One of the US commanders heard this and ordered his troops to open fire.

U.S. commanders say they have this matter under control, but serious questions have been raised.

Very few US commanders know that story, and none of them know the man who did it.

One witness at the crash site said the US military commander there wanted to bulldoze the area immediately.

He was the first US commander to make connection with allied Russian troops.

At the time, most U.S. commanders at lower levels had little or no combat experience of any kind.

To their credit, U.S. commanders appreciate the political cost of what they call collateral damage.

Before evacuation, the U.S. commander dumped equipment in the river instead of turning it over.

Anyway, before he reported through channels, he told me, as US military commander on the spot.

A senior U.S. commander reported that 150 Taliban had been killed.