After sending a brief message of congratulation to his troops, Major General Chris Donahue became the last pair of American ‘boots on the ground’

After two decades, America’s last soldier left without pomp, without ceremony, certainly without the grandeur of victory.

Bathed in the green light of a night vision scope, Maj Gen Chris Donahue, the final American pair of “boots on the ground”, walked up the rear ramp of an air force carbon-17 on Monday night.

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