Operation Red Wings
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Operation Red Wings, informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar, was a joint military operation conducted by the United States in the Pech District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It was carri
SEALs prior to Operation Red Wings (L to R): Matthew Axelson, Daniel R. Healy, James Suh, Marcus Luttrell, Eric S. Patton, Michael P. Murphy
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Michael Murphy (left) with Matthew Axelson, in Afghanistan
Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy of the U.S. Navy, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient
Erik S. Kristensen
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Erik Samsel Kristensen was a lieutenant commander of the United States Navy SEALs who was killed in action during Operation Red Wings. He and several other SEALs set off as part of a search and rescue
Operation Red Wings
…aviators and crew and all eight Navy SEALs on board were killed, including commander of the 160th, Major Stephen C. Reich, and ground commander LCDR Erik S. Kristensen, of SEAL Team 10. Command and control was lost and neither visual nor radio contact could be established with the SEAL team. At this point, late in the…
Medal of Honor recipient Michael Murphy's father, viewing Erik's grave in 2007