LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING AND THE LOST HEROES OF SEAL TEAM 10 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Marcus Luttrell,Patrick Robinson | 464 pages | 19 Nov 2013 | Little, Brown & Company | 9780316324069 | English | United States Lone Survivor (book) - Wikipedia Shah had with him two videographers during the ambush, and As-Sahab Media released a video of the ambush and the items recovered from the SEALs. A large amount of resources were devoted to the search, rescue, and recovery operations of Red Wings II. As a result, Ahmad Shah and his men left the region and regrouped in Pakistan. These "presence operations" achieved the goal of disrupting anti-coalition militia activity, but at great cost, and upon the exfiltration of troops, Ahmad Shah and his reinforced cell were able to return to the area weeks later. Significant international media attention was focused on the ambush and the MH shootdown. The size of Shah's group increased as additional fighters joined his ranks. Ahmad Shah's group in Kunar Province was neutralized, and Shah was seriously wounded during Operation Whalers weeks later in August On September 14, , Dietz and Axelson were posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for "undaunted courage" and heroism. Luttrell was also awarded the Navy Cross, in a ceremony at the White House. In , Murphy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle. On June 28, , Luttrell and the family members of soldiers killed overseas were honored at a San Diego Padres game. The attendees were given a standing ovation by the more than 25, there to watch the game. It is one of the first sculptured memorials to those who served in the War in Afghanistan. There has been some conflict over the exact number of Taliban forces involved in the engagement. In Luttrell's own official after-action report filed with his superiors after his rescue, he estimated the size of the Taliban force to be around 20— Luttrell claims in his book that during the briefing his team was told around 80 to fighters were expected to be in the area. Murphy, the Navy cited 30—40 enemies. The military intelligence estimate cited by Darack is based on research sourced from intelligence reports, including aerial and eye-witness studies of the battlefield after the fact, including the men sent in to rescue Luttrell, as well as reports from Afghan intelligence. The claim in Luttrell's book that Lieutenant Murphy considered and put to the vote the possible execution of unarmed civilians who stumbled upon the SEAL team has been criticized and dismissed by many as fiction. In an article by Sean Naylor , Army Times senior correspondent, Navy Special Warfare Command spokesman Lieutenant Steve Ruh stated that with respect to making command decisions in the field, "Whether they're officer or enlisted, the senior guy ultimately has the ultimate authority. In my 14 years of Navy experience, I've never seen or heard of anything like that. Murphy 's father Dan claims that Lieutenant Murphy would never have considered executing unarmed civilians, let alone putting such a grave decision up for a vote in reference to the purported vote of execution of unarmed locals. Military protocol, United States and international military doctrine, and rules of engagement strictly forbid harming unarmed non-combatant civilians, with one of the specific rules of engagement in effect at the time stating, "Civilians are not targets! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the series of U. War in Afghanistan —present. Timeline Battles and operations. Helmand Province campaign. Kandahar Province. Eastern Afghanistan. Kabul Province. Kunduz Province. CNN News. July 4, Retrieved Michael P. Murphy USN". United States Navy. October Archived from the original on June 18, Army Times. NOTE: Many of the details regarding the Afghans who aided Luttrell were reported incorrectly in the American press during the days after the events occurred. Darack lists these on p. July 7, San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 4 February Families of American Military, Inc. June 30, Archived from the original on December 16, But it is also, more than anything, the story of his teammates, who fought ferociously beside him until he was the last one left-blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still armed and still breathing. Over the next four days, badly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell fought off six al Qaeda assassins who were sent to finish him, then crawled for seven miles through the mountains before he was taken in by a Pashtun tribe, who risked everything to protect him from the encircling Taliban killers. A six-foot-five-inch Texan, Leading Petty Officer Luttrell takes us, blow by blow, through the brutal training of America's warrior elite and the relentless rites of passage required by the Navy SEALs. He transports us to a monstrous battle fought in the desolate peaks of Afghanistan, where the beleaguered American team plummeted headlong a thousand feet down a mountain as they fought back through flying shale and rocks. In fact, I had it on the counter and when Tyler came home and he thanked me for picking him out a great book from the library. He couldn't believe we were re This was our book club pick for this month. He couldn't believe we were reading it for book club. He even proudly been told the guys at work what book his wife was reading. They were impressed too. I thought this would be a "guys book" but it isn't. It is a book for every American This book took hold of me and still hasn't let go. I was unable to put it down. It was heart-breaking, inspiring and unfailingly patriotic. I am so glad that I read this book and got a glimpse of the kind of people who have answered our country's call and who fight for freedom. A must-read for every American. May the heroic acts of the men of Operation Redwing never be forgotten. View all 6 comments. Apr 10, Abby rated it it was amazing. I mean seriously, there is ZERO kissing in this book. But surprisingly, I was amazingly addicted to this book. That is the way I judge a book as good. If it makes me want to be part of the action, it's good. You could tell he wasn't a professional writer as you read through the book, as the writing wasn't all smooth and flowy-esque. That made me almost like it more. It was obvious that he was telling the story himself, and not that some flowery author had taken a heroic story and changed it to best fit the stereotype of a best selling novel. Nope, it was written just like a military hero awesome guy would write it. Rather than being a great book because of how well it was written, it is an amazing book because of the story it tells. I hope someday to be as brave and cool in my whole body as Marcus Luttrell is in his little baby pinkie. View 2 comments. Mar 19, Brian rated it it was amazing. I have wanted to read this book since before I left for Afghanistan. Partly because of that as well as my own personal reasons in the military and in the Navy. Marcus Luttrell is a shipmate as were his brothers with him on Operation Redwing. All of the military and civili I have wanted to read this book since before I left for Afghanistan. All of the military and civilian supports waited non-stop, 24 hours a day, waiting for some word of the safety. When we also learned that a team of Special Forces had gone to rescue them but were also all killed when their helicopter was blown up by an RPG we were sickened by the great loss of so many of our elite forces. After it was all over and it was discovered that PO Luttrell was the only survivor the Post also ran a week long story detailing as much of the events as they could piece together. It was an amazing story I followed. How four SEALS were able to fend off and kill half a Taliban force estimated as over strong, was the stuff of legend! I could only imagine any of this when I was a kid and thinking that the SEALs were the baddest bad-asses of them all. I was in dress uniform ironically I was suppose to be in Afghanistan then, but hernia surgery kept me from going. Anyone who has a chance to visit his memorial at Berry Park in Littleton, should do so. The statue of him kneeling with his rifle--close to what he probably looked like the day he died--is a testiment of courage in the face of overwhelming adversity. It is the statue of a hero and will move the strongest person to tears. This book is that story. But it is also the story of being a SEAL and everything that entails. It almost reminds me of the movie "Full Metal Jacket. When I say he details it, he really does. Better than anything I have ever read or watched about the subject thus far. His personal struggles and those of his teammates--those who quit and those who succeeded. Really amazing and worth rereading that portion alone. But then you swing back into the real meat of the story and that is the mission in the Hindu-Kush mountains in Afghanistan pursuing the Taliban leaders and the Al- Qaida.