Curated action · Since 1975

Battle of Kamdesh

U.S. Army. Public domain. Photograph source.

ConflictWar in Afghanistan

WhenOctober 3, 2009

WhereCombat Outpost Keating, Kamdesh, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

Recipients2

On October 3, 2009, Taliban fighters attacked Combat Outpost Keating near Kamdesh in Nuristan Province. The outpost was nearly overrun. Clinton L. Romesha and Ty M. Carter later received the Medal of Honor for actions that day.

Who stood there

Ty M. Carter

Specialist · U.S. Army

Clinton L. Romesha

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

Articles, footage, books, films

article Clinton L. Romesha, U.S. Army feature
U.S. Army. Official Army page.
article Ty M. Carter, U.S. Army feature
U.S. Army. Official Army page.
article Battle of Kamdesh
Wikipedia. Collaborative article. Text is CC BY-SA. This archive links to it and does not copy it.
book Red Platoon
Open Library. Memoir by Clinton Romesha, 2016.
film The Outpost (2020)
IMDb. Feature film about Combat Outpost Keating, based on Jake Tapper's book The Outpost.