The Resource The chosen few : a company of paratroopers and its heroic struggle to survive in the mountains of Afghanistan, Gregg Zoroya
The chosen few : a company of paratroopers and its heroic struggle to survive in the mountains of Afghanistan, Gregg Zoroya
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- Summary
- "A single company of US paratroopers--calling themselves the "Chosen Few"--Arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides. When the Battle of Wanat ended, those who survived came home to a different kind of victory--not of enemies destroyed or cities captured but of acclaim as one of the most decorated fighting units in America's modern wars. Two among them would receive the Medal of Honor for valor in combat. All of them would be forever changed."--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Prologue: Alone and under attack
- Falling from the skies
- Eager for war
- Good morning, Afghanistan
- Enemy inside the wire
- Phillips fights back
- Giving ground
- Ambush--my friends are my enemies
- A radio man takes charge
- "It might be dangerous"
- Under siege
- Combat Outpost Kahler
- "Pray to Jesus"
- Coming home
- Isbn
- 9780306824838
- Label
- The chosen few : a company of paratroopers and its heroic struggle to survive in the mountains of Afghanistan
- Title
- The chosen few
- Title remainder
- a company of paratroopers and its heroic struggle to survive in the mountains of Afghanistan
- Statement of responsibility
- Gregg Zoroya
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A single company of US paratroopers--calling themselves the "Chosen Few"--Arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides. When the Battle of Wanat ended, those who survived came home to a different kind of victory--not of enemies destroyed or cities captured but of acclaim as one of the most decorated fighting units in America's modern wars. Two among them would receive the Medal of Honor for valor in combat. All of them would be forever changed."--Amazon.com
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zoroya, Gregg
- Dewey number
- 958.1047
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS371.42
- LC item number
- .Z68 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Parachute troops
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The chosen few : a company of paratroopers and its heroic struggle to survive in the mountains of Afghanistan, Gregg Zoroya
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Alone and under attack -- Falling from the skies -- Eager for war -- Good morning, Afghanistan -- Enemy inside the wire -- Phillips fights back -- Giving ground -- Ambush--my friends are my enemies -- A radio man takes charge -- "It might be dangerous" -- Under siege -- Combat Outpost Kahler -- "Pray to Jesus" -- Coming home
- Control code
- ocn914195453
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780306824838
- Lccn
- 2016954213
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)914195453
- Label
- The chosen few : a company of paratroopers and its heroic struggle to survive in the mountains of Afghanistan, Gregg Zoroya
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Alone and under attack -- Falling from the skies -- Eager for war -- Good morning, Afghanistan -- Enemy inside the wire -- Phillips fights back -- Giving ground -- Ambush--my friends are my enemies -- A radio man takes charge -- "It might be dangerous" -- Under siege -- Combat Outpost Kahler -- "Pray to Jesus" -- Coming home
- Control code
- ocn914195453
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780306824838
- Lccn
- 2016954213
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)914195453
Subject
- Biographies
- Parachute troops -- Biography
- Personal narratives
- United States -- Armed Forces | Parachute troops
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Commando operations -- United States
- United States, Army | Parachute Infantry Regiment, 503rd | Company C
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American
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