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MedEvac Called In For Wounded Marine In Sangin
Published 2 years ago
Community member video submission shows a helicopter Medevac of a US Marine who had been shot during a Taliban ambush in Sangin in 2010.
The source tells us that himself and four other Marines were embedded with the British 40 Commando Royal Marines in the Kakaji District. While on a dismounted patrol deep into the green zone they were caught in a machine-gun ambush while crossing a large open field.
They returned fire and were able to send the enemy into retreat when close air support arrived, but during the engagement, one of the US Marine's was shot in the leg, with significant damage to the femur. After being extracted, the wounded Marine underwent over a dozen surges, but is alive and well today.
Additional, our source tells us that this engagement was their very first operation on that deployment... a true baptism by fire.
