“The next hit came directly below my husband in his truck, and the shrapnel came up through the vehicle, so it went through his legs, his chest, his arms, severed a couple of his fingers, through his face, ripped most of his ear off, and up through the back of his head.” “His truck got hit in the front left side and he was the passenger in the front seat,” she continues. “I was told initially that he was killed by (enemy) mortar fire,” says Sheila Harriman, whose husband, Stanley, was the first American killed in Operation Anaconda. Then the Apaches started taking hits, and so did the men on the ground. Apache helicopters and other aircraft were providing cover for troops on the ground. The biggest – and most costly – battle for American forces in Afghanistan was Operation Anaconda, the assault last March on al Qaeda’s last stronghold. And it happened again in Afghanistan – four Americans, four Canadians and 10 Afghan soldiers killed by friendly fire. In the first Gulf War, one-fourth of the Americans killed in combat were killed by other Americans. CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin reports for 60 Minutes II. has still not solved the age-old problem of fratricide – killing your own soldiers by mistake. These days, when the American military goes to war, it's a pretty safe bet the United States will win.īut despite all the revolutionary advances brought about by precision-guided weapons, the U.S. assault, code-named Operation Anaconda, Americans took the lead instead of relying on Afghan forces to take the fight to the al-Qaida. helicopters took enemy fire during the most deadly allied air and ground offensive of the war in Afghanistan. The Pentagon said the seven soldiers who died Monday were killed when two U.S. Robert Gowan, a spokesman for the Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, said little information could be released about Harriman and the circumstances of his death “because of ongoing operations” in Afghanistan. Harriman's twin brother was in the military, and they followed their father - who served in the Army - in military service. “When he did speak about what he was doing, it was just about how he loved his job. Harriman rarely talked about his career, said his cousin, Jeff Floyd. “He died doing what he loved,” said Traci Lore, Harriman's sister-in-law. Harriman, a native of Nixa, Mo., enlisted at the age of 18 and was stationed for 13 years at Fort Bragg, N.C., his wife said. “He loved not just being a soldier, but his country.”
“He was so excited about being a part of it,” said Harriman's wife, Sheila. On Monday, the Pentagon said seven more American soldiers were killed and 11 were wounded in the assault. Harriman, 34, was killed as a result gunfire from an Air Force AC-130 gunship that mistook his convoy for enemy forces. assault in Afghanistan had spent 16 years - his entire adult life - serving his country, his family said Monday.Īrmy Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Harriman, 34, of Wade, North Carolina, was killed in action in Afghanistan on Saturday, March 2, 2002, as the result of enemy fire. The Department of Defense announced today that Army Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. RELEASED: MaDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IDENTIFIES SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
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