"The infantryman, who was only 18 at the time, was taking part in an operation to clear hostile terrain in Garmsir before the arrival of thousands of US Marines. Suddenly Taleban insurgents opened fire from 100-150 metres away, shooting his platoon commander three times below the hips.
“Your natural reaction is to hit the ground, so I did,” said Private Kennedy, from Bromsgrove, West Midlands, who had passed through his Army training only eight months earlier.
“I couldn’t tell who had been hit, then I saw that my platoon commander had his hand up. I ran back to him and managed to administer first aid.”"
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