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FOB Ghazni: The Day the Enemy Breached the Wire, ILNG Documentary
This is the Illinois National Guard documentary about the Bilateral Embedded Staff Team A11 fighting side-by-side with our Polish partners in the defense of FOB Ghazni on August 28, 2013 in the team's own words. Today is the anniversary of the battle. Two U.S. Soldiers were awarded the Medal of Hono
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This is the Illinois National Guard documentary about the Bilateral Embedded Staff Team A11 fighting side-by-side with our Polish partners in the defense of FOB Ghazni on August 28, 2013 in the team's own words. Today is the anniversary of the battle. Two U.S. Soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions in the ensuing fight, Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis and Master Sergeant Earl D. Plumlee. Staff Sgt. Ollis, a Soldier with the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously after he sacrificed his life shielding a Polish officer, 2nd Lt. Karol Cierpica. President Donald Trump presented the Medal of Honor to his parents on March 2, 2026.
Produced by the Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office
Director and Cinematographer: Sgt. 1st Class Robert R. Adams
Executive Producer: Maj. Gen. Rodney Boyd, the Adjutant General of Illinois and Commander of the Illinois National Guard
Oral Historian and Researcher: Adriana Schroeder, ILNG Command Historian
Special thanks to the Soldiers of the Bilateral Embedded Staff Team A11
In memory of the U.S. and Allied Soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan
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Attribution: Source: DVIDS Hub — U.S. Department of Defense public-affairs media
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