SSG Romesha Recounts One Of The Most Harrowing Battles In Afghanistan | The Way I Heard It
February 8, 2025
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as posted by the channelI thought it might be good to hear from a true patriot who risked everything to protect the freedoms we enjoy in this country, including our right to vote. Like other soldiers who have received the Medal of Honor, Clint Romesha was uncomfortable with the prospect of being singled out for his valor.
“I was just doing my job,” he told me. “Just like my friends who didn’t make it home.”
Maybe. But on this particular day, Clint’s job required him to go above and beyond the call of duty. In short, Staff Sergeant Romesha and his platoon were hopelessly pinned down at a command outpost called Fort Keating, in the eastern part of Afghanistan. They were outnumbered 7-1 and about to be completely overrun when Clint rallied his men and led a remarkable counterattack. In the course of that 15-hour battle, now made famous in the book, Red Platoon, Clint lost eight of his men and sustained multiple wounds. But he never stopped fighting. He and his remaining men—under his leadership—repelled the insurgents, and somehow, lived to tell the tale.
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