lynsey addario, photographer

Afghanistan: Medevacs

United States Navy doctors attached to the Marines in Southern Afghanistan try to save the life of a Lance Cpl. who's name has been withheald, after he was fatally injured while performing combat operations in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, December 1, 2009. Doctors tried to save him, a Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2 Marine Expeditionary force, for 29 minutes before he was pronounced dead in the forward operating base hospital in Southern Afghanistan.
United States Navy doctors attached to the Marines in Southern Afghanistan try to save the life of a Lance Cpl. who's name has been withheald, after he was fatally injured while performing combat operations in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, December 1, 2009. Doctors tried to save him, a Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2 Marine Expeditionary force, for 29 minutes before he was pronounced dead in the forward operating base hospital in Southern Afghanistan.