The next vehicle to exit the narrows after Walter was a Humvee driven by Brad Jacobson, with Master Sergeant John Horney in its front passenger’s seat. Ahead, they could see Baker’s Humvee shooting up the hillside. “As soon as we got around the corner,” Jacobson remembers, “Sarn’t Horney was, like, ‘Those are friendlies up there! Those are friendlies!’ His voice was real upset. I have tunnel vision because I’m driving, just trying to haul ass without hitting rocks, but I look up and see dudes waving on the high ground. You could see the whole fucking platoon right there. And I’m sorry, but
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