In June 2005, Murphy, 29, led his four-man Navy SEAL team into the 10,000-foot peaks of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush to search for a terrorist thought to be in the region. But they were soon spotted and started taking fire from more than 40 insurgents.
The report said that at one point Murphy was hit in the back and dropped the handset but retrieved it and completed his call, even saying "thank you" at the end of his transmission.
Luttrell witnessed Murphy's heroism.
"I looked back up at Mikey and he took two rounds to the back and sat back up, hung up the phone. ... That was the last time I saw him."
Shot in the stomach, twice in the back, this guy exposed himself to get help for the members of his team. If that doesn't exemplify what a real hero is, you'd be hard pressed to give me a better example.
It's men like these that give me great pride in the military and our nation.
What's worse is that I was listening to Howard Stern earlier this morning and Robin was talking about Murphy and Howard said "My God, you've got to wonder what we're doing over there" and started to get on his soapbox. When corrected about where this took place, Howard took a step back and shut his mouth.
I wrote an angry letter to Stern about it simply because I think when celebrities open their mouths about world events, they tend to be misinformed and act like holier then thou idiots in the process. I simply wanted to point that out to Stern.
Thank you for your service Lt. Michael Murphy. If there were more men like you, our nation would be a better place.
Travis
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