{"id":5167,"date":"2022-11-20T08:27:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T15:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2023-01-12T09:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:02:05","slug":"staff-sergeant-chris-falkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/ww-ii\/staff-sergeant-chris-falkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Sergeant Chris Falkel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5167\" class=\"elementor elementor-5167\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42cca0e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42cca0e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65a4803\" data-id=\"65a4803\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b9d13b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68b9d13b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5170 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jeff-Falkel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>On 8 August 2005, while supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, the men of Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha 316 (SFODA-316) became involved in a 54 hour combat engagement with the Taliban in Mari Ghar, Afghanistan. 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