Task Force Stryker's duty in the southern Arghandab River Valley ended in December 2009, when the brigade received a new mission in Regional Command-South. 35 Stryker Soldiers were killed in action in southern Afghanistan, 21 of them in the valley, and three comrades succumbed to non-battle illness and injury. Stryker soldiers would conduct successful operations in five of six provinces in Regional Command- South during their year-long deployment. But in nearly a decade of war against the Americans, August- December 2009 in the Arghandab River Valley was the first sustained conventional force assault - really a pursuit - that the Taliban had faced. In the end, they could not withstand the determination of Stryker soldiers who dismounted and moved "into the orchards" to destroy their Taliban enemy. All Limited Edition artwork is subject to availability at time of order. Although seller strives to remain current as to inventory, seller reserves the right to cancel a sale if item is no longer available at time of purchase.
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