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Army Staff Sgt. Aron Hijar, whose platoon was the subject of the documentary "Restrepo," will be among those walking the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday.

"Restrepo" is nominated for in the Documentary Feature category, and Hijar, who is from La Habra, and fellow soldier Sgt. Misha Pemble-Belkin were invited by the filmmakers, journalists Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington, the Orange County Register reported.

Junger and Hetherington followed the Italy-based platoon in a Taliban-infested section of the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan between May 2007 and July 2008.

Restrepo was the name of a fallen medic and given to a critical observation point, once a Taliban stronghold, which was overtaken by Hijar's platoon.

"By the end of deployment, we became so proud of it because of what we had done," Hijar, 28, told the newspaper.

His 2nd Platoon Battle Company 2-503rd ABCT, about 30 strong, was deployed to provide humanitarian aide to villagers, but the soldiers wound up in a Biography of albert einstein.