Final Comfort

U.S. Army Flight Medic Brandon Lowther (l.) holds the hand of a fatally wounded U.S. Army Soldier as he is airlifted by the Medevac helicopter of 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder on August 24, 2011 to Kandahar Hospital Role 3. Two U.S. Soldiers were heavily injured by gun shots and brought to the hospital. Photo: Johannes Eisele AFP/Getty Images.