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Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty Images

U.S. army flight-medic Brandon Lowther, left, holds the hand of a fatally wounded U.S. Army soldier as he is airlifted by a medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder on August 24, 2011 to Kandahar Hospital Role 3.

On the final day of a two-week embed, German photographer Johannes Eisele writes about his intimate, close-up images of the casualties of war. These photographs were taken during his first time in the war zone with the medevac helicopter teams in Kandahar, Afghanistan. See more here.

To visit TIME’s Beyond 9/11: A Portrait of Resilience, a project that chronicles 9/11 and its aftermath, click here.

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    terrible, terrible thing.
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    so very, very sad. :(
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    Eu quero que segures minha mão, assim, bem firme, não quero que soltes até eu me sentir em solo firme, até eu sentir que...
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