Yakah Chinah: The 3rd Platoon, A/1/32 in the Korengal Valley, September 2006

On September 7, 2006 the 3rd Platoon A/1/32 is tasked to Cordon and Search the village of Yakah Chinah in the southwestern Korengal Valley of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. On their way back to the KOP (Korengal Outpost) they are followed and ambushed by Anti-coalition militia. Yakah Chinah provides a glimpse into the daily life of a US soldier in the Korengal Valley. Yakah Chinah is the third of four books that follow the 3rd Platoon during their 2006-2007 deployment. (Tsangar is the first; Korengal Valley Road is the second; and Hell is the Korengal is the fourth)