Red Platoon
Romesha, Clinton2016
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'It doesn't get better' - that was the unofficial motto of Red Platoon, stuck at Command Post Keating, one of the most isolated and dangerous US army bases in Afghanistan, in the middle of a free-fire zone. At the bottom of a deep valley, Keating was the worst place imaginable to build a base - like a fish bowl, the Taliban could see every move the men made. Once it became glaringly obvious that the base was a failure, Black Knight Troop was sent in to dismantle it - the last men in, the last men out. Then on October 3rd, 2009, many hundreds of insurgents attacked the base. In the hours that followed, the men of Red Platoon endured a sustained and brutal attack that left eight dead and many more wounded. Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha won the Medal of Honor for his role in the defence of Keating, and in this book he tells the true story of the men who defended Keating and of the 12 hours of hell that they endured.
Main title:
Red Platoon / Clinton Romesha.
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Imprint:
London : Arrow Books, 2016.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Preface.
ISBN:
9781784751814 (pbk)1784751812 (pbk)
Dewey class:
958.1047 ROM958.1047
LC class:
DS371.4123.K36
Language:
English
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BRN:
298082