Belated Honors For Marines In Fierce Battle -- Sign On San DiegoAmbushed and outmanned, a 30-member Marine platoon fought back and before the long day was over, almost half had earned major military medals for valor — perhaps a measure of just how fierce the 2008 Battle of Shewan was.
The Camp Pendleton force-reconnaissance platoon is finally getting public recognition for that battle on Aug. 8, 2008, when they stumbled into a nest of 250 seasoned Taliban fighters while trying to secure a village in southwestern Afghanistan.
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My Comment: Outnumbered 8 to 1 .... and be able to survive .... now that is an incredible story. Defense Tech has more info on what happened that day.
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