- Editorial:
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Año de edición:
- 2015
- Materia
- Literatura internacional
- ISBN:
- 978-0-451-47562-6
- Páginas:
- 255
- Encuadernación:
- Cartoné
AMONG HEROES
A U.S. NAVY SEAL'S TRUE STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, HEROISM, AND THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
WEBB, BRANDON
u003cbu003eNavy SEAL sniper and u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e bestselling author Brandon Webbs personal account of eight of his friends and fellow SEALs who made the ultimate sacrifice.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003ciu003eKnowing these great menwho they were, how they lived, and what they stood forhas changed my life. We cant let them be forgotten. Weve mourned their deaths. Lets celebrate their lives.u003c/iu003eBrandon Webb u003cbru003e u003cbru003e As a Navy SEAL, Brandon Webb rose to the top of the worlds most elite sniper corps, experiencing years of punishing training and combat missions from the Persian Gulf to Afghanistan. Along the way, Webb served beside, trained, and supported men he came to know not just as fellow warriors, but as friends and, eventually, as heroes. u003cbru003e u003cbru003e This is his personal account of eight extraordinary SEALs who gave all for their comrades and their country with remarkable valor and abiding humanity: Matt Axe Axelson, who perished on Afghanistans u003ciu003eLone Survivoru003c/iu003e mission; Chris Campbell, Heath Robinson, and JT Tumilson, who were among the casualties of Extortion 17; Glen Doherty, Webbs best friend, killed while helping secure the successful rescue and extraction of American CIA and State Department diplomats in Benghazi; and other close friends, classmates, and fellow warriors. These are men who left behind powerfully instructive examples of what it means to be aliveand what it truly means to be a hero.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eINCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS