E-mail-A-Friend: American Valor: Leader’s Platoon Holds Off Enemy

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American Valor: Leader’s Platoon Holds Off Enemy

Sgt. 1st Class William Tomlin III was exhausted and severely dehydrated. Up against an enemy force of 300, the 45 soldiers of his scout platoon had been battling for nearly six hours in temperatures reaching almost 120 degrees near the village of Chakak, Afghanistan.

And now the enemy forces had closed within 15 meters of his position.

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Richard,MFDC