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Meyer: "I'm not a hero"

Name: Meyer: "I'm not a hero"
Uploaded: 2011-09-18T13:00:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 34 s
Description: With his patrol caught in a massive ambush in Afghanistan, Dakota Meyer was desperate to get to his trapped fellow soldiers. His commanders ordered him to stay put, but Meyer defied orders and drove into the fight.

With his patrol caught in a massive ambush in Afghanistan, Dakota Meyer was desperate to get to his trapped fellow soldiers. His commanders ordered him to stay put, but Meyer defied orders and drove into the fight.