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Afghanistan, March 2002. In the early morning darkness on a frigid mountaintop, a U.S. soldier is stranded, alone, surrounded by fanatical al Qaeda fighters. For the man's fellow Navy SEALs, and for waiting teams of Army Rangers, there was only one rule now: leave no one behind. In this gripping you-are-there account--based on stunning eyewitness testimony and painstaking research--journalist Malcolm MacPherson thrusts us into a drama of rescue, tragedy, and valor in a place that would be known as...ROBERTS RIDGEFor an elite team of SEALs, the mission seemed straightforward enough: take control of a towering 10,240-foot mountain peak called Takur Ghar. Launched as part of Operation Anaconda--a hammer-and-anvil plan to smash Taliban al Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan --the taking of Takur Ghar would offer U.S. forces a key strategic observation post. But the enemy was waiting, hidden in a series of camouflaged trenches and bunkers--and when the Special Forces chopper flared on the peak to land, it was shredded by a hail of machine-gun, small arms, and RPG rounds. A red-haired SEAL named Neil Roberts was thrown from the aircraft. And by the time the shattered helicopter crash-landed on the valley floor seven miles away, Roberts's fellow SEALs were determined to return to the mountain peak and bring him out--no matter what the cost.Drawing on the words of the men who were there--SEALs, Rangers, medics, combat air controllers, and pilots--this harrowing true account, the first book of its kind to chronicle the battle for Takur Ghar, captures in dramatic detail a seventeen-hour pitched battle fought at the highest elevation Americans have ever waged war. At once an hour-by-hour, bullet-by-bullet chronicle of a landmark battle and a sobering look at the capabilities and limitations of America's high-tech army, Roberts Ridge is the unforgettable story of a few dozen warriors who faced a single fate: to live or die for their comrades in the face of near-impossible odds.From the Hardcover edition.
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Current Events, Nonfiction, History, Takur Ghar, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2002, United States. Navy. SEALs, Operation Anaconda, 2002, United States, U.S. Special Operations Command, Afghan War, 2001-, United States. Army. Ranger Regiment, 75th, Mountain warfare, Takur Ghar, Battle of (Afghanistan : 2002) fast (OCoLC)fst01755191, Airborne operations (Military science), Case studies, Afghan War (2001- ) fast (OCoLC)fst01695175, Operation Anaconda (2002) fast (OCoLC)fst01755018, United states, history, military, Afghan war, 2001-2021, Afghanistan, historyEdition | Availability |
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Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
May 01, 2013, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
2006, Dell
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Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
July 25, 2006, Dell
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Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
August 30, 2005, Delacorte Press
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Roberts Ridge
2005, Random House Publishing Group
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