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Red Platoon a true story of American valor

"'It doesn't get better.' To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the na...

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Main Author: Romesha, Clinton (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Dutton, [2016]
Subjects:
Carpenter, Pete tribute.
Romesha, Clinton.
Taliban.
Kamdesh, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2009.
Afghan War, 2001- > Campaigns > Afghanistan > Nuristan (Region)
Counterinsurgency > Afghanistan > Nuristan (Region)
Afghan War, 2001- > Personal narratives, American.
Combat Outpost Keating (Afghanistan)
Summary: "'It doesn't get better.' To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the name itself--Keating--had become a kind of backhanded joke." In 2009, Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost (COP) Keating, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the US military in Nuristan and Kunar in the hope of preventing Taliban insurgents from moving freely back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three years after its construction, the army was finally ready to concede what the men on the ground had known immediately: it was simply too isolated and too dangerous to defend. On October 3, 2009, after years of constant smaller attacks, the Taliban finally decided to throw everything they had at Keating. The ensuing fourteen-hour battle--and eventual victory--cost eight Americans their lives. Red Platoon is the riveting firsthand account of the Battle for COP Keating, told by Romesha, who spearheaded both the defense of the outpost and the counterattack that drove the Taliban back beyond the wire and received the Medal of Honor for his actions.--Dust jacket.
Physical Description: xiii, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes biographical references.
ISBN: 9780525955054
0525955054
Author Notes: Clinton L. Romesha was born on August 17, 1981 in Lake City, California. He enlisted in the Army in 1999. He deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. He was the section leader for Bravo Troop, 3-61st Cavalry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division when they faced the attack on Combat Outpost (COP) Keating on October 3, 2009. He has received numerous awards and decorations, including the Medal of Honor, for the heroism he displayed while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. He left the Army in 2011. His first book, Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor, was published in 2016.

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