Lone Survivor
The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege
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4.5 • 224 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the 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 than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs was alive.
This is the story of team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing. Blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still armed and still breathing, Luttrell endured four desperate days fighting the al-Qaeda assassins sent to kill him, before finding unlikely sanctuary with a Pashtun tribe who risked everything to protect him from the circling Taliban killers.
Customer Reviews
Awesome and heroic
For myself this is a book you can not put down as if you were there fighting as well. The memories of the seal team who fought to the death to help save others is a miracle any one survived these conditions. The American justice department should really have a hard look at themselves as they were also responsible for the events that happened and could have saved these great men’s lives
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Watch the movie, don't read the book
If you're not an American, you will struggle reading the first chapters. A Texan redneck hating everyone but Americans. I stopped reading after the first quarter. I agree what he had was a struggle but, my god, there are places out there outside Texas!!