afghanistan. november 3, he was one of ten special forces operators, to land by helicopter near a taliban safe haven in northern afghanistan. they trekked through a mile of waist-deep mud and climbed steep cliffs before finally reaching the village that they wanted to reach. there a night s long battle ensued. andrew and his team fought off wave after wave of enemy fighters. a grenade detonated and as the taliban began to surround the americans and afghan forces, andrew ran through the smoke and through the hail of bullets to rescue an afghan soldier. in the midst of this torrent of gun fire and danger, andrew