Into the Fire: Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Meyer and Bing West discuss the Battle of Ganjigal

A conversation between Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Dakota Meyer and noted author Bing West about Meyer's experience in the Battle of Ganjigal. For his combat actions, Sgt. Meyer became the first living Marine in three decades to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Sponsored by the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. 

Into The Fire: A First-hand Account of the Most Extraordinary Bttle in the Afghan War, explores Meyer's experience during the chaotic Battle of Ganjigal in a such a way that reveals it as a microcosm of recent U.S. wars. For his combat actions, Sgt. Meyer became the first living Marine in three decades to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

DAKOTA MEYER, born and raised in Columbia, Kentucky, and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2006. A school-trained sniper and highly skilled infantryman, Corporal Meyer deployed to Iraq in 2007 and to Afghanistan in 2009. In 2011, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his unyielding courage in the Battle of Ganjigal. He now competes at charity events in skeet and rifle competitions. He speaks frequently at schools and veteran events to raise awareness for the U.S. military, while remaining dedicated to the causes of our veterans. He has raised more than one million dollars for the families of fallen troops. 

BING WEST, a Marine combat veteran, served as assistant secretary of defense during the Reagan administration. He has been on hundreds of patrols in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. A nationally-acclaimed war correspondent, he is the author of The Village — a Combined Action Platoon in Vietnam; No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle of Fallujah; The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq; and The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, West has received the Marine Corps Heritage Award, the Colby Award for Military Non-fiction, the Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award and the Marine Corps Russell Award for Leadership. He lives with his wife, Betsy, in Newport, Rhode Island.