31. Friendly fire can kill just the same as enemy fire, only the killing is unintentional and it comes from your own side. 32. Four servicemen based in Georgia were among seven killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan on Monday. 33. Franks said eight or nine U.S. service members had been killed in the fighting, including those who died Monday when two helicopters came under enemy fire. 34. Gonzalez successfully moved the platoon through enemy fire. 35. He dragged survivors aboard the helicopter, but its pilot was killed by enemy fire as he tried to take off, and the helicopter crashed and burned. 36. He narrowly escaped injury when his boat was hit by enemy fire, even though he was carrying several tons of explosives. 37. He ran back through enemy fire three times to get more grenades, finally taking out the emplacement and enabling other troops to advance up the beach. 38. He is the first American soldier to die from enemy fire in Afghanistan in the three-month campaign against the Taliban. 39. He lay in a depression, beyond the view of enemy fire, unable to walk, shot through the ankle. 40. Helicopter pilots struggled to bring the rest of the battalion in and keep the supplies flowing under enemy fire. |