Staff Sergeant Joseph Fuerst III, Sergeant First Class Abram Hernandez) -- The crawl for life (Sergeant First Class Brendan O'Connor) -- Death struggle (Staff Sergeant Jason Fetty) -- Saving Private Moss (Major John Oh).