Ordinary Soldier

On 11th September 2006 - exactly five years after the attacks on the Twin Towers - a modern day Rorke''s Drift was played out in the town of Garmsir, known as the Taliban gateway to Helmand Province. 40-year-old Capt. Doug Beattie of the 1stBattalion Royal Irish Regiment was charged with the mission to help retake Garmsir from the Taliban. His commanders said it would take two days; it actually to...