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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- The Battle of Wanat occurred on July 13, 2008, at a remote outpost in Wanat, Afghanistan, where 48 U.S. and 24 Afghan soldiers were almost overrun by over 200 Taliban & AQ fighters. With only 11 days left before returning home, the Paratroopers of Chosen Company engaged in an over 4-hour long battle at close quarters; ultimately holding their ground in the end, 9 U.S. paratroopers were KIA during the fight and 27 seriously wounded, making it one of the single-deadliest battles throughout the War in Afghanistan. 11 Paratroopers earned Silver Stars for their actions that day, with SSG Ryan Pitts also earning the Medal of Honor.
This documentary was written by the Gold Star Father of CPL Pruitt Rainey (KIA in the Battle of Wanat) and was originally published by @BattleofWanat (original video link: • 11 days and a Wake Up ). This is uploaded here purely for the reason of being another source for people to find and honor their story, and is not intended for any personal gain.
REMEMBERING
SPC Sergio Abad
CPL Jonathan Ayers
CPL Jason Bogar
1LT Jonathan Brostrom
SGT Israel Garcia
CPL Jason Hovater
CPL Matthew Phillips
CPL Pruitt Rainey
CPL Gunnar Zwilling
To my regular viewers, I understand this is not a normal video considering it is an hour and a half long and also not related to gaming; however, I want to have it on here for those that are willing to watch and learn about what these guys went through and to make sure their stories are never forgotten. I promise it is worth the time.
#11DaysAndAWakeUp #BattleOfWanat #ChosenFew
Matt Phillips was a great guy when I knew him. We spent a couple years together in Georgia hanging out and having fun before I left for the Air Force. He once hitchhiked all the way across the country to visit me in California a few years later before he went into the army. It’s so sad to see him here on one of his last days. He will always be in my heart, and I will always miss him!
That's incredible! Thank you so much for sharing that story, we'll always keep his name, legacy, and spirit alive
Sounds like he was an awesome outstanding fun guy
@@mn_lazy6816 he was a good dude. Outstanding zest for life. Always a smile on his face. Always joking around.
@@RichterNYR35 hell yeah seems like it brother them are how is the people that die first as sad as it is
I served in 1RAR, my unit served with the 173rd in Vietnam, we share battle honours, the sky soldiers are a proud bunch.
Thankyou for tell this amazing story, i made it through the whole thing keeping it together, but that beautiful little boy at the end just fkn broke me... to the chosen few, their fellow warriors & family left behind, respect, loyalty, duty, & honour will never be wanting for those lost.
I served as a weapons instructor, at Ft Benning Ga and to see such a loss of life of good men breaks my heart, I'm so proud of these Airbourne Brothers and sad of how they were put into a death trap with no cover or concealment, just goes against everything I trained them on, its hurts really bad to see they were wasted with 16 days of their tour left... Fuking brass its always the grunt that pays the price for the upper echelons fuk ups... RIP my brothers...Thank you for your Sacrifice You will never be forgotten USAR Cpl Dillon🥵🥵🥵
How you doin these days? How’s life treating you? Sending you the most appreciation and positive energy.
I remember hearing about this happening at the time. These guys went through hell at Bella and lost a lot of men because they were put into a horrible strategic position that is almost impossible to defend. RIP brothers!
I hear your story. I know about it. Just know you and all are not forgotten. Thank you for your story. Proud of you. Never forgotten.
How does one ever live a normal life after experiencing so much trauma. God bless all the men that put their life on the line at Wanat.
what an unbelievable sad but heroic story and amazing and well done documentary. how this isnt one of the most famous docs out there is a travesty and a shame... it puts life into such perspective and no matter what is going on in life it could always be worse and you could always do more to help vets and all others despite the excuses that may stand in the way. Thank you for this and i hope to share with as many as i can in honor of the men who lived and died before, during, and since and i hope it can spread and affect as many ppl as much as it did me... wish everyone involved with putting this together the best wishes and everyone reading this as well... God bless you all!!!
Can't thank you enough for the comment and watching. I truly feel that everyone should know their stories, and it's people like you that help make that happen. They'll always be remembered
Only the dead know the end of war... Plato
I couldn't hold back the tears! My thoughts and prayers go out to that platoon and their extended families! After over 20 years of service in the Army, I am honored to be affiliated with and have served with such a professional group of war fighters. Your bravery and valor when faced with insurmountable odds will never be forgotten! You did all of us paratroopers proud!
Watched the whole thing. Can't believe they sent them out there like that, good lord.
Appreciate you watching
Army leadership should have been brought up on charges for this horrible decision.
Ive watched this one a few times now and the brotherhood couldnt be stronger although i can imagine there all this strong . Ive never been in but i highly respect all that have , to the ones that have lost their lives to the ones living with what they do after they come home i couldnt have more respect for you all🙏
Thank you for sharing the story of these badass Americans
"Beyond valor" . Two words that say it all. Semper fi Soldiers, Semper fi.
Couldn't agree more
As a son of a decorated combat pilot, eventually deceased of his wound years after his war, this story of the Battle of Wanat touched my soul….
The mind set of higher (Battalion and above) was "going home". This contributed to the decision to essentially leave on the ground decisions and support to the troopers there. Higher has a direct responsibility of what occurred at Wanat. 05/11A (Gardez & Khost 2003-4) We will never forget them..never!
Just seeing Bella and those mountains again and just thinking about what happened on throw deployment. Changed my life I got shot 9 times one day. Brain surgery and pelvis surgery
Appreciate you commenting and sharing man, always wishing you and your guys the best. Hope life's been good to ya lately brother
@justinplaysguitar hope you're doing well and God bless you
What a powerful story of brotherhood.
Couldn't agree more
Damn!.that outpost was so weird!.they put them sorrounded by mountains.they put them on a hell!.😕😣 RIP to all the fallen heroes.
Respect and thank you to them and for sharing this. Cheers
R.i.p. Soldiers!, GOD BLESS ALL THAT SERVED AT WANAT!!✝️✝️✝️🇺🇲💪🏼
Got to see the powerful warrior in the human being. Men shaken to a level only a soldier could be.
Nothing but respect and reverence
Thanks for sharing this. A very powerful documentary. RIP brave men
I don't remember this and I followed Afghanistan back then and now I will not forget what happened in Watnat. They kicked ass when cards were stacked against them. Awesome documentary.
9 in one day to the military 9 ain't much but to a team of brothers its gut wrenching and devastating
Many sons and grandsons will still die in these wars for power. May God have mercy on their souls, and punish those responsible for these atrocities.
God bless our soldiers.
I believe those in command did not learn for the mistakes made at COP Bella and made them again with COP Keating the following year, the two posts were very similar in terrain & situation, both ending with the same unnecessary outcome.
Command also wasn't held accountable for criminal negligence at a time when the US Army would prosecute enlisted personnel and members of the junior officer corps at the drop of a hat. There are plenty of examples of that sitting in Leavenworth right now. Sure seems like the Army will spare no expense when railroading sergeants and lieutenants. But prosecute a colonel or general for leaving these guys sitting in 120 degree heat without enough water, or the proper equipment and manpower while hundreds of Taliban mass nearby? It's insane that all of these guys knew they were going to be attacked, but Col Ostlund gets away with pretending not to know, and is found not responsible when it ends up happening exactly as they described!
Bless your heart heroes, rest in peace. Such a loss of brave young men. Why is it that they build these outposts in the lowest spot... Tears
Good question??????
🙏 Thank you
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1:08, I really felt his pain 😢
The Colonel who changed his sons orders.Sir our destiny is etched in stone long before we get there.Sorry for your loss.
Beautiful tribute . God bless
Rest in Peace Brothers LH&R
Incredible
My heart hurts for these guys, but at least there are people who will never forget them and will always honor and appreciate the sacrifices they made in order to protect our freedom. It's so sad that it happened this way though, it reminds me completely of COP Keating and both of those places were described as "like being at the bottom of a paper cup", surrounded by high ground and in both situations they never should've been put there in the first place. Regardless though, their sacrifice and their stories will never be forgotten and they were true heroes in every sense of the word. My heart and prayers go out to those who lost their lives and their families.
Thank you for this video. It's a shame they re-assigned that drone for some visiting Admiral that day. I'd hope or like to think it would have made a difference.
Why would they go thru with sending them in there..why would they have a base set up surrounded by enemy high ground..why would they send them with 2 weeks left in their deployment. They got hung out to dry. But maybe im wrong just makes me very sad to see. Theres no words great enough to express my gratitude for all these brave warriors. These men are true heros in life. God bless America and god bless our fallen soldiers and vets. True heros. 🙏
I think it was the ego of the brass. Taliban gave that company and our soldiers an ultimatum to not be there. Some suit said, "oh yeah, no one tells me where I can or can't go". Not trying to clown, but I don't understand why they were there, makes no sense at ALL. They said f*** it, and held their ground against hundreds. Amazing.
What is the most frustrating about this was their logistics. 100° weather and no water? Heck no. Never should our soldiers, with a working LZ, be without water, food and ammo.
Best men on earth!
RIP for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. May god be with their families
May god be with the brave soldiers that were wounded and the soldiers that were there. 🫡
Amen brothers. Amen
RIP brothers
So, put up there didn't have enough supplies, as in food and water initially. Since I heard diggers in the background, why wasn't a concrete bastion enplaced? What was the strategic aim of this whole endeavour? A waste of young and talented lives. RIP.
May God bless you all
32:49 FACTS!!
11 days and a wake-up, your never short until you can eat here and shit there. Sad fact.
Hi my name is sean
I'm from Vancouver bc canada 🇨🇦
I wish to thank each every one of you for the freedoms i get to have with out all your Sacrifices we very well could be over run by the endless numbers of people coming into the United States of America. It's bloody disgraceful Now, President Biden acted like a little p**** and left Afghanistan the way he did.
All of you are incredible hero's who deserve to know i take my freedoms seriously i do not take and act like its my god given write to have democracy live here in North amarica i very well could have had my life destroyed and my freedoms lost to terrorism youtube wont let me say how i truly feel so i think you know what i realy want to say.
Again thank you all of you for all the things i get to have because Of the sacrifices you've made so people like me can have the freedoms. I don't take my freedom for granted.
Thank you all again
Sean B
Vancouver bc canada 🇨🇦
CPL Gunnar Zwilling was my cousin
Appreciate you sharing, always wishing the best to you and the family 🙏
Thank you for thinking of my family
Sorry for ur loss .I'm pissed off they put them in that position to begin with...(giving the enemy the high ground 360° around them) It's BULLSHIT
Wish there was more footage
My thoughts, prayers, and blessings out to all the warriors that held that piece of dirt!
I can not for the life of me understand why a post had to be put in that valley... It's literally a kill box. Let's say there was no other way, it absolutely had to be there and nowhere else... Ok cool, it should have been a hardened solid concrete bunker... Something mortar and RPG proof at least. It wouldn't have been overly hard to helo in sections of reenforced concrete and assemble something.
Sandbags and plywood? That's just wrong. I really hope that many Generals had to answer for that. I do not blame a single enlisted man or any Lieutenant or Captain there... This was a total and complete massive huge failure at the highest levels of command, strategically and defendable.
most people dont even know that we have infantry units that are kind of elite without being elite.
Salute
He got a phone call to tell him about his son KIA?? I hope not!
173rd Abn Brigade Sky Soldiers
14 Years ago today
Never forgotten
Thank you. Chris I worked with Dan for a year or two. My niece was with 174
Semper Fi
Damn the politicians…
Sad 😢
I want to be in the Random Many Company.
Lol mayor and police chief have an important meeting
27:06 oh so they were just bait to show we were still hard charging out there, let the elders know we still helping?
did the Army ever give a reason for this FOB location? just a waste of life
Damn do i miss being deployed... 😂😂
U think u create bonds while in garrison...
No sir.. down range u really develop a bond
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When they send fish to a barrel then blame the fish for being in a barrel, two weeks should have been spent getting ready to go state side not building a base beside 200 fighting tali
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criminal commanders
And all for what? Just waste of life
Maybe you should have picked a different name other than "chosen few". That name has already been taken by the Marines that fought their way out the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea in 1950 outnumbered 10 to 1. You're not allowed to steal valor.
I appreciate what you're trying to do/say, I didn't choose the name, however. It's also not limited to only those great men and their actions.
Chosen Co. decided that name for themselves and earned it in their own way, no one is stealing any valor. A simple search online will give you any details you want as to the explanation behind it.
My utmost respect to the original Chosin Few of the Chosin Reservoir, as well as the Chosen Few at Wanat.
The fuck would having a different name have done. I thought the fuck bags blaming the lt that died were dumb but your right up there with them.
First off, you are speaking of the Chosin Few, named after the reservoir they fought in. Not the Chosen Few, so the names do differ. Secondly, Army and Marine Infantry fought side by side in the Chosin reservoir. RCT-31 “Task Force Faith” and their casualties seriously hindered the Chinese rolling attack on the 15,000 Marines fighting on the west bank. Of the roughly 2,500 Army Soldiers on that east bank, only 42% were able to tactically regress to Marine positions and only 15% were deemed combat capable, aka not significantly wounded. Combat so chaotic and close quarter that Marine pilots were forced to drop napalm on Army soldiers just to keep their convoy moving. Considering the significantly larger Marine presence in the area at the time, the Army had a much higher casualty rate for battle casualties. Considering 60% of the Army personnel that fought there never left their posts. (Battle casualties do not include cold weather injuries suffered by Marines over the course of the frigid battle.) 10 Marines, 2 Soldiers and 1 Naval Pilot earned the Medal of Honor between 27NOV-13DEC. Third, claiming stolen valor could be the most short bus take you could have for a distinguished unit of paratroopers. Get a grip on your life and off your third pinky finger.
I know something you should without question do and take this absolute dumbass comment down. Chosen company is after C for Charlie. In the army you have Companies and usually those companies will be Alpha Company, B for Bravo Company, or C for Charlie company. These are the normal old school monickers to generally label companies of soldiers. Many of the infantry units will designate their own name for the letter repping their company. They called themselves Chosen Company before this even happened
@@Specter502 Very well said, ignore that moron. They obviously don't even know the difference between "chosen" and "chosin" & they most certainly have no idea what stolen valor even is.
You did a wonderful job on this video and you've brought these amazing men the recognition they deserve. They were truly the best and absolute heroes, and they earned their title of The Chosen Few!
Wow these guys are wide open . So sad