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Red Platoon : a true story of American valor

Romesha, Clinton (author.).

Summary: 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 United States 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 a 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.

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  • ISBN: 0525955054
  • ISBN: 9780525955054
  • ISBN: 9781101984338
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Dutton, [2016]

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Formatted Contents Note:
Part I Road to Nuristan -- Chapter 1 Loss 17 -- Chapter 2 Stacked 29 -- Chapter 3 Keating 51 -- Chapter 4 Inside the Fishbowl 72 -- Chapter 5 Everybody Dies 87 -- Part II Going Cyclic -- Chapter 6 "Let's Go Kill Some People" 105 -- Chapter 7 Heavy Contact 118 -- Chapter 8 Combat Kirk 130 -- Chapter 9 Luck 145 -- Chapter 10 Tunnel Vision 156 -- Part III Overrun -- Chapter 11 Only Gun Left in the Fight 175 -- Chapter 12 "Charlie in the Wire" 188 -- Chapter 13 Alamo Position 201 -- Chapter 14 Light 'Em Up 211 -- Part IV Taking the Bitch Back -- Chapter 15 Launch Out 229 -- Chapter 16 Not Gonna Make It 247 -- Chapter 17 Ox and Finch 261 -- Chapter 18 Alive! 272 -- Chapter 19 Bone 283 -- Part V Saving Stephan Mace -- Chapter 20 "Go Get It Done" 297 -- Chapter 21 Mustering the Dead 312 -- Chapter 22 Conflagration 327 -- Chapter 23 Farewell to Keating 344 -- Chapter 24 Trailing Fires 361.

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Romesha, Clinton
Taliban.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 Personal narratives, American
Afghan War, 2001-2021 Campaigns Afghanistan Nuristan (Region)
Afghan War, 2001-2021 Regimental histories
Counterinsurgency Afghanistan Nuristan (Region)
Courage Afghanistan
Heroes United States Biography
Kamdesh, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2009
Medal of Honor Biography
Soldiers United States Biography
Combat Outpost Keating (Afghanistan)
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Personal narratives.

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