Red Platoon : a true story of American valor
Title:
Red Platoon : a true story of American valor
Author:
Romesha, Clinton author, narrator.
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Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Audio ; [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape, [2016]
℗2016
Physical Description:
10 audio discs (approximately 12 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
In 2009, Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost (COP) Keating, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the United States military in Nuristan and Kunar in the hope of preventing Taliban insurgents from moving freely back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three years after its construction, the army was finally ready to concede what the men on the ground had known immediately: it was simply too isolated and too dangerous to defend. On October 3, 2009, after years of constant smaller attacks, the Taliban finally decided to throw everything they had at Keating. The ensuing fourteen-hour battle -- and eventual victory -- cost eight Americans their lives. Red Platoon is a firsthand account of the Battle for COP Keating, told by Romesha, who spearheaded both the defense of the outpost and the counterattack that drove the Taliban back beyond the wire and received the Medal of Honor for his actions.
General Note:
Title from container.
"Includes original songs Red platoon and Remember the fallen"--Container.
Compact disc.
Language:
English
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ISBN:
9780147524706
9781504715942
Format :
Audiobook on CD