DAMN THE VALLEY: 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2/508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Arghandab River Valley Afghanistan

Explains how 'damn the valley' was a phrase regularly uttered by the men that spent any amount of time in the Arghandab River Valley during the deployment of 2 Fury to Afghanistan in 2009-2010. Chronicles how three of the company were KIA, more than a dozen suffered life-changing injuries, and half the company had Purple Hearts. Since their return, many of the survivors have struggled to move on with their lives, and the unit has been declared at extraordinary risk by the Department of Veteran Affairs. Shares the perspective of the men that were on the ground for that deployment during the fighting season of 2010. Contains 30 black and white photographs.