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In response to
"Navy SEAL receives Medal of Honor for hostage rescue -- (link)"
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crash davis
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from the unclassified summary - The Pentagon described the encounter as involving "hand-to-hand combat" with multiple adversaries.
Posted by
crash davis (aka trisha)
Feb 29 '16, 09:44
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The report stated that the first team member to enter was "immediately shot by enemy AK-47 fire" and that upon entering, Byers "immediately engaged a guard" in a firefight and managed to tackle another guard, subduing him with hand-to-hand combat.
When the other rescue team members asked Joseph to identify himself, Byers heard an unknown voice speaking English and "immediately leaped across the room and selflessly flung his body on top of the American hostage, shielding him from the continued rounds being fired across the room," the report said.
The report also stated that while shielding Joseph with his body, Byers engaged another insurgent and "was able to pin the enemy combatant to the wall with his hand around the enemy's throat" until the other members of the team could "fire precision shots" to kill the final enemy guard.
In an effort to save the team member who had been shot, Byers, a certified paramedic, performed CPR during the 40-minute flight to Bagram Air Base, the report said.
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Responses:
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ninja! -- nm
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Max
Feb 29, 10:44
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"it says here, 'strangled with his own intestines. Is that accurate?'" "I mean, it's not the whole story..." -- nm
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Reagen
Feb 29, 10:07
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whoa -- nm
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Epiphany
Feb 29, 10:01
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him and that Gurkha who killed a train full of AQ with...a knife...a few years ago should do a buddy movie. -- nm
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Mel Profit
Feb 29, 09:58
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And then, on Tuesday... -- nm
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Mop
Feb 29, 09:57
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dang. -- nm
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Diva
Feb 29, 09:55
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"Fuck Rambo." -- nm
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David
Feb 29, 09:54
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that's the definition of bad-ass -- nm
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decline
Feb 29, 09:47
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aka, "snapped some necks" -- nm
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ML
Feb 29, 09:46
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What people are capable of is simply amazing at times. -- nm
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volnelk
Feb 29, 09:46
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