THE TENSION: Combat Camera: 2/8 Marines Engage in 6-Hour Firefight With Taliban Insurgents, Part 1 of 3

Afghan national army soldiers and U.S. Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, return from a six-hour firefight Aug. 13. The fight was the longest since July 4 here. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Five-inch rockets from an AH-1 Super Cobra attack helicopter strike insurgent positions here in support of the Marines on the ground with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, here Aug 13. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Lance Cpl. Joshua Vance, a team leader with Marines Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, engages enemy positions with his M203 grenade launcher during a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here Aug. 13. Vance is from Raleigh, N.C. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Sgt. Jonathon Delgado, a squad leader with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, looks back for a casualty evacuation helicopter in the middle of a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here Aug. 13. Delgado is from Kissimmee, Fla. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Lance Cpl. Timothy Daughtry, a saw gunner with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, takes a quick rest after a seven-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents Aug. 13. Daughtry is from Polk County, Fla. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Rounds from a high-mobility artillery rocket system and a B-1 bomber detonate on insurgent positions in support of the Marines on the ground with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, here Aug. 13. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Lance Cpl. Joshua Vance, a team leader with Marines Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, point out enemy positions during a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here Aug. 13. Vance is from Raleigh, N.C. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

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