Its always the details that get left out, It turns out he was buried in dirt, in a shack outside the compound with twenty two other soldiers, the compound was set aflame by the taliban to keep helicopters from coming near the mountainous terrain, so all they were seeing for twelve hours was fire , smoke ,and the enemy rushing and shooting. Daniels friend died right next to him, when it was all over he had to pull out the dead and wounded and wire the compound with explosives, once up in the air it was detonated. He is on three days of rest now and he comes home in November.