to him i didn't know him. i didn't remember his name. only thing i found he there is an american in a kill zone. i said this is my responsibility to go and save his life. pete: janis i have to say interpreters are alongside us to translate the traditional understanding. not necessarily pull triggers. so you were going way beyond the call of duty. >> yeah. because of the unit that we were working with, we had to look for each other. if we didn't have gun, we couldn't save any life. that's why the trust of this. we were like the trustworthy translater. that's why they allow us to have guns and look out for each other. >> in fire fights they were the first people the taliban would start shooting at. i don't speak poshta. he does. i couldn't do that without him. the taliban understood that