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Nov. 08, 2009
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SALUTING AMERICAN VALOR: 'This is what we have to do. ...It's part of the job.'

His helicopter riddled with bullets, he completed multiple rescue missions in Afghanistan

By Keith Rogers
© Stephens Media LLC 2009

Saluting American Valor
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As its rear wheels touched the ground, bullets ripped through the Chinook helicopter. Army door gunners on both sides responded with their M-60 machine guns while nearby explosions from rockets fired by escorting Apache AH-64 gun ships above rocked the Chinook.

Engulfed in the fury, Chief Warrant Officer Sean Laycox was determined to land his Chinook and insert Special Forces soldiers near a village where several high-value Taliban leaders were meeting.

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