WARIn his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantly captures the awesome power of the raging sea and the often futile attempts of humans to withstand it" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now, Junger turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat--the fear, the honor, and the trust among men in an extreme situation whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to one another. His on-the-ground account follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. Through the experiences of these young men at war, he shows what it means to fight, to serve, and to face down mortal danger on a daily basis. |
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... dead. There was a dead man in a tree below the trail and dead men at the bottom of the cliff. One body fell out of the Skedco harness as it was being hoisted into the helicopter, and a quickreaction force that had flown in from Battle ...
... dead. There was a dead man in a tree below the trail and dead men at the bottom of the cliff. One body fell out of the Skedco harness as it was being hoisted into the helicopter, and a quickreaction force that had flown in from Battle ...
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... dead. Donoho shot through all twelve magazines he carried and then pulled more out of his dead friend's ammo rack. There was so much gunfire that the only way the men could move without getting hit was to low-crawl. They were on a steep ...
... dead. Donoho shot through all twelve magazines he carried and then pulled more out of his dead friend's ammo rack. There was so much gunfire that the only way the men could move without getting hit was to low-crawl. They were on a steep ...
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... dead. “Prophet” is the call sign for the American eavesdropping operation in the valley; they listen in on enemy radio communications and have Afghans translate them into English. That gets sent to commanders and rebroadcast across the ...
... dead. “Prophet” is the call sign for the American eavesdropping operation in the valley; they listen in on enemy radio communications and have Afghans translate them into English. That gets sent to commanders and rebroadcast across the ...
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... dead. A soldier radios that in and suggests dropping artillery on them. Battalion is worried the lights might be shepherds up in the high pastures and denies the request. “Put the .50 all over it, we just had a fucking TIC, fuck those ...
... dead. A soldier radios that in and suggests dropping artillery on them. Battalion is worried the lights might be shepherds up in the high pastures and denies the request. “Put the .50 all over it, we just had a fucking TIC, fuck those ...
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Abas Ghar Afghan soldiers Afghanistan Aliabad ambush American soldiers ammo Apaches Army Asadabad asked attack base battalion Battle Company Bobby bombs bullet CamelBak Chinook combat commander couldn’t dead deployment didn’t dropped enemy fighters everything fight fire Firebase firefight fucking gear getting Gillespie Giunta going gunfire gunner guys hand grenades happened he’s head helicopter Hesco Hijar hill hilltop hooch Humvee Indian insurgents Jalalabad Karingal Kearney killed Korengal Korengal Valley Kunar Province later look MEDEVAC Moreno mortars mountain moving never night O’Byrne O’Byrne’s once Ostlund outpost Pakistan patrol Patterson Pech Pemble Piosa position radio Restrepo ridge rock Rougle rounds sandbags says Sebastian Junger Second Platoon Sergeant shit shooting shot someone Squad started Steiner Stichter Taliban talking tell terrain there’s they’re thing Third Platoon trying U.S. military Vandenberge village walk wasn’t watching weapons wire wounded Yaka Chine