Lone Survivor:...Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

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Book Title: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Author: Marcus Luttrell's Lone

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Publication Date: June 12, 2007

ISBN: 0312306172

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Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031606759...2488642-1226257

Book Description

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.

I am gung-ho as the next person, and I do understand and respect how good the Navy SEALs are. They are the best of the best in the world, but if you can get past every few pages of great detail how good the navy SEALs are then this is a very good read. Luttrell the author and his first hand account of how all of this went down is very intersting, but like I said above the great detail every few pages of the greatness of the SEALS is just filler and could of cut the book down by 30 pages. It is a good quick summer read.

The chapters on the Pashtun tribe, I found to be very intersting how there hatred for the Americans gets pushed aside and the loyilty they showed to the sole surviving SEAL, kinda gave me a little different outlook and maybe some small respect for some of the tribes in Afghanistan. This is not to say they would do it again though.

If anyone is interested in reading this book contact me I will give you my copy for free (you can keep the book).

Edited July 21, 2007 by calhobs