Before they ever laid eyes on the twenty-four-year-old soldier, the Forward Surgical Team in remote Afghanistan was notified of his critical condition and started to prepare.[3] The young man had been strafed with an AK-47, an assault rifle designed to kill with stunning efficiency. Multiple rounds struck his torso and legs, each two-inch bullet traveling at…
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