{"id":469,"date":"2009-04-04T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T02:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2016-07-05T15:01:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T21:01:47","slug":"pictures-from-the-war-zone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/?page_id=469","title":{"rendered":"Pictures and Videos From the War Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"noindent\">Here are some pictures and videos some friends have sent me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bDYjNao0YTw&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Intense Firefight in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qZHrubLXGR8&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Army Soldiers Engage Insurgents In Korengal Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"noindent\">For anything you send me to post here, please give me something like:<br \/>\n\u201cThis is my [photo, story, etc.] and I give Sgt. Andy Brandi permission to use it on his website.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; background-color: black; clear: both;\" \/>\n<h3>From 1st Sgt. D. R.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/6375_1094547199911_1113486454_30236338_6693274_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3314\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/6375_1094547199911_1113486454_30236338_6693274_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/6375_1094547199911_1113486454_30236338_6693274_n-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/6375_1094547199911_1113486454_30236338_6693274_n-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/6375_1094547199911_1113486454_30236338_6693274_n.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"noindent\">This is where me and one of my squads (12 total) got ambushed on April 6th. Langhorst and Hallal were killed, Gentile was shot through the face and neck, Ortiz lost some fingers, Hayes caught frag in the hand and shoulder, Letterman shot through the stomach. We held a casualty collection point and fought for four hours (against about 100 insurgents) before reinforcements arrived. This photo was taken about a month later. I will tell you, when we went through this area again all those feelings came back and were flowing. You know when everything gets bright and you&#8217;re seeing 3-D?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/183327_135795866489127_135627273172653_204152_6339194_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3316\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/183327_135795866489127_135627273172653_204152_6339194_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/183327_135795866489127_135627273172653_204152_6339194_n-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/183327_135795866489127_135627273172653_204152_6339194_n-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/uploads\/183327_135795866489127_135627273172653_204152_6339194_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a 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YouTube: Intense Firefight in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan YouTube: U.S. Army Soldiers Engage Insurgents In Korengal Valley For anything you send me to post here, please give me something like: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/?page_id=469\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":296,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":106,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4132,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions\/4132"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sgtbrandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}