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By Jonathan S. Landay / The Bulletin
August 7, 2012
WASHINGTON — Like other U.S. trainers with the Afghan force that day, former Army Capt. William Swenson had expected light resistance. Instead, the contingent walked into a furious six-hour firefight with Taliban ambushers in which Swenson repeatedly charged through intense fire to....
