Marcus Luttrell
Author
Language
English
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
3) Ut︠s︡elevshiĭ: istorii︠a︡ edinstvennogo vyzhivshego v tragicheskoĭ operat︠s︡ii "Krasnye krylʹi︠a︡"
Author
Series
Publisher
Bombora
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Russian
Description
"Ii︠u︡lʹ 2005 goda. Spet︠s︡operat︠s︡ii︠a︡ morskikh kotikov v Afganistane. Zadanie ne iz legkikh - likvidirovatʹ lidera talibov Akhmada Shakha. Na slezhku za nim bylo potracheno okolo mesi︠a︡t︠s︡a, no nastoi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ rabota predstoi︠a︡la imenno v otkrytom boi︠u︡. Vse shlo po planu, poka otri︠a︡d ne natknulsi︠a︡ na otri︠a︡d pastukhov. Grazhdanskikh reshili ne ubivatʹ, no imenno ėto i pogubilo...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of four Navy SEALs sent on an ill-fated covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative. They are ambushed by enemy forces in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. Based on The New York Times bestseller.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL, recounts his life and military experiences, discusses his record for the most career sniper kills in United States military history and the bounty placed on his head by Iraqi insurgents, provides an eye-witness account of war in Iraq, shares the strains of war on his marriage and family, and honors his fellow soldiers.
