Heroes

Matthew Hoy
By Matthew Hoy on December 14, 2008

Yesterday, the Army awarded Silver Stars to 10 Green Berets for heroism during a firefight in Afghanistan.

A harrowing, nearly seven-hour battle unfolded on that mountainside in Afghanistan's Nuristan province on April 6, as Walton, his team and a few dozen Afghan commandos they had trained took fire from all directions. Outnumbered, the Green Berets fought on even after half of them were wounded -- four critically -- and managed to subdue an estimated 150 to 200 insurgents, according to interviews with several team members and official citations.

Today, Walton and nine of his teammates from Operational Detachment Alpha 3336 of the 3rd Special Forces Group will receive the Silver Star for their heroism in that battle -- the highest number of such awards given to the elite troops for a single engagement since the Vietnam War.

Here's some audio and video of the operation.

In an earlier time, this story would be the lead on the evening news and on the front page of every newspaper. Times have changed.

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