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By Thom Shanker / The Bulletin
September 11, 2010
WASHINGTON — In the most dangerous valley of the most rugged corner of eastern Afghanistan, a small rifle team of airborne soldiers fell into an insurgent ambush, a coordinated attack from three sides.
A young Army specialist, Salvatore Giunta, took a bullet to the chest, but was saved by the....