lynsey addario, photographer

Afghanistan Embed

American soldiers with the 173rd Division, Battle Company, on a battalian-wide mission in the korengal valley to look for caves and weapons caches and known anti-coalition leaders. Front left: Sgt. John Clinard, and right, Jay Liske, and other soldiers from Battle Company, carry the body of Sgt Larry Rougle, of Utah, towards the medevac helicopter along the abascar ridge in the mountains of Kunar. Rougle was killed less than an hour prior while their unit, a scout team, was standing guard at the furthest tip of a ridge, and was ambushed by the Taliban. Two other soldiers were shot and wounded: Sgt. Kevin Rice and spc. Carl Vandeberge, and were medevaced out for surgery minutes before. October 23, 2007.
Korengal Valley, Afghanistan

American soldiers with the 173rd Division, Battle Company, on a battalian-wide mission in the korengal valley to look for caves and weapons caches and known anti-coalition leaders. Front left: Sgt. John Clinard, and right, Jay Liske, and other soldiers from Battle Company, carry the body of Sgt Larry Rougle, of Utah, towards the medevac helicopter along the abascar ridge in the mountains of Kunar. Rougle was killed less than an hour prior while their unit, a scout team, was standing guard at the furthest tip of a ridge, and was ambushed by the Taliban. Two other soldiers were shot and wounded: Sgt. Kevin Rice and spc. Carl Vandeberge, and were medevaced out for surgery minutes before. October 23, 2007.