But the black utility vehicle carrying Sergeant Wright, Sergeant Johnson and Sergeant Black did not make it out. Two more American commandos then left that group on foot and headed back toward the ambush site to help in the search. Then, believing that the second American vehicle was behind him, he accelerated hard to the north. La David T. Johnson, an Army mechanic by trade and the driver of the second American truck, had been pinned down by heavy fire and was unable to get back into the driver’s seat. The other American vehicle was heading north, still under fire.

Source: New York Times May 11, 2018 00:00 UTC