Into the fire [electronic resource] : a first-hand account of the most extraordinary battle in the Afghan War / Dakota Meyer and Bing West.
A Medal of Honor-awarded Marine sniper shares the controversy-marked story of his heroic contributions during a 2009 Taliban ambush during which he saved a company of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors, a victory that compelled him to disobey orders and assume command without reinforcements or artillery support.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780679645443 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0679645446 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 p.) : ill., maps.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Along the Afghan-Pakistan border -- Finish the game -- The Marine years -- Monti -- Advising -- Coming together -- Out of the smoke -- Ganjigal -- Into the valley -- Paralysis -- Lost -- Into the fire -- Into the wash -- Primal -- Team Monti -- Dab Khar -- Cheerleaders -- Old haunts -- All in -- Epilogue / by Bing West. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Meyer, Dakota, 1988- Ganjgal, Battle of, Ganjgal, Afghanistan, 2009. Afghan War, 2001- > Personal narratives, American. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |