Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
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Marcus Luttrell (Author) Patrick Robinson (Contributor) |
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| Original title | Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Military history |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
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June 12, 2007 |
| Media type | Hardcover, paperback, mass market paperback, eBook |
| Pages | 390 |
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| OCLC | 151067825 |
| LC Class | 2007921207 |
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (2007) is a non-fiction book written by Marcus Luttrell with assistance from novelist and ghostwriter Patrick Robinson and published by Little, Brown and Company. The narrative takes place in Afghanistan, where the reader follows Marcus Luttrell and a group of U.S. Navy SEALs. It has since seen a 2013 film adaptation of the same name, with Mark Wahlberg starring as Luttrell.
At the beginning of the book, Marcus Luttrell describes his childhood and his training to prepare for the Navy SEALs with Billy Shelton. After joining the U.S. Navy and completing SEAL training, Luttrell describes his posting in Afghanistan, in the Hindu Kush mountains of the Kunar province. With him are the rest of SDVT-1 (SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1), except Shane E. Patton, for whom Danny Dietz was substituted. Their mission, Operation Red Wings, was to observe a village and capture or kill a leading Taliban member thought to be allied with Osama bin Laden.
One night in June 2005, while hiding out, the team encountered three shepherds, including a boy. The team debated killing the shepherds, but after a vote, team leader Michael Murphy decided to uphold the rules of engagement and let the shepherds go. About an hour later, the four SEALs were surrounded by a number of Taliban warriors. The New York Times sums up the story:
Mr. Luttrell was the only one of four men on the mission to survive after a violent clash with dozens of Taliban fighters.
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