Exhaust gas recirculation is provided in a turbocharged diesel engine by adding a separate EGR manifold and a secondary exhaust valve for each combustion chamber that permits passage of exhaust gas from the combustion chamber to the EGR manifold. The secondary exhaust valve is opened during the expansion stroke of the engine cycle and sometime after the combustion process has been completed while the pressure in the combustion chamber is still greater than the pressure in the intake manifold. One or two EGR valves can be opened to admit the high pressure exhaust gas from the EGR manifold into the intake manifold. Decompression braking can be provided by an additional valve between the EGR manifold and the exhaust manifold that is opened to dump the gas from the EGR manifold to the exhaust manifold while the secondary exhaust valve in the cylinder head is opened at the beginning of the expansion stroke of the piston whereby the compressed air in the cylinder escapes before performing work on the piston.