Posted on 06/02/2008 7:57:50 PM PDT by trae328
For those (like me) sick of hearing about McClellan's new book, here is one from former Army Ranger captain Nate Self that may be this year's Lone Survivor.
There is a great video about it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LH9eiT-0H8
It's all about the resuce on Robert's Ridge, one of the first and bloodiest battles of Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. The helicopter carrying Self's team of Army Rangers was shot down and the ensuing battle cost many American lives.
His story has been on Dateline and this book goes into detail about the two wars being fought by our soldiers--overseas against terrorists and at home against PTSD. With all the coverage of politics, here's something we should be focused on.
If this is the incident I believe it is, I saw a documentary on the history channel about it. Rangers were pinned down until an A10 put a 500 pounder practically into a bucket to take out the bad guys...amazing!
There’s going to be a movie made about Marcus Luttrell’s story in Lone Survivor.
This incident has been widely covered and is just an amazing story. The Chinook carrying his team of Rangers was shot down on the way to try to rescue Navy SEAL Neil Roberts and what ensued was the highest altitude battle ever fought by US troops. After losing much of his team to the initial RPG that hit the Chinook, Self and his Rangers spent the day taking back the hill with the help of air support.
This book has some of the best descriptions from the battlefield I’ve ever seen. Here it is again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LH9eiT-0H8
Thanks for posting this.
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