A marine's journey to hell and back again
06.10.11
A new wave of films documenting the war in Afghanistan is proving more realistic than ever - with the latest following an injured marine having difficulties adjusting to life at home.
In July 2009, hundreds of US marines from the 8th Regiment's 2nd Battalion landed deep behind hostile lines in southern Afghanistan at the start of a major assault against the Taliban. Within hours they were surrounded and attacked from all sides.
In the fighting that followed, one marine was killed and several others collapsed from heat exhaustion.
Amid the chaos of battle, a photojournalist embedded with Echo Company, Danfung Dennis, was handed a precious bottle of water by a 25-year-old sergeant, Nathan Harris.
It was the start of a friendship that would change both their lives.
"Sgt Harris was an exceptional leader," says Dennis.
"He had done two deployments already to Iraq and Afghanistan and he was the first marine to step off the helicopter during the assault.
Source: BBC News