[h=1]REVEALED: Full story of deadly Niger ambush: Hero Green Beret Sgt. La David Johnson died going BACK into the kill zone to save comrades who were in a separate car... as survivors fought for their lives for TWO HOURS until French fighter jets reached them[/h]
- Sgt. La David Johnson was in an armed pick-up truck when the ambush started
- His vehicle was in front of the Land Cruiser carrying Sgt. Bryan C. Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, Sgt. La David Johnson and Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright
- Johnson and his vehicle escaped the fire of 50 ISIS militants but then went back
- They were trying to save the other four US men when they were all struck
- Sgt. La.'s body was eventually given back to Nigerien troops by a village elder
- That same village elder is suspected of stalling the troops before the ambush
- The October 3 attack in Tongo Tongo, Niger, has been shrouded in secrecy
- Sgt. Johnson's widow revealed this week that she still did not know how he died
- The new details were revealed on Friday by an unnamed US official
- Questions remain over why the lightly armed unit of just 42 soldiers was sent on a dangerous mission to capture an ISIS target with so few men and weapons
- The official revealed the men were meant to have back-up but it could not go with them at the last minute
- Instead of being called back to base, they were told to proceed with the mission