“Howell was a calm, collected leader, able to cope with losing men to death and wounds far more steadily than his battalion commander could and better able to keep his cool with the Korengali elders”
― The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley
― The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley
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