An Air Force combat controller describes how he saved lives while injured in Afghanistan and earned the Air Force Cross for valor.
Afghanistan Crossroads is where CNN's reporting converges -- bringing you a diversity of voices, stunning images and video, global perspectives and the latest news from on the ground in Afghanistan and around the world.
- This blog was archived in October 2011.
From all parts of the world and spanning all ages, more than 2,500 U.S. and coalition troops have died in Afghanistan. Explore the names, ages and faces of the fallen