Sean Parnell John Bruning Outlaw Platoon (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Outlaw PlatoonCondition: NewEAN: 9780062066404ISBN: 9780062066404Publisher: William Morrow PaperbacksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/19/2013Item Height: 203mmItem Length: 135mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 318gAuthor: Sean Parnell, John BruningLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in AfghanistanISBN-10: 0062066404Description: In this vivid account of the U.S. Army's legendary 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan, Captain Sean Parnell shares an action-packed and highly emotional true story of triumph, tragedy, and the extraordinary bonds forged in battle. At twenty-four years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon-a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws-and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush. Barely surviving the attack, Parnell's men now realized that they faced the most professional and seasoned force of light infantry the U.S. Army had encountered since the end of World War II. What followed was sixteen months of close combat, over the course of which the platoon became Parnell's family.But the cost of battle was high for these men: over 80 percent were wounded in action, putting their casualty rate among the highest since Gettysburg, and not all of them made it home. A searing and unforgettable story of friendship in battle, "Outlaw Platoon" brings to life the intensity and raw emotion of those sixteen months, showing how the fight reshaped the lives of Parnell and his men and how the love and faith they found in one another ultimately kept them alive.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, BiographyRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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