Lieutenant David Bernstein was a heroic guy and apparently was a complete stud Valedictorian is high school in suburban Philadelphia fifth in his class at West Point. There was nothing around but grass and the bag from the Humvee only had bandages and things And that right there is a excerpt from the Baltimore Sun March 6th 2005 article written by Robert Little where he exposed the fact that a lack of a $20 tourniquet Was costing the lives of American soldiers and Marines.