Salvatore Giunta and Operation Rock Avalanche
On October 19, 2007 in the Korangal Valley, Kunar, Afghanistan the 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team began Operation Rock Avalanche. During the operation two Americans were killed and five were wounded. Although the operation did not have a massive impact on the War in Afghanistan it was extremely important to the Armed Services because it resulted in the first living Medal of Honor recipient since Vietnam, Salvatore Giunta and it help lead to the withdraw from the Korangal Valley.
Operation Rock Avalanche was supposed to establish peace with the local village people so that the Afghan government could safely build a road. The Taliban used the Valley
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Operation Rock Avalanche was a six-day operation led by the U.S. It began on October 19th and ended October 25, 2007. It was a multi-company mission, each company had their own mission within the operation, Able Company’s four-day mission was to find the insurgents in command of logistics in the area and kill them. After they had established their post, dispatch from a nearby village suggested that Taliban leaders might be in the area. Company B began listening to Taliban radio traffic as they reached the ground and were getting “a bead” on the insurgents that were likely to be operating in the area. "A lot of times we will start getting locations, and then we will pick up names," "It is usually specific to that cell what kind of things they are talking about. Sometimes they will start talking about people, fighters, locations, ammo, or weapons systems that they have." Even the …show more content…
Between ten to fifteen Taliban found a ocation that abled them to set up from a distance and allowed them to fire from behind cover. During the ambush the Taliban fired AK-47s, RPGs (Rocket Propelled Grenades) and PKM machine guns. U. S. forces were able to successfully able to launch a counter-attack and get out of the “killzone”, only after two Americans were killed and five were wounded. The Taliban had a high ratio of tracer rounds compared to normal which created a wall of fire to the left of the platoon, Sgt. Brennan and Spc. Eckrode who were walking at the front of the single file formation were wounded in the initial attack. The rest of the squad members found cover within a couple of feet from where they had been standing and dropped to the ground so they could fire back effectively and controlled from their positions. Spc. Giunta began to direct his fire team while Staff Sgt. Gallardo tried to like with Sgt. Brennan and Spc. Eckrode. While Spc. Giunta was firing back he realized that the Taliban was in an “L” shaped position and direct two of his soldiers to the rear so that the enemy could not roll through their line from the right side. When Staff Sgt. Gallardo realized that he could
...ce again they were pinned down from three sides and the only way to not be shot was to jump down the mountain side again, which they did. However, once Luttrell stopped falling down the mountain he realized that he had lost sight of Axelson. Sadly, Axelson was found by the Taliban and shot and killed, leaving Luttrell all alone. After just two hours of fighting Luttrell was the only American left in the fight. At this time in the battle it was almost night time, so Luttrell tucked himself under a rock to hide from the Taliban for the night. When he woke up, he started to walk down the hill and found a stream of water. This was a huge relief for Luttrell for not having water a good amount of water for the past day. When he reached the stream he jumped right in. However, when he got out he was standing face to face with a man. This man’s name was Mohammad Gulab.
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...n the United States Armed Forces, 3,463 have been awarded with the Medal of Honor. The medal is the highest award an individual serving in the armed forces can receive. It is awarded to men and women who risk their lives and go above and beyond the call of duty. Only 76 recipients of the Medal of Honor are still living today, Hershel “Woody” Williams is the last living recipient in West Virginia. His heroic actions saved many lives and will be forever noted and remembered in history and will be shared for many generations to follow. Hershel “Woody” Williams is my hero because of the amount of courage he displayed, the achievements he made, and his noble qualities.
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