APTOPIX AFGHANISTAN US

A helicopter lands to remove wounded soldiers of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., after their armored vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/David Goldman)