PHOTOS: Firefight in the Waterpur Valley
11/05/09 - (Source: US Department of Defense - Click
photos to enlarge.) |
4th Infantry Division Soldiers race to their
position while dodging heavy sniper fire during a three-hour
gun battle with insurgent forces in Afghanistan's Waterpur Valley
(Kunar Province) on November 3rd, 2009. |
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Henriques Ventura, of Colorado
Springs, Colorado., races across an open field as sniper
fire rains down around him. |
U.S. Army Cpl. Casey Liffrig, of Pinehurst, N.C., takes
cover as insurgent
fighters fire on his position. |
Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th
Infantry Regiment, fire machine guns at insurgent forces
during the battle. |
A U.S. Army UH-61 Blackhawk Helicopter drops ammunition
and water following the gun battle. |
U.S. Army Sgt. Kee Johnson of Lewisburg, W.V.
takes cover while U.S. Army helicopters fire rockets at
insurgent positions in the hills surrounding the Waterpur
Valley. |
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Photos: Firefight in the Waterpur Valley
