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On October 12, 2003, five US embedded tactical trainers (ETTs)
working with the fledgling Afghan National Army, are ambushed at a
derelict former Soviet tank park called the Bone Yard by militia of
a local warlord. Outnumber 10 to 1, the US soldiers must clover
around their vehicles--except for their commander, LTC Tom Brewer,
who is cut off from them, and wounded--and fight it out until help
arrives over an hour later. The Bone Yard gives an example of
combat in the early years of the Afghanistan War.
Iwo Jima: arguably the most violent battle of the Second World War.
On February 19th, 1945, U.S. Marines of the 4th and 5th Divisions
land on sacred Japanese soil. Thirty-six days later the fighting is
over. Almost all of the 20,000 Japanese defenders are dead, and the
shattered remains of three Marine Divisions leave Iwo after
suffering over 6,000 dead and 15,000 wounded making Iwo Jima the
"Gettysburg of the Pacific." Iwo; Assault on Hell shows a worms eye
view of the fighting on Iwo Jima. Seen from the eyes of the 5th
Division Marines who fought and bled there, these interwoven
experiences paint a blood mosaic that pays tribute to the courage
and bravery of our Marine forefathers, who sacrificed so much for
this famous island stepping stone.
On August 3, 2006, thirteen US Soldiers were sent to the worst
village in the Korangal Valley. Abandoned by the Afghan National
Army soldiers supporting them, the small force was ambushed by a
numerically superior Taliban force. Almost out of ammunition and
water, the survivors were ordered to continue their mission.
Landigal is a story of courage and shows how the American soldiers
who served in the Korangal Valley live up handsomely to the finest
traditions of a superb fighting force - the United States 10th
Mountain Division.
Iwo: Assault on Hell gives a worms eye view of the fighting of
perhaps WWII's bloodiest battle. Focusing mainly on Marines from
the 27th Regiment (but also the 26th, ) 5th Marine Division, Iwo;
Assault on Hell gives a glimpse of the violence and ferocity of
what would become known as the "Gettysburg of the Pacific." Written
from the interviews of over 100 Marines of the 5th Division, Iwo;
Assault on Hell shows what the Marines faced from the moment they
landed until they left- some on D-day, others days or weeks later,
a rare few after 36 days, when the shattered remains of the 5th
Marine Division left Iwo Jima.
On July 24, 2006, while scrambling to save a local man kidmapped by
the Taliban, elements of C/1/32 10th Mountain Division are ambushed
in Shudergay Valley, a tributary valley along the Pech. Facing
annihilation, the ambushed patrol is saved by the courage of SGT
David Hierholzer, until help can arrive.
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