Task & Purpose/Business Insider: 4 US Soldiers Were Reportedly ‘Left Behind’ Amid Deadly Niger Ambush
Four U.S. soldiers were reportedly left behind as the brunt of their Special Forces team was evacuated after being ambushed by ISIS-affiliated militants in Niger, The New York Times reported on Oct. 26.
About two hours after the U.S. troops called in for additional support, seven of the 11 soldiers were reportedly evacuated by French helicopters, leaving four U.S. soldiers — three of them Green Berets — behind, reports the Times. U.S. officials in the report suggested that other U.S. and coalition assets were nearby when the helicopters took off.
A second Special Forces team reportedly later made its way into the ambush site and located the bodies of Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson and Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright. Sgt. La David Johnson’s body was eventually recovered by Nigerien forces, two days later, nearly a mile away from the scene of the ambush, officials said to CNN.
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