Major Mark Mitchell, United States Army, was stationed in Afghanistan in November 2001 after 9/11.

He was friends with two CIA operatives, Mike Spann and David Tyson, who were going to Qala-i-Jangi to question prisoners in a prison camp. Major Mitchell asked them if they needed help. They said no; they were going to try to gather intelligence.

Later that morning, they received reports that the prisoners had taken over the prison camp and there was a lot of gunfire and later an explosion from a grenade. Mike and David had been rushed by the prisoners. Within seconds, they were in hand-to-hand combat. In the confusion, they were separated from each other. Dave managed to escape. Mike's whereabouts were unknown.

Major Mitchell and others rushed to the prison camp. He could speak Arabic and

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