The Only Thing Worth Dying For (22 page)

ODA 574 with Bari Gul’s guerrilla fighters during the battle damage assessment on November 18. Bari Gul is to the left of Amerine (center back row); Seylaab is to the right of Amerine.

Ronnie with one of the guerrillas at the team compound at Tarin Kowt.(
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The “living room” at the team compound in Tarin Kowt, late November.(
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Dan, sighting his carbine on a knoll in Tarin Kowt just prior to departing for Petawek.(
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Mag with guerrillas in Tarin Kowt. (
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Mike with Bari Gul (to Mike’s right) and his men while formulating the team’s evasion plan at Tarin Kowt.

Alex and Amerine leaving Tarin Kowt with the convoy on November 30. (
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The children of Petawek. (
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Nelson Smith with local at Petawek. (
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Karzai in his command post at Petawek with Fox (barely visible), Bolduc, and Amerine—reviewing their route to Damana and Shawali Kowt on December 2.(
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ODA 574 with Karzai and headquarters staff on the morning of December 3 before departing Petawek. L to R front: Alex, Bolduc, Mike, Mag, Dan. L to R, standing: Ronnie, Wes, Ken, Victor, Karzai, Brent, Fox, Smith, Amerine, JD. (
Gilbert “Mag” Magallanes
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The convoy leaving Petawek, with the mountains of Uruzgan behind them and Mag at his machine gun in back of the center truck, heads toward Kandahar Province.(
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Shawali Kowt medical clinic—which became the casualty collection point for the wounded on December 5—as seen while looking northwest from atop the Alamo.(
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