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Marines face fierce ambush as Bernard dies in Afghanistan
A Marine unit including 11 Americans and 10 Afghan soldiers fights insurgents near Dahaneh. Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard dies from a heart blood clot after being evacuated. 19th American casualty in Afghanistan this August. AP photographer Julie Jacobson documents the event alongside Alfred de Montesquiou and Ken Teh.
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Associated Press
Alfred de Montesquiou
Julie Jacobson
Ken Teh
U.S
Bernard
Jake Godby
Godby
Fredericksburg
Jacobson
Camp Leatherneck
Afghanistan
Russell
Stafford
Dahaneh
Golf Company
New Portland
Maine
John
Sharon Bernard
Joshua
Katy
Michael Michaud
Cpl
Braxton Russell
Lance
Joshua Bernard
Lance Cpl
Taliban