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Valor - Unsung Heroes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front (Hardcover)
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Valor - Unsung Heroes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front (Hardcover)
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Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee
Greenblatt's interviews with brave American servicemen from
twenty-first-century wars. These soldiers, sailors, and Marines
have risked their lives several times over for their country as
well as for their fellow troops and civilians. Still, until now,
their stories have largely gone unnoticed by the public, perhaps
lost in the frenzied and often nasty debate surrounding those
conflicts. As the author writes, "This generation does not have an
Audie Murphy. I set out to change that with this book." Detailing
incredible and evocative feats-including an Army pilot who rescued
two fellow pilots from a deadly crash in hostile territory and
strapped himself to the helicopter's exterior for the flight to the
hospital-Greenblatt provides glimpses into the minds of these men
as they face gut-wrenching decisions and overcome enormous odds.
However, this book is much more than tales of riveting action. Each
chapter goes beyond linear combat stories to explore each hero's
motivations, dreams, and the genuine emotions that were evoked in
the face of extreme danger. Readers will be transported to a
variety of settings-from close-quarters urban fighting in Iraq to
mountainside ambushes in rural Afghanistan to a midnight rescue in
the middle of the Atlantic-as they accompany the men who do not see
themselves as heroes but as patriots in the line of duty.
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