One million steps
by West, Francis J.
Edition statement:First edition. Published by : Random House (New York, N.Y.) Physical details: xxxii, 277 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm ISBN:9781400068746 (acid-free paper); 1400068746 (acid-free paper); 9781400068746.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 958.104745 Wes (Browse shelf) | Available | Book Fund | 101964 |
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| 958.1046092 Owe No easy day : | 958.1047 Kra Where men win glory : | 958.1047 Sta Horse soldiers : | 958.104745 Wes One million steps | 959.704 Ree Up front in Vietam | 959.704 Vie Vietnam: | 959.7043 Eye The Eyewitness history of the Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
Shock -- Leader lost -- With the old breed -- Leaders found -- Toe to toe -- Thanksgiving -- Gone -- Enemy respite -- Midway to home -- The routine -- End of tour -- The endless grunt -- Who will fight for us?
Battalion 3/5 suffered the highest number of casualties in the war in Afghanistan. This is the story of one platoon in that distinguished battalion. Aware of U.S. plans to withdraw from the country, knowing their efforts were only a footprint in the sand, the fifty Marines of 3rd Platoon fought in Sangin, the most dangerous district in all of Afghanistan. So heavy were the casualties that the Secretary of Defense offered to pull the Marines out. Instead, they pushed forward. Each Marine in 3rd Platoon patrolled two and a half miles a day for six months--a total of one million steps--in search of a ghostlike enemy that struck without warning. Every day brought a new skirmish. Each footfall might trigger an IED. Half the Marines in 3rd Platoon didn't make it intact to the end of the tour. This is the story of the fifty brave men who faced these grim odds and refused to back down.--From publisher description.