(CNN) -- Lt. Michael P. Murphy was leading a four-man Navy SEAL team behind enemy lines in a remote mountain range in Afghanistan when he realized he was in trouble.
About 40 Taliban soldiers had quietly encircled his team, trapping them in an isolated area. The Taliban opened up on Murphy's men, causing them to tumble down the range where they frantically fired back while searching for an escape route.
Murphy's actions in the next minutes of the June 2005 battle would save another man's life and earn him the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor. But Murphy himself died. 
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