The film deviates from Marcus Luttrell's account of the decision to release the goatherders. In his book of the same name, Luttrell describes Lieutenant Murphy favoring release of the prisoners, but placing the decision up to a vote, with Murphy and himself favoring release, Axelson in favor of killing the prisoners, and Dietz abstaining. Luttrell's account was controversial, as military procedure requires the officer in charge to give legal orders, and Murphy's father objected to the notion that his son would abdicate his responsibility. In the film, the mens' respective opinions are reflected according to Luttrell's version of events, but Murphy is depicted as decidedly telling the others "This is not a vote" before giving the order to release the prisoners.

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