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English: This is a video recreation of the Combat Action at Wanat, Nuristan Province Afghanistan, on 13 July 2008. The attack resulted in multiple ISAF personnel casualties and disestablishment of COP Kahler.
Battle for Hill 3234, a 1988 battle in the Soviet–Afghan War where Soviet paratroopers repelled Afghan insurgent forces. The battle was dramatized in the 2005 film The 9th Company. Battle of Kamdesh, a 2009 battle 20 miles from Wanat, the bloodiest battle for U.S. forces since the Battle of Wanat. An assault by 300 Taliban fighters resulted ...
Initially Pitts was recommended to receive a Distinguished Service Cross, for his actions on July 13, 2008, during the Battle of Wanat. [7] He was awarded the Medal of Honor on July 21, 2014. [ 8 ] Along with Salvatore Giunta and Kyle J. White , Pitts is the third recipient of the Medal of Honor from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment.
The Battle of Baktan Cross is an upcoming American crime drama thriller film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, and Benicio del Toro. [3] The film is scheduled to be released on August 8, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures. [4]
The attack was the bloodiest battle for US forces since the Battle of Wanat in July 2008, which occurred 20 miles (32 km) away from Kamdesh. The attack on COP Keating resulted in 8 Americans killed and 27 wounded while the Taliban suffered 150–200 killed. [8] [9] As a result of the battle, COP Keating was partially overrun and nearly destroyed.
In 2006, PRT Kamdesh – later renamed Combat Outpost Keating – was one of several U.S. Army outposts established in Northern Afghanistan. Located in a remote valley surrounded by the Hindu Kush mountains, the base was regarded as a deathtrap; the troops stationed there faced regular Taliban attacks, culminating in one of the bloodiest American engagements of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Korengal is a 2014 documentary about the War in Afghanistan directed by Sebastian Junger.It picks up where the film Restrepo (2010) left off, taking the viewer deeper into the experiences of the soldiers of Second Platoon, Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army while they were stationed in Korengal Valley of Kunar Province ...
A Canadian infantry battle group of 2,830 is based at Kandahar, supported by: an engineer field squadron; a field artillery battery; a squadron of Leopard 2 main battle tanks; a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle troop flying the Sperwer tactical unmanned aerial vehicle. The Canadian Air Command has the following aircraft based at Kandahar Airfield: