Politics & Government
U.S. Army Sgt. Kenneth W. Westbrook, of Colorado Springs, Colo., fires at insurgents who trapped Afghan security forces and U.S. military trainers in a massive ambush Sept. 8, 2009, as they were approaching the village of Ganjgal. Westbrook was badly wounded in the neck shortly after this photograph was taken. He died later at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. (Jonathan S. Landay / MCT)
Jonathan S. Landay / MCT
U.S. Army Capt. William Swenson, of Seattle, Washington, calls for air support on his radio as they take cover after Afghan security forces and their U.S. military trainers were ambushed on September 8, 2009. The force was going to the village of Ganjgal in eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan to search for weapons and hold talks with the elders who had agreed to accept the authority of the local government. Four U.S. service members and nine Afghans were killed.(Jonathan S. Landay/MCT)
Jonathan S. Landay / MCT
U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Christopher Garza, of Houston, Texas (foreground), watches for encircling insurgents and U.S. Army Capt. William Swenson, of Seattle, Washington, calls for air support on his radio as they take cover after Afghan security forces and their U.S. military trainers were ambushed on September 8, 2009. Swenson's Afghan interpreter looks on. The force was going to the village of Ganjgal in eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan to search for weapons and hold talks with the elders who had agreed to accept the authority of the local government. Four U.S. service members and nine Afghans were killed. (Jonathan S. Landay/MCT)
Jonathan S. Landay / MCT
U.S. Marine Lt. Ademola Fabayo of New York City fires at insurgents attempting to outflank a group of U.S. military trainers and Afghan army officers taking cover from a three-sided ambush outside the village of Ganjgal in eastern Afghanistan, September 8, 2009. Afghan security forces and their U.S. military trainers were going to the village to search it for weapons and hold talks with the elders who had agreed to accept the authority of the local government. Four U.S. service members and nine Afghans were killed. (Jonathan S. Landay/MCT)
Jonathan S. Landay / MCT
An Afghan army radio operator (foreground) and U.S. Marines 1st Sgt. Christopher Garza, of Houston, Texas, take cover after Afghan security forces and their U.S. military trainers were ambushed September 8, 2009 by insurgents around the village of Ganjgal in eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan. (Jonathan S. Landay/MCT)
Jonathan S. Landay / MCT
Two Afghan border police take cover behind a wall from a storm of gunfire during a September 8, 2009 ambush of Afghan security forces and U.S. military trainers in the village of Ganjgal, Afghanistan. The Afghan security forces and the U.S. trainers walked into a trap as they moved to search the village for weapons and meet with the elders who had agreed to submit to the local government's authority. (Jonathan S. Landay/MCT)
Jonathan S. Landay / MCT
Two officers of the Afghan border police flee under intense gunfire after insurgents ambushed Afghan security forces and U.S. military trainers on September 8, 2009 as they approached the village of Ganjgal, Afghanistan. Three U.S. Marines and a Navy corpsman and nine Afghans were killed in the battle. (Jonathan S. Landay/MCT)
Jonathan S. Landay / MCT
Jonathan Landay gives a first person account of four U.S. Marines dying Tuesday, September 8, 2009, when they walked into a well-laid ambush by insurgents in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. Landay, shown in this February 2008 file photo, was with the U.S. Marines and Afghan forces when the group came under fire. (MCT)
Jonathan S. Landay / MCT
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