>> Martha: IN THE DAYS AFTER
SEPTEMBER 11TH THE COUNTRY
STILL REELING IN SHOCK AND
GRIEF.
PRESIDENT CLIMBED ON TOP OF
THE RUBBLE, HE MADE A
PROMISE TO AMERICA.
>> I CAN HEAR YOU.
[CHEERS]
CAN I HEAR YOU.
THE REST OF THE WORLD HEARS
YOU.
[CHEERS]
AND THE PEOPLE WHO KNOCKED
THESE BUILDINGS DOWN WILL
HEAR ALL OF US SOON.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Martha: WHAT AUTO MOMENT
IT LIFTED BATTERED SPIRITS
BUT IT WAS AN ACTUAL CALL TO
ACTION FOR OUR NATION’S
BRAVEST.
"12 STRONG" A MOVIE THAT
COMES OUT THIS FRIDAY A
MOVIE OF THE SPECIAL OP.
FORCES SENT INTO AFGHANISTAN
AT THAT CLARION CALL TO
FIGHT THE TALIBAN.
THE TERRAIN REQUIRED THAT
THEY FLY IN DUST STORMS OVER
PERILOUS MOUNTAINS AND THEN
MOUNT HORSES WITH THEIR GUNS
WHETHER THEY KNEW HOW TO
RIDE OR NOT.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
A MAN CAN TAKE INTO COMBAT
IS A REASON WHY.
THIS FIGHT, BOYS, MARK MY
WORDS.
♫ HERE ME KNOCKING ON THE
WINDOW.
>> 19 MINUTES ATTACKED OUR
COUNTRY, THE 12 OF YOU WILL
BE THE FIRST TO FIGHT BACK.
>> YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU,
RIGHT?
>> I WOULD BE REMISS IF I
DID NOT SAY TO YOU EVEN IN
SUCCESS THE ODDS OF YOU
COMING HOME --
>> THEY ARE 100 PERCENT,
SIR.
>> WE’RE COMING HOME.
>> Martha: THAT’S
INCREDIBLE.
EARLIER THIS WEEK I SPOKE
WITH DOUG STANTON AUTHOR OF
THE NUMBER ONE BEST SELLER
HORSE SOLDIERS AND HE IS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THIS
MOVIE THAT HITS THEATERS
TOMORROW.
>> Martha: TELL US WHAT MAKE
THESE MEN AND SKILL SET SO
UNIQUE?
>> IF HAD YOU GONE TO AFTER
PRESIDENT BUSH’S SPEAK IF
YOU HAD GONE TO PENTAGON
AFTER AFGHANISTAN THERE WAS
NOTHING.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO MOVE A
LOT OF TROOPS INTO THAT
COUNTRY.
WE NEEDED ANSWERS QUICKLY
AND THIS STORY IS IN SOME
WAYS ABOUT GETTING THAT
QUICK ANSWER.
AND REMOVING THE TALIBAN
THEY WERE CHOSEN FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY
TO BE A LEAD ELEMENT BECAUSE
THEY CAN SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
THEY KNOW THE CULTURAL
SENSITIVITIES.
THE MOVIE DOES THIS REALLY
WELL ABOUT CREATING THE
RELATIONSHIPS, THE ALLIANCES
BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND
AFGHANS FIGHTING A COMMON
ENEMY WHICH WAS THE TALIBAN.
THAT’S WHAT THEY DO AND THEY
DID IT WITH THEIR AIR FORCE
BROTHERS AND THE CIA AND THE
ARMY, NIGHT STALKERS AND SO
JUST THINK OF WORLD WAR II.
THE UNDERGROUND IN WORLD WAR
II.
THAT’S WHO THESE GUYS WERE.
THEY DROPPED BEHIND ENEMY
LINES.
THEY HAVE HAVE TO LINK UP
WITH THE LOCALS AND FIGHT TO
OVERTHROW THIS ESSENTIALLY
THIS DICTATORSHIP WHICH IS
THE TALIBAN.
>> Martha: THEY LAND AND
THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING
TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH
THESE MEMBERS OF THE
NORTHERN ALLIANCE, CREATING
THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE
TOGETHER.
THEY DON’T SPEAK THE SAME
LANGUAGE.
THEY ARE PUT ON HORSES AND
AS I SAID MANY OF THEM
WE HAVEN’T HAD HORSEBACK
MILITARY IN WAR SINCE WORLD
WAR II AT THAT TIME.
BUT THIS IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY -- TALK TO ME
ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS.
>> SO, THEY’RE HUMBLE
HEROES.
I SPENT FIVE YEARS TRAVELING
AROUND THE COUNTRY MEETING
THEM.
GOING INTO THEIR KITCHENS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR
WIVES OR AT LEAST
ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLES THE
FAMILIES HAD IN THIS
MISSION.
BECAUSE, WITHOUT THEM AT
HOME, THESE GUYS WOULDN’T
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGHT
OVERSEAS.
AND SO WHEN YOU MEET THEM,
THEY LOOK LIKE REALLY FIT
PEOPLE BUT YOU WOULD NEVER
KNOW THAT THEY WERE
DIPLOMATS AND WARRIORS ALL
ROLLED INTO ONE.
THEIR TRAINING IS REALLY
REALLY SPECIAL.
IT’S UNIQUE IN AMERICAN
HISTORY WHAT THEY
ACCOMPLISHED.
>> Martha: THEY WERE VASTLY
OUTNUMBERED.
>> TRUE.
>> Martha: AGAINST THE
TALIBAN.
THEY BASICALLY WERE ABLE TO
CAPTURE SHAREEF, THE MAIN
SORT OF COLD PLACE WHERE THE
TALIBAN WAS HUNKERED DOWN
BUT AFTER THAT THEY GOT
SURPRISED.
>> YOU MEAN AFTER THEY TOOK
MONZAR?
AFTER THAT.
THEY PREVAIL IN THAT MOMENT,
TOO.
BUT THE BATTLE CONTINUED
AFTER THEY -- THEY ACTUALLY
ACHIEVED WHAT PRESIDENT BUSH
AND OTHERS HAD SENT THEM TO
DO WHICH WAS TO CAPTURE THIS
KEY CITY AND THAT IN ITSELF
WAS AN ENORMOUS -- NO ONE
THOUGHT THEY COULD DO IT.
IT WAS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.
THEY DID IT IN ABOUT SIX
WEEKS.
AND WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT TAKE