Into the fire : a firsthand 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: 9780812993400
- Physical Description: xi, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : Random House, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239). |
| 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. |
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| Subject: | Meyer, Dakota, 1988- Ganjgal, Battle of, Ganjgal, Afghanistan, 2009. Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Personal narratives, American. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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