The American and Kurdish forces were surprised to find so many more prisoners than initial intelligence had indicated. Payneĭespite the danger of the building’s possible collapse, Payne re-entered it two more times to ensure that every possible person had been rescued. “…Once you’re able to control your fear, that’s the bridge to personal courage and personal courage is contagious on the battlefield.” Sgt. Payne and a Kurdish commando braved the smoke and fire to cut the doors open with bolt-cutters and rescued 30 more hostages before the building collapsed from the fire and damage taken from enemy gunfire Payne then moved off the roof and through a fortified door of a burning building with prisoners trapped inside. Seeking to counter this new threat, ISIS fighters tried to collapse the roof by detonating explosive vests in the room below. From this rooftop position, Payne and his team engaged the enemy with small-arms and grenades. Payne and his team climbed up a ladder and onto a roof as rounds flew overhead. Army soldiers moved to assist Kurdish commandoes pinned down by ISIS gunfire. Continuing forth, Payne and the rest of the team cleared one of the two buildings, cut the locks on the prison doors, and freed almost 40 hostages before rushing to an intense firefight that had begun in the other building. With the first building cleared, Payne and other U.S. With the fight quickly escalating and the threat to the prisoners growing, Wheeler, Payne and the rest of the American team climbed over a wall and entered the prison.Īlmost immediately, Wheeler was struck and killed by ISIS gunfire. The initial Kurdish efforts to breach the compound’s outer wall with explosives failed, and ISIS guards began to return fire. Wheeler and then Sergeant First Class Thomas Payne.Īfter flying in on American CH-47 helicopters, the allied assault force reached the prison compound. Two members of the American contingent were Master Sergeant Joshua L. This hostage-rescue mission was to be led by Kurdish peshmerga commandos and supported by the U.S. Given the urgency of the situation, a pre-dawn raid was planned for October 22, 2015. The threat was serious, as Iraqi media had filed numerous reports of ISIS carrying out just these kinds of executions in Hawijah. The Kurdish Regional Government received intelligence that the 70 prisoners, among them possible Kurdish fighters, were soon to be executed by ISIS forces. The prisoners were fed very little and forced to watch videotaped ISIS beheadings on nearby TVs. Around the town of Hawijah, located in the Kirkuk province of Iraq, ISIS had packed more than 70 people into a two-building prison. In regions where they seized control, ISIS leadership was quick to execute or imprison anyone who was a threat to their rule or hardline ideology. Throughout 2014, ISIS expanded its control over increasing amounts of northern Iraq. The official music video for "The Catalyst," which was directed by the band's DJ Joe Hahn, featured both in-game footage and live-action scenes emulating the "Medal of Honor" wartime aesthetic.MSG Kevin Foutz (left) and SFC Thomas Payne (right) in 2012 after winning the Best Ranger Competition (courtesy Ranger Training Brigade) The Prison Rescue
It is also not the first time that Linkin Park itself has contributed work to videogames, or even "Medal of Honor." For 2010's release of "Medal of Honor," EA used two of the band's recent songs-"The New Divide" and "The Catalyst" in trailers promoting the game. This partnership, announced just days after 2K Games announced a partnership with Jay-Z as an executive producer for "NBA 2K13" and Activision revealed that Trent Reznor would be playing a similar role to Linkin Park as a composer for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2," is further sign of the expanding relationship between videogames and music as the two industries continue to overlap. The band's new song "Castle of Glass," from their latest album "Living Things," will also feature in-game footage from "Warfighter" in its official music video, the band said in a comment. Mike Shinoda, rapper and composer of Linkin Park and Fort Minor fame, will be scoring the soundtrack for the upcoming military shooter "Medal of Honor: Warfighter," Electronic Arts announced on Thursday in a press release.
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