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The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Little, Brown and Company
June 2007
On Sale: June 12, 2007
400 pages
ISBN: 0316067598
EAN: 9780316067591
Hardcover
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On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs
left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous
Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a
notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban
stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force.
Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy
SEALs remained alive.
This is the story of fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, the
sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle
in the mountains that led, ultimately, to the largest loss
of life in Navy SEAL history. But it is also, more than
anything, the story of his teammates, who fought ferociously
beside him until he was the last one left-blasted
unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but
still armed and still breathing. Over the next four days,
badly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell fought off six al
Qaeda assassins who were sent to finish him, then crawled
for seven miles through the mountains before he was taken in
by a Pashtun tribe, who risked everything to protect him
from the encircling Taliban killers.
A six-foot-five-inch Texan, Leading Petty Officer Luttrell
takes us, blow-by-blow, through the brutal training of
America's warrior elite and the relentless rites of passage
required by the Navy SEALs. He transports us to a monstrous
battle fought in the desolate peaks of Afghanistan, where
the beleaguered American team plummeted headlong a thousand
feet down a mountain as they fought back through flying
shale and rocks. In this rich , moving chronicle of courage,
honor, and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers one of the
most powerful narratives ever written about modern
warfare-and a tribute to his teammates, who made the
ultimate sacrifice for their country.
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