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The True Story of a Cobra Pilot's Journey
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Roger Wayne
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Dan Sheehan
About this listen
Dan Sheehan is a third-generation military flyer. He was eager to test his skills as a Cobra gunship pilot in the theatre of combat - and then he got his chance, first, in East Timor, then during two tours of duty in Iraq.
The scenes in Dan's military memoir crackle with tension and excitement as we follow his path into battle. Bullets pierce their Cobras as Dan and his buddies struggle to separate enemy fighters from civilian - ultimately deciding who lives and dies. Through blinding sandstorms, the smoke of battle and chaos of low-altitude firefights at night, Dan puts us in the front seat of the Cobra - where we white-knuckle our way through barrages of enemy fire - and into his head as he makes split-second decisions that carry lasting consequences.
But there is far more to Sheehan's story than this - an important reason why he wants us to understand what military men and women experience on the front lines of war. And what they bring home.
After the adrenaline rush of combat, something inside Dan would not turn off. He was a warrior, willing and proud to serve his country and he was fortunate to come out of battle whole, time and again. But he had not escaped Iraq untouched.
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By: Kevin Lacz, and others
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Outlaw Platoon
- Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
- By: Sean Parnell, John Bruning
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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At 24 years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon - a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws - and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush.
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Great book...Everyone should listen to this book!!
- By Chris on 04-09-12
By: Sean Parnell, and others
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Level Zero Heroes
- The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
- By: Michael Golembesky, John R. Bruning
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban's grip on the Valley. What started out as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop that had gone terribly wrong.
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Worst narrator ever
- By Bob M on 07-03-15
By: Michael Golembesky, and others
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Violence of Action
- The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror
- By: Charles Faint, Marty Skovlund Jr., Leo Jenkins
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Paul Boehmer, Emily Durante
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Violence of Action is much more than the true, first-person accounts of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Global War on Terror. Within this audio are the heartfelt, firsthand accounts from and about the men who lived, fought, and died for their country, their regiment, and each other. Objective Rhino, Haditha Dam, recovering Jessica Lynch, the hunt for Zarqawi, the recovery of Extortion 17, and everything in between...
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Great Book
- By shane on 06-18-15
By: Charles Faint, and others
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Operation Broken Reed
- By: Arthur Boyd
- Narrated by: Christopher Curry
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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At the height of the Korean War, President Truman launched one of the most important intelligence-gathering operations in history. So valuable were the mission's findings about the North Korean-Soviet-Chinese alliance that it is no stretch to say they prevented World War III.
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I'm not sure what to believe
- By Rodney on 02-06-14
By: Arthur Boyd
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To the Limit
- An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
- By: Tom A. Johnson
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From June 1967 to June 1968, Tom Johnson accumulated an astonishing 1,600 flying hours piloting the UH-1 "Iroquois" - better known as the "Huey" - as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most decorated units of the Vietnam War, and helped redefine modern warfare. Johnson's riveting memoir takes us into key battles and rescue missions, including those for Hue and Khe Sanh. In harrowing detail, he tells of being shot down in the battle of A Shau Valley, of surviving enemy attacks during the Tet Offensive, and of a death-defying nighttime river rescue.
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Huey pilot's perspective of the 67-68 Vietnam war.
- By Jim on 10-15-18
By: Tom A. Johnson
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Apache
- Inside the Cockpit of the World’s Most Deadly Fighting Machine
- By: Ed Macy
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Ed Macy had always dreamed of a career in the army, so when the British Army Air Corps launched its attack helicopter program, Macy bent every rule in the book to make sure he was the first to sign up to fly the Apache—the deadliest, most technically advanced helicopter in the world and the toughest to fly. In 2007, Macy's Apache squadron was dispatched to Afghanistan's notorious Helmand Province with the mission to fight alongside and protect the men on the ground by any means necessary.
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Better with a British reader
- By steven c young on 06-23-22
By: Ed Macy
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Danger Close
- My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan
- By: Amber Smith
- Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Amber Smith flew into enemy fire in some of the most dangerous combat zones in the world. One of only a few women to fly the Kiowa Warrior helicopter, Smith rose to pilot in command and air mission commander in the premier Kiowa unit in the army, repeatedly flying into harm's way during her 2005 and 2008 deployments with the 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. Smith takes you into the heat of battle, enabling listeners to feel, hear, and smell the experience of serving as a combat pilot in high-intensity warfare
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Riveting
- By Jean on 06-28-17
By: Amber Smith
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The Wrong Stuff
- The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator
- By: Truman Smith
- Narrated by: James Killavey
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Between April and July 1944, Truman Smith flew 35 bombing missions over France and Germany. He was only 20 years old. Although barely adults, Smith and his peers worried about cramming a lifetime's worth of experience into every free night, each knowing he probably would not survive the next bombing mission. Written with blunt honesty, wry humor, and insight, The Wrong Stuff is Smith's gripping memoir of that time.
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Why I got it...and glad I did.
- By Marie on 11-27-14
By: Truman Smith
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Scars and Stripes
- An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
- By: Tim Kennedy, Nick Palmisciano
- Narrated by: Tim Kennedy
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Tim Kennedy has a problem; he only feels alive right before he’s about to die. Kennedy, a Green Beret, decorated Army sniper, and UFC headliner, has tackled a bull with his bare hands, jumped out of airplanes, dove to the depths of the ocean, and traveled the world hunting poachers, human traffickers, and the Taliban. But he’s also the same man who got kicked out of the police department, fire department, and as an EMT, before getting two women pregnant four days apart, and finally, been beaten up by his Special Forces colleagues.
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First review!!!
- By Amazon Customer on 06-07-22
By: Tim Kennedy, and others
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The Long Walk
- A Story of War and the Life That Follows
- By: Brian Castner
- Narrated by: Brian Castner
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team—his brothers—would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating Base to engage in the nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating work of either disarming the deadly improvised explosive devices that had been discovered, or picking up the pieces when the alert came too late.
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Heart wrenching and a compelling read
- By J. Masters on 08-08-12
By: Brian Castner
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Dustoff 7-3
- By: Erik Sabiston
- Narrated by: Al Peterson
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is for heroes. Dustoff 7-3 tells the true story of four unlikely heroes in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, where medics are forced to descend on wires to reach the wounded and helicopter pilots must fight wind, weather, and enemy fire to pluck casualties from some of the world's most difficult combat arenas. Complete opposites thrown together, cut off, and outnumbered, Chief Warrant Officer Erik Sabiston and his flight crew answered the call in a race against time, not to take lives - but to save them.
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story was great.
- By John on 09-12-15
By: Erik Sabiston
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Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- By: Buck Wyndham
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
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The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
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Weak
- By KL on 12-29-22
By: Buck Wyndham
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-06-21
truly powerful
this book is truly powerful and reaches to a deep place I didnt even know about. a place i to have barried deep in my own pit. eye opening to the true conversations I have with myself and written in a way that military members especially Marines will understand
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- Jeslyn
- 03-28-19
A must read for military aviators!
In this book Dan brings you into the cockpit of his cobra gunship over Iraq and details the effects of serving in combat. This is a must read for veterans and all military aviators.
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- Nathan Price
- 12-01-21
A Must Read for All Combat Families
An absolutely jaw-dropping performance of a uniquely raw recounting of one combat veteran's journey home from the front line. This is a must read for any combat veteran, as well as all those close to them, and anyone who wants to know a bit more about what exactly our service men and women sacrifice both on and off the battlefield.
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- Cora
- 04-29-20
Warrior and scholar
Sheehan's intelligent prose pulls the reader into a fireside chat with a good friend who has "seen the elephant". As a fellow veteran of Iraq I am proud of the strength of character and moral courage of this warrior to tell it like it is. Well read and well written. Sheehan is exactly the prudent, courageous "bearer of the peace" this country needs. Thanks, from all us grunts for doing what you do. In war and now in peace.
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-18-22
Best book I’ve read
This book is the best I have read so far, gives insight to things that should be looked into more and gives effected readers a starting point of recognition.
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- Mike Williams
- 04-26-23
Superb Book, Superb Narration
This Vietnam Veteran Cobra Pilot resonates with this book. The author describes the violence and uncertainty of combat in an attack helicopter and expertly weaves in his personal reaction to that combat that give a unique view of this type of war. Narration is the best I’ve heard. Highly recommended.
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- Clayton Hall
- 07-29-22
Do you want some cheese with that whine
I just couldn’t take it. An endless whining monologue about his terrible feelings! And the horrible language was nearly in every sentence! Someone please take this guy back to the field hospital and keep him there.
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