Service a Navy SEAL at war

Luttrell, Marcus.

Large Print 2012

The author, a Navy SEAL, returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him, and he would have readily done the same for them. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything, including themselves, for the sake of family, nation, and freedom. In this book, we follow the author to...

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Luttrell, Marcus

United States. Navy. SEALs Officers Biography

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ISBN:

9780316208093

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

xvi, 492 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
large print

Other Title:

Service
Navy SEAL at war

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-492)

Contents:

Brotherhood
How We Fight. One more round ; SEAL Team 5, Alfa Platoon ; Never quit ; Into the hornet's nest ; Shakeout patrol ; Firecracker ; Old men of Anbar ; Under fire and blown to hell ; Frogman down ; "We're not going to make it out of here alive" ; My enemy, my friend ; Going south ; Sniper One ; Flight to Al Asad ; Blood and victory
How We Live. Hitting the wall ; Angels on my shoulder ; "You might want to pray now" ; That others may live ; Stir-crazy ; Family ties
How We Die. Heroes of the day ; The warrior queens ; Links in the chain
The flaming ferris wheel spins
Naval Special Operations personnel killed in action, 1943-present

LCCN:

2012937496

Control Number:

879792

Other Authors:

Hornfischer, James D

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