Bibliograph

Red Platoon, a true story of American valor, Clinton Romesha, Medal of honor recipient

Type

Label

Red Platoon, a true story of American valor, Clinton Romesha, Medal of honor recipient

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes biographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Red Platoon

Oclc number

933729394

Responsibility statement

Clinton Romesha, Medal of honor recipient

Sub title

a true story of American valor

Summary

An account of the horrendous October 2009 attack on the American Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, told in a frank, engaging vernacular by the staff sergeant and Medal of Honor winner. Romesha ably captures the daily dangers faced by these courageous American soldiers in Afghanistan.--, adapted from Kirkus reviews

Table Of Contents

Introduction: It doesn't get better -- Part I: The road to Nuristan -- Loss -- Stacked -- Keating -- Inside the fishbowl -- Everybody dies -- Part II: Going cyclic -- "Let's go kill some people" -- Heavy contact -- Combat Kirk -- Luck -- Tunnel vision -- Part III: Overrun -- The only gun left in the fight -- "Charlie in the wire" -- The Alamo position -- Light 'em up -- Part IV: Taking the bitch back -- Launch out -- Not gonna make it -- Ox and Finch -- Alive! -- The bone -- Part V: Saving Stephan Mace -- "Go get it done" -- Mustering the dead -- Conflagration -- Farewell to Keating -- Trailing fires -- Epilogue -- In memoriam

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