How The Marines Turn The Tide Of Battle In Sangin, Afghanistan

Staff Sgt. Nathan Stocking escorts a prisoner back to Patrol Base Jamil in Sangin. The man was identified by Stocking as having tried to detonate an improvised explosive device on the Marines' vehicle convoy the day before. Photo by Nelvin C. Cepeda

Pendleton Marines Turn The Tide In The ‘Fallujah Of Afghanistan’ -- Sign On San Diego

SANGIN, Afghanistan — It would be hard to forget that face, even if they hadn’t seen it just the day before.

A young Afghan man stood on the side of a narrow dirt lane, watching an open-top truckload of Marines head into a volatile neighborhood in this river valley town coveted by Taliban insurgents and drug lords.

The man smiled at the Marines and waved. Then he yanked a kite string detonation cord attached to a bomb buried in the road.

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