Posted on Aug 18, 2022
How a U.S. Marine and an Afghan interpreter forged a bond of friendship in Afghanistan
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Zac Zaki was an interpreter for the United States Marines in Afghanistan. The memories of bloody battle are still with him:
"Sounds like whistling by your ear and the minefield that you're walking through on it. You lost your friend, your partners," he says. "You saw the pieces of people's bodies."
"Sounds like whistling by your ear and the minefield that you're walking through on it. You lost your friend, your partners," he says. "You saw the pieces of people's bodies."
How a U.S. Marine and an Afghan interpreter forged a bond of friendship in Afghanistan
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."And he keeps encouraging the people that are carrying the stretcher with him to put him down. And he’s saying, you guys need a rest. Sergeant Humphrey would go on to die on the helicopter and need to be resuscitated. He died twice in flight. And to think that in the moments preceding his death, his thoughts were with everyone else. They weren’t with him. And this is what this book, Always Faithful, this is where examples like this, this title comes from. You know, Semper Fidelis.
It’s people who always put others before themselves. And where else, you see the horrors, but you also see these glimpses of heaven. These glimpses of what true love can can mean. And true love is saying, put me down so you can rest. You’re my brothers. And in the moments preceding your death, you’re only thinking about other people. And so that day, it was a tough one. And Zac, like every other day, was right there when I regained consciousness, and he was right there looking out after me."...
..."And he keeps encouraging the people that are carrying the stretcher with him to put him down. And he’s saying, you guys need a rest. Sergeant Humphrey would go on to die on the helicopter and need to be resuscitated. He died twice in flight. And to think that in the moments preceding his death, his thoughts were with everyone else. They weren’t with him. And this is what this book, Always Faithful, this is where examples like this, this title comes from. You know, Semper Fidelis.
It’s people who always put others before themselves. And where else, you see the horrors, but you also see these glimpses of heaven. These glimpses of what true love can can mean. And true love is saying, put me down so you can rest. You’re my brothers. And in the moments preceding your death, you’re only thinking about other people. And so that day, it was a tough one. And Zac, like every other day, was right there when I regained consciousness, and he was right there looking out after me."...
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