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Afghan National Army troops who survived the September 8, 2009, battle of Ganjgal, are, from left, Sgt. Mohammad Ali, Sgt. Mohammad Gul, Pvt. Nematullah, Sgt. Ataullah, Pvt. Arab Khan and Pvt. Abdullah Haq are photographed at their base in Asmar, Afghanistan, on April 26, 2012. (Ali Safi/MCT)
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Afghan National Army Capt. Ruhollah Ayar recounts the September 8, 2009, ambush in the Ganjgal Valley in eastern Afghanistan. Ayar, who was wounded, described a previously undisclosed act of valor by three U.S. Marines and a Navy corpsman who died. (Jonathan S. Landay/MCT)
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The deaths of Navy Hospitalman 3rd Class James Layton, 22, of Riverbank, California, and fellow Marines in the Ganjgal Valley in Afghanistan have been overshadowed by controversies surrounding both Medal of Honor nominations and the reprimands of two U.S. Army officers for failing to order timely air and artillery support for the Americans and Afghans trapped in the ambush. (Handout photo via Modesto Bee/MCT)
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Gunnery Sgt. Edwin Wayne Johnson Jr., of Columbus, Georgia, is remembered during a memorial service at Wynnton Hill Baptist Church in Columbus, Georgia, September 19, 2009. The deaths of Johnson and fellow Marines in the Ganjgal Valley in Afghanistan have been overshadowed by controversies surrounding both Medal of Honor nominations and the reprimands of two U.S. Army officers for failing to order timely air and artillery support for the Americans and Afghans trapped in the ambush. (Mike Haskey/Columbus Ledger-Enquirer/MCT)
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Gunnery Sgt. Edwin Wayne Johnson Jr. is remembered during a memorial service at Wynnton Hill Baptist Church in Columbus, Georgia, September 19, 2009. The deaths of Johnson and fellow Marines in the Ganjgal Valley in Afghanistan have been overshadowed by controversies surrounding both Medal of Honor nominations and the reprimands of two U.S. Army officers for failing to order timely air and artillery support for the Americans and Afghans trapped in the ambush. (Handout via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer/MCT)
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The casket bearing Gunnery Sgt. Edwin Wayne Johnson Jr., of Columnus, Georgia, is escorted by a Marine Corps honor guard from Wynnton Hill Baptist Church in Columbus, Georgia, September 19, 2009. The deaths of Johnson and fellow Marines in the Ganjgal Valley in Afghanistan have been overshadowed by controversies surrounding both Medal of Honor nominations and the reprimands of two U.S. Army officers for failing to order timely air and artillery support for the Americans and Afghans trapped in the ambush. (Mike Haskey/Columbus Ledger-Enquirer/MCT)
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A portrait of deceased Corpsman 3rd Class James Layton of Riverbank, California, is in the foreground as his father Brent Layton and mother Nikki Freitas are embraced by Mike Anderson during a memorial gathering at the Burwood Cemetery in Escalon, California, September 15, 2011. The deaths of Layton and fellow Marines in the Ganjgal Valley in Afghanistan have been overshadowed by controversies surrounding both Medal of Honor nominations and the reprimands of two U.S. Army officers for failing to order timely air and artillery support for the Americans and Afghans trapped in the ambush. (Debbie Noda/Modesto Bee/MCT)
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