Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 | 
| Author: Marcus Luttrell
Creator: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Category: Book
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Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0316067601
Dewey Decimal Number: 958.1047
EAN: 9780316067607
ASIN: 0316067601
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive.
This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, SEAL fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the largest loss of life in American Navy SEAL history. His squadmates fought valiantly beside him until he was the only one left alive, blasted by an RPG into a place where his pursuers could not find him. Over the next four days, terribly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell crawled for miles through the mountains and was taken in by sympathetic villagers who risked their lives to keep him safe from surrounding Taliban warriors.
A born and raised Texan, Marcus Luttrell takes us from the rigors of SEAL training, where he and his fellow SEALs discovered what it took to join the most elite of the American special forces, to a fight in the desolate hills of Afghanistan for which they never could have been prepared. His account of his squadmates' heroism and mutual support renders an experience that is both heartrending and life-affirming. In this rich chronicle of courage and sacrifice, honor and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers a powerful narrative of modern war.
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 Heroic Tale July 13, 2008
I come from a long line of military veterans, and after reading this book, I have a whole lot more respect from them then I did. The story is engaging and heart breaking all the while enlightening. I have always had the utmost respect for the Armed Forces, but now it is unspeakable how much respect I have for them. He details what he had to go through in SEALS training [BUD/S(getting wet and sandy)] so he could call himself a SEAL. Then he explains the missions and what mistakes were made. When I recounted the story at a recent family picnic to a few retired Marines, each of them said, should have killed the goat herders. So I, in no doubt, believe that his is a true account of what happened, and my heart goes out to the author Marcus Luttrell and his fallen companions, as I believe what he said happened as he said it.
Lone Survivor July 12, 2008
Lone Survivor was a outstanding account of the training and operations of Navy Seals in general and an inspirational and gripping account of the survival by one lone Seal. He epitomizes the meaning of the word "hero."
 An entertaining read, but slow to start July 11, 2008
I picked up this book after being captivated by video footage of the actual ambush taken by Taliban fighters on a leaked video website. Roughly three quarters of the book is about the events and Navy SEAL training which led up to the climactic battle that takes place in Afghanistan. I felt like I was waiting and waiting for the book to get to the exciting part, but when it did, I couldn't put the book down. One thing that was a bit irritating was that the author did at some points go off on a tangent about how he disagrees with the rules of engagement and so on, and I felt that this should have been left out. If you read the book you know what I mean, I just personally disagree with the authors "kill 'em all" attitude. But philosophical and political differences aside, it was overall a great book.
AMAZING Story of HEROISM and of TRUE SACRIFICE. I'll never be the same after having read it! July 9, 2008
I will never be the same. I will never see anyone who has served or is serving our country, particularly in the Desert or anywhere near it, the same. Instead my life has been changed by the lives and the LOST lives that were taken that day in 2005.
Mr. Luttrell gives the most riveting account of his experience in training as a SEAL (the first part of the book) and of his experience defending our country again radical Muslims who seek to destroy all Americans. What an amazing book. I cannot say enough that every American should read this story so that we truly understand how much these turban-wearing monsters hate us and how many brave men and women give their lives in defense of our freedom.
The only comfort I can imagine that comes for this courageous man is that his BROTHERS are forever walking in Heaven with Jesus and I just bet Marcus knows that someday he will see them again.
I hope that other proud Americans join in praying for this HERO, Marcus Luttrell, so that he can rest and have some sort of peace from the nightmares that haunt him.
GOD BLESS and KEEP YOU MARCUS. KNOW THAT THIS AMERICAN WILL NEVER EVER BE THE SAME after having read your book. THANK YOU for sharing the moments that only you can. THANK YOU for serving our nation. THANK YOU for the man you are.
Amazing Warrior July 9, 2008
This is absolutely the best book I have read. Marcus Luttrell is an American Hero. He fought the fight like a dedicated warrior. This book explains what type of atmoshere our troops are being put in and the dedication it takes to succeed. He blast the liberial media and shows support for our Commander in Chief. His men along with Marcus define what America needs from it's troops. Great Read.
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