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1 online resource (xxxii, 277 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Shock -- Leader lost -- With the old breed -- Leaders found -- Toe to toe -- Thanksgiving -- Gone -- Enemy respite -- Midway to home -- The routine -- End of tour -- The endless grunt -- Who fights for us. |
| Summary |
Battalion 3/5 suffered the highest number of casualties in the war in Afghanistan. This is the story of one platoon in that distinguished battalion. Aware of U.S. plans to withdraw from the country, knowing their efforts were only a footprint in the sand, the fifty Marines of 3rd Platoon fought in Sangin, the most dangerous district in all of Afghanistan. So heavy were the casualties that the Secretary of Defense offered to pull the Marines out. Instead, they pushed forward. Each Marine in 3rd Platoon patrolled two and a half miles a day for six months--a total of one million steps--in search of a ghostlike enemy that struck without warning. Why did the Marines attack and attack, day after day? Every day brought a new skirmish. Each footfall might trigger an IED. Half the Marines in 3rd Platoon didn't make it intact to the end of the tour. -- One Million Steps -- One Million Steps--Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives and author of -- -- "The Village, From the Hardcover edition. |
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Presents an account of a persevering Marine platoon's experiences in one of the most violent districts in Afghanistan. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index. |
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Shock -- Leader lost -- With the old breed -- Leaders found -- Toe-to-toe -- Thanksgiving -- Gone -- Enemy respite -- Midway to home -- The routine -- End of tour -- The endless grunt -- Who will fights for us?. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American.
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Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Sangīn (Helmand)
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United States. Marine Corps -- History -- Afghan War, 2001-
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Marines -- United States -- Biography.
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West, Francis J.
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Political science.
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Political science. |
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Electronic books. |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): West, Francis J. One million steps New York : Random House, [2014] 9781400068746 (DLC) 2014016063 (OCoLC)875520442 |
| ISBN |
9781588369338 : $54.00 |
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1588369331 : $54.00 |
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