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# Cpl. Piano's Story
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-last-600-meters/extras/cpl-pianos-story-qmm71k/
- Published: 2025-10-24T07:05:15.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-24T07:31:08.000Z
- Description: From down-time to go-time, war changes by the moment and is often a matter of millimeters.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Last 600 Meters, #ZZZ_Show_b41b96c1-8528-4bbb-8c3e-4f94a28eee5c, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_41f04747-84f6-4e98-9bf7-b51abf02776d, #extra

From down-time to go-time, war changes by the moment and is often a matter of millimeters. Cpl. Matthew Piano, 2nd Squad Leader of Battalion 3/1, found this out firsthand in a brief exchange with the enemy in Fallujah. As the rest of his squad still leisurely prepared for the battle, he began engaging with a lone gunman in the distance. That day, fortunately, he had an angel watching over him.