LEADER 00000nim a22004695a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125074723.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 130915s2009 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781400190744 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1400190746 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781400190744_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT10757114 037 10757114|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 956.7044/345|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Campbell, Donovan. 245 10 Joker one :|ba Marine platoon's story of courage, leadership, and brotherhood|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cDonovan Campbell. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2009. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 30 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by David Drummond. 520 When Donovan Campbell's platoon deployed to Ramadi in the spring of 2004, they believed they'd be spending most of their time building schools, training police, and making friends with the citizens. But shortly after arriving, when Campbell awoke to the chilling cry of "Jihad, Jihad, Jihad!" echoing from minaret to minaret across the city, he knew they had an altogether different situation on their hands.For nearly the entire day, Joker-One-the forty -man infantry platoon that Campbell was charged with leading-fought house-to-house to rescue other units, sometimes trading grenades with their enemies from just a few feet away. In the days and months that followed, hundreds of hard-core insurgents launched simultaneous attacks on the Marine forces in Ramadi, their ranks swelled by thousands of local volunteers drawn from the citizens of a city whose primary export was officers in Saddam Hussein's army. By the fall of 2004, nearly half the men in Campbell's platoon had been wounded in some of the fiercest urban fighting since Vietnam; less than a month after they withdrew, the forces in Ramadi were doubled, then tripled.Although Joker One is set in Iraq, the book's themes-brotherhood, honor, and sacrifice-are universal. Campbell shows us how his Marines' patience, discipline, and love for one another created a whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts, and how the essential goodness of these men remains unchanged by all of the pain and the terror surrounding them. His sharp- eyed, evocative, and unflinching account of his deployment is just as impressive as the man himself-a man who chose to enter the military because of his patriotism, sense of privilege, and deep religious faith when most of his Princeton classmates were cashing in their ivy league educations for lucrative careers among the financial elite. The vivid and gripping battle scenes will satisfy fans of military memoirs, but it's Campbell's sense of duty, faith, and love for his men that makes Joker One a truly extraordinary account of a war that has touched us all. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Campbell, Donovan. 650 0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|xCampaigns|zIraq|zRamādī. 650 0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|vPersonal narratives, American. 700 1 Drummond, David. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 10757114?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781400190744_180.jpeg