joshua hardt's body was found.ed from the humvee but his wounds were too much to bear. the death toll reached eight. that night sounds surreal. most of the camp has now burned down. still enemy in the mountains, a few, taking pot shots. you guys sleep in your barracks, blue platoon sleeps near the aid station. jones takes out a guitar. starts playing songs. ♪ what's going through your mind? >> refocus. we have still got nine more months of deployment. this isn't the end. we've still got to keep going. we've still got to fight. we've still got a job to do. >> the day after the attack, romesha and some of the other men stop to take this picture. clint romesha made it home in 2010 and he left the army the following year. he lives in minot, north dakota, now, working as a field safety specialist for an oil field construction firm. >> a lot of everything we do with this is the same thing. we're following standard operating procedures. we're following policies. rules and regulations. and, i mean, that is exactly what we

. >> hardt and privates chris griffin and ed faulkner jr. grabbed ammunition and ran to the trick. griffin mans the gun and faulkner started driving. on the radio, hardt spoke to sergeant justin gallegos, still trapped in the humvee. >> i remember listening to him on the radio, the conversation between him and gallegos and gallegos just, you know, telling him, this -- this isn't a good spot. you can't do a whole lot. you know, stay away. stay away. >> hardt was determined and continued on until a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near his vehicle. faulkner tried to back up, but the humvee was stuck. insurgents targeted them with more grenades. >> i mean it seemed like an eternity, but such a moment that just passed in an instant that hardt came across the net and

joshua hardt's body was found.tephan mace had been rescued from the humvee but his wounds were too much to bear. the death toll reached eight. that night sounds surreal. most of the camp has now burned down. still enemy in the mountains, a few, taking pot shots. you guys sleep in your barracks, blue platoon sleeps near the aid station. jones takes out a guitar. starts playing songs. ♪ what's going through your mind? >> refocus. we've still got nine more months of deployment. this wasn't the end. we have to keep going. we've still got to fight. we've still got a job to do. >> the day after the attack, romesha and some of the other men stop to take this picture. clint romesha made it home in 2010 and he left the army the following year. he lives in minot, north dakota, now, working as a field safety specialist for an oil field construction firm. >> a lot of everything we do with this is the same thing. we're following standard operating procedures. we're following policies. rules and regulations. and, i mean, that is

joshua hardt's body was found.ued from the humvee but his wounds were too much to bear. the death toll reached eight. that night sounds surreal. most of the camp has now burned down. still enemy in the mountains, a few, taking pot shots. you guys sleep in your barracks, blue platoon sleeps near the aid station. jones takes out a guitar. starts playing songs. ♪ what's going through your mind? >> refocus. we have still got nine more months of deployment. this isn't the end. we've still got to keep going. we've still got to fight. we've still got a job to do. >> the day after the attack, romesha and some of the other men stop to take this picture. clint romesha made it home in 2010 and he left the army the following year. he lives in minot, north dakota, now, working as a field safety specialist for an oil field a specialty for an oil construction firm. >> a lot of what we do with this, we're following standard operating procedures, policies, rules and regulations. and that is exactly what we did in the military. we h

christopher griffin, staff sergeant justin gallegos, staff sergeant vernon martin, sergeant joshua hardt, specialist stephan mace. each of these patriots gave their lives looking out for each other in a battle that waged all day that brand of selflessness was displayed again and again and again. soldiers exposing themselves to enemy fire, to pull a comrade to safety, tending to each other's wounds, performing buddy transfusions, giving each other their own blood. if you seek a measure of that day, you need to look no further than the medals, ribbons that grace their chests. for their sustained heroism, 37 army commendation medals. for their wounds, 27 purple hearts. for their valor, 18 bronze stars. for their gallantry, nine silver stars. these men were outnumbered, outgunned, and almost overrun. looking back, one of them said i'm surprised any of us made it out. but they are here today. and i would ask these soldiers, this band of brothers, to stand and accept the gratitude of our entire nation. >> there were many lessons from cop keating. one of them, our troops should never, ever be p