The Resource Red Platoon : a true story of American valor, Clinton Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient
Red Platoon : a true story of American valor, Clinton Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient
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The item Red Platoon : a true story of American valor, Clinton Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
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- 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 US 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. Red Platoon is the 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."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 378 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: It doesn't get better
- Part I: The road to Nuristan
- Loss
- Stacked
- Keating
- Inside the fishbowl
- Everybody dies
- Part II: Going cyclic
- "Let's go kill some people"
- Heavy contact
- Combat Kirk
- Luck
- Tunnel vision
- Part III: Overrun
- The only gun left in the fight
- "Charlie in the wire"
- The Alamo position
- Light 'em up
- Part IV: Taking the bitch back
- Launch out
- Not gonna make it
- Ox and Finch
- Alive!
- The bone
- Part V: Saving Stephan Mace
- "Go get it done"
- Mustering the dead
- Conflagration
- Farewell to Keating
- Trailing fires
- Epilogue
- In memoriam
- Notes on sources
- Acknowledgments
- Isbn
- 9780525955054
- Label
- Red Platoon : a true story of American valor
- Title
- Red Platoon
- Title remainder
- a true story of American valor
- Statement of responsibility
- Clinton Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient
- Subject
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- trueBattles
- Combat Outpost Keating (Afghanistan)
- Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan | Nuristan (Region)
- Courage -- Afghanistan
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan | Nuristan (Region)
- trueAfghan War, 2001-2021
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
- trueAfghanistan
- Romesha, Clinton
- trueSoldiers
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- Taliban
- trueUnconventional warfare
- Heroes -- United States -- Biography
- Kamdesh, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2009
- Medal of Honor -- Biography
- trueMilitary campaigns
- Language
- eng
- 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 US 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. Red Platoon is the 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."--
- Assigning source
- Dust jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10488861
- Cataloging source
- AZZPT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Romesha, Clinton
- Dewey number
- 958.104/742
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS371.4123.K36
- LC item number
- R76 2016b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Romesha, Clinton
- Taliban
- Soldiers
- Heroes
- Courage
- Medal of Honor
- Kamdesh, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2009
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Counterinsurgency
- Afghan War, 2001-2021
- Combat Outpost Keating (Afghanistan)
- Target audience
- general
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a true story of American valor
- Label
- Red Platoon : a true story of American valor, Clinton Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient
- Bibliography note
- Includes biographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: It doesn't get better -- Part I: The road to Nuristan -- Loss -- Stacked -- Keating -- Inside the fishbowl -- Everybody dies -- Part II: Going cyclic -- "Let's go kill some people" -- Heavy contact -- Combat Kirk -- Luck -- Tunnel vision -- Part III: Overrun -- The only gun left in the fight -- "Charlie in the wire" -- The Alamo position -- Light 'em up -- Part IV: Taking the bitch back -- Launch out -- Not gonna make it -- Ox and Finch -- Alive! -- The bone -- Part V: Saving Stephan Mace -- "Go get it done" -- Mustering the dead -- Conflagration -- Farewell to Keating -- Trailing fires -- Epilogue -- In memoriam -- Notes on sources -- Acknowledgments
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 378 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525955054
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)933729394
- 2125973
- Label
- Red Platoon : a true story of American valor, Clinton Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient
- Bibliography note
- Includes biographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: It doesn't get better -- Part I: The road to Nuristan -- Loss -- Stacked -- Keating -- Inside the fishbowl -- Everybody dies -- Part II: Going cyclic -- "Let's go kill some people" -- Heavy contact -- Combat Kirk -- Luck -- Tunnel vision -- Part III: Overrun -- The only gun left in the fight -- "Charlie in the wire" -- The Alamo position -- Light 'em up -- Part IV: Taking the bitch back -- Launch out -- Not gonna make it -- Ox and Finch -- Alive! -- The bone -- Part V: Saving Stephan Mace -- "Go get it done" -- Mustering the dead -- Conflagration -- Farewell to Keating -- Trailing fires -- Epilogue -- In memoriam -- Notes on sources -- Acknowledgments
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 378 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525955054
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)933729394
- 2125973
Subject
- trueBattles
- Combat Outpost Keating (Afghanistan)
- Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan | Nuristan (Region)
- Courage -- Afghanistan
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan | Nuristan (Region)
- trueAfghan War, 2001-2021
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
- trueAfghanistan
- Romesha, Clinton
- trueSoldiers
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- Taliban
- trueUnconventional warfare
- Heroes -- United States -- Biography
- Kamdesh, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2009
- Medal of Honor -- Biography
- trueMilitary campaigns
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