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14 www.army.mil/publications “I’d climb down first and then I would tell them, ‘Climb down as far as you can get, and then just drop on me. I’ll catch you.’ I did that with Sergeant Morales and Sergeant Behr,” Carter recalled. He then left the comparative safety of the wadi (riverbed) at the bottom and climbed into harm’s way once again to help cover the rest of the escape and throw weapons and equip- ment over the side of the cliff, because although they believed approximately 150 insurgents had been killed, no one wanted to leave the remaining terrorists with any extra weapons. “In the most desperate of situa- tions, and under the most intense en- emy fire, Spc. Carter performed more heroically than anyone could have ever asked him to do, especially consider- ing he was the most junior Soldier on the mission, and an attachment to our team,” wrote Walton. “This was the most intense firefight that I have ever been involved in. For a junior Soldier to perform in the manner which he An Afghan child walks to her village after receiv- ing medical treatment and humanitarian supplies during a medical engagement provided by Af- ghan National Army commandos and coalition forces near the Tag ab Valley, Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2007. An Afghan girl waits for a truck with humanitarian aid supplies to be unloaded in Panow, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2007. 14 www.army.mil/publications