General Mattis saved Lue Elizondo’s life in Afghanistan according to Tom DeLonge.

(Reddit Archive)

From the transcript:

TOM DELONGE: Mattis saved his life. Lue got pinned down in a huge machine gun fight. And he called for air support. And they said there's nothing in the area and he said: “I looked at my friend.” - [Lue] said - "We are going to die. We're dead. There are like 100 of them shooting and they pinned me at a rock.” And he heard something …