Camp Restrepo

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Monday May 11, 2009. Spc. Zachery Boyd of Fort Worth, TX, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. From far right is Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, LA and Jordan Custer of Spokan, WA, center. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Spc. Zachery Boyd of Fort Worth, Texas, and the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry, searches the sky for an A-10 aircraft on a bombing run over Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province Sunday, May 10, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Missiles fired at suspected Taliban positions from Apache helicopters explode on a hillside in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province Sunday, May 10, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Spent rounds lay at the feet of a soldier from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry as he returns fire on a Taliban position as their base Camp Restrepo comes under attack in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Friday May 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry fire mortars from the Korengal Outpost at Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Tuesday May 12, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Staff Sgt. Steven Dubois of Remus, MI and the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry loads a rifle magazine with ammunition at firebase Restrepo in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Monday May 11, 2009. Dubois' tattoo reads \"For The Fallen\" and lists the names of 17 of his friends who have died in combat during his tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

SSG Alexander Pascual, right, from Kohala, Hawaii, from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry, patrols in the mountains of in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province Saturday, May 9, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

An Afghan local village elder meets with soldiers and an interpreter, left, from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry, as they patrol in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province Saturday, May 9, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry, are followed by the platoon's pet dog \"Chinook\" as they patrol a mountain road in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province Saturday, May 9, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry return to their base Camp Restrepo in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Friday, May 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Spl. Taylor Jordan from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry lifts weights in the rain at his platoon's base Camp Restrepo in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Friday May 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Lt. Glenn Burkey from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry shaves his head at his platoon's base Camp Restrepo in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Friday, May 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Staff Sgt. Alexander Pascual from Kohala, Hawaii, cooks chicken on a grill at firebase Restrepo in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province Saturday, May 9, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Steven Bates of Independence, MO and from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry sits with his platoon's pet dog \"Chinook\" at firebase Restrepo in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Monday May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, LA, right, from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry is treated by medic Pfc. Dorian Biberdorf of Bellevue, NB, inside a medical bunker at firebase Restrepo in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Saturday, May 9, 2009. Montgomery's leg, which was gashed in an operation two weeks ago, became infected and a medic had to open the wound to try to remove the infection and sterilize it. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Spcl. Ryan Shriner from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry smokes a cigarette as his patrol rests in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Friday May 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)