Khost Province, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012: Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment stand in the alley where Staff Sgt. Damian Remijio and Pfc. Zachary Fitch were wounded in a firefight earlier that day after they descended on the village to find the source of the mortar rounds that hit 100 feet outside their outpost — Combat Outpost Sabari. Ready to head home after finding nothing, the men were ambushed.

Read the full story on the ambush and the impact it had on Remijio and Fitch here.

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