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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kevin Maurer / The Bulletin
December 13, 2008
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Capt. Kyle Walton remembers pressing himself into the jagged stones that covered the cliff in northeast Afghanistan.
Machine gun rounds and sniper fire ricocheted off the rocks. Two rounds slammed into his helmet, smashing his head into the ground. Nearby, three of....