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Article: Afghanistan: fire support for Operation Anaconda. (Interview).(Interview)
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- FA Journal
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- September 1, 2002
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Major General Franklin L. Hagenbeck, Commanding General, 10th mountain division (light), Fort Drum, New York, and Commanding General, Coalition Joint Task Force Mountain in Afghanistan
Major General Hagenbeck was the commander of ground forces in Afghanistan for the 17-day combat Operation Anaconda (February-March), part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The purpose of Operation Anaconda was to dig pockets of al Qaeda forces out of intricate caves in the rugged terrain of the Shah-e-Kot Valley in Afghanistan.
Basically, US forces consisted of some 40 Special Forces soldiers; about 1,200 infantrymen with 60-mm, 81-mm and 120-mm mortars from the 10th Mountain ...