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None Braver
- U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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From award-winning journalist and combat veteran Michael Hirsh comes the thrilling inside story of the Air Force's pararescue operations in Afghanistan. The first journalist to be embedded with an Air Force combat unit in the war on terrorism, Hirsh flew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, with the 71st Rescue Squadron to their expeditionary headquarters at a secret location in Central Asia.
Unparalleled access to the pararescue jumpers - or PJs - as well as to the courageous men and women who fly them where they have to go, often under enemy fire, allowed Michael Hirsh to uncover incredible stories of courage. Among them: the drama of a plane crash at 10,000 feet in the Hindu Kush mountains, where PJs climb with 100-pound packs through chest-deep snow to rescue the crew; the tension of an unprecedented nighttime combat parachute jump into the middle of an Afghan minefield; and the heartbreak during Operation Anaconda, when seven American fighting men die, including the first PJ killed in combat since Vietnam.
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As part of an elite special operations unit at the fighting edge of the Global War on Terrorism, Nicholas Moore spent over a decade with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. In this compelling biography, a detailed narrative of grueling life on the ground combines with accounts of some of the most dramatic search and rescue operations of the period to tell the true story of life on the line in the War on Terror.
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A Modern Ranger story, honest and candid
- By Tony on 06-24-19
By: Nicholas Moore, and others
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Come Up and Get Me
- An Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger
- By: Joe Kittinger, Craig Ryan
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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A few years after his release from a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, in 1973, Colonel Joseph Kittinger retired from the Air Force. Restless and unchallenged, he turned to ballooning, a lifelong passion as well as a constant diversion for his imagination during his imprisonment. His primary goal was a solitary circumnavigation of the globe, and in its pursuit he set several ballooning distance records, including the first solo crossing of the Atlantic in 1984. But the aeronautical feats that first made him an American hero had occurred a quarter of a century earlier....
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A rewarding read
- By Andrew Braddick on 03-25-13
By: Joe Kittinger, and others
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Service
- A Navy SEAL at War
- By: Marcus Luttrell
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him-and he would have readily done the same for them. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything-including themselves-for the sake of family, nation, and freedom.
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love this book ~ add it to your must read list!!
- By HYoung on 05-18-12
By: Marcus Luttrell
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Dustoff 7-3
- By: Erik Sabiston
- Narrated by: Al Peterson
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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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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Guts 'N Gunships
- What It Was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam
- By: Mark Garrison
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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In the summer of 1967, Mark Garrison had dropped out of college at Southern Illinois University just before entering his third year. He had run out of money and had to work for a while. These were the days before the lottery and the draft soon came calling. In order to somewhat control his own future, he enlisted in the US Army's helicopter flight school program. Little did he know that this adventure would be the most profound experience of his life.
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Fascinating
- By Jean on 04-25-16
By: Mark Garrison
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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
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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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Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story
- North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series
- By: Chuck Gross
- Narrated by: Gerry Burke
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat, to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. Soon after the war, Gross wrote down his adventures, while his memory was still fresh with the events. Rattler One-Seven (his call sign) is written as he experienced it, using these notes along with letters written home to accurately preserve the mindset he had while in Vietnam.
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One of the Best Helicopter books I've listened to!
- By Chad on 02-12-14
By: Chuck Gross
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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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- By KL on 12-29-22
By: Buck Wyndham
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The Night Stalkers
- By: Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov, Lt. Col - Ret Robert L. Johnson
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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Here are thrilling, never-before-heard stories of the Army's elite aviation unit - the most daring and professional helicopter crews in the world. Special Operations pilots are notoriously reticent; they don't talk about their missions, at least not to anyone outside their small community. But now, with the publication of The Night Stalkers, Durant and Steven Hartov shed a fascinating light on these mysterious super commandos and take readers into a world they have only imagined.
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A book that does justice
- By Robert on 10-05-07
By: Michael J. Durant, and others
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Warriors at 500 Knots
- Intense Stories of Valiant Crews Flying the Legendary F-4 Phantom II in the Vietnam Air War.
- By: Robert F Kirk
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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As the ground war struggled for success in Vietnam, it became intensely clear that the skies had to be owned by the allies for victory to have a chance. It was the F-4 and its pilots that made that possible. The author, a Phantom pilot himself, details intense stories of undaunted and valiant American pilots with their legendary fierce Phantom. These are personal stories of intrepid courage and self-sacrifice to get the mission done - whatever the cost.
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Great Material
- By Mark Murphy on 12-31-14
By: Robert F Kirk
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The Mighty Eighth
- The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It
- By: Gerald Astor
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
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Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate battle of survival against the Luftwaffe over Britain. Then, from across the Atlantic, came a new generation of American pilots, gunners, and bombardiers, a new generation of flying machines called the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang fighter.
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A Good Listen with 1 problem
- By Matthew Schuller on 08-23-19
By: Gerald Astor
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The Outpost
- An Untold Story of American Valor
- By: Jake Tapper
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
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At 6:00 a.m. on the morning of October 3, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating was viciously attacked by Taliban insurgents. The 53 U.S. troops, having been stationed at the bottom of three steep mountains, were severely outmanned by nearly 400 Taliban fighters. Though the Americans ultimately prevailed, their casualties made it one of the war's deadliest battles for U.S. forces. And after more than three years in that dangerous and vulnerable valley a mere 14 miles from the Pakistan border, the U.S. abandoned and bombed the camp.
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Good, could have been great.
- By Ryan on 01-22-13
By: Jake Tapper
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Not a Good Day to Die
- The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda
- By: Sean Naylor
- Narrated by: John Henry Cox
- Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
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At dawn on March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the 21st century began. Over 200 soldiers of the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Division flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kotvalley - and into the mouth of a buzz saw. They were about to pay a bloody price for strategic, high-level miscalculations that underestimated the enemy's strength and willingness to fight.
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50/50
- By Kindle Customer on 11-14-16
By: Sean Naylor
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-23-19
love it.
A great book to tell the story's of the nobel job Pararescue. Glad I read it
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- Carson Brown
- 06-03-21
Great
great book plenty of detail. many stories compiled together to tell about the pj's does bounce around a little
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- Southard
- 10-08-24
Rescue Rangers
After listening to this book, I have a much better understanding of why people are afraid of helicopters. Most of the stories in this book involve helicopter rescues, helicopter crashes, and general helicopter consternation. Of course, that’s not the point of the book, but it was remarkable to me. The book is about the heroes (PJs) that the US Air Force trains for rescue missions in the most extreme situations and conditions imaginable. They are trained to operate anywhere in the world from mountains to deserts, to sea, to war. They study cutting-edge battlefield medicine techniques so that they can stabilize and extract injured soldiers. When the call comes in about injuries on the battlefield (or anywhere else in the world, I think), they are dispatched with their gear to save lives. Carrying gear for survival, combat, communications, and medicine, their kits can weigh over 100 lbs. To be a PJ, you have to be extremely calm under stress. PJs can adjust and adapt to complete the mission no matter what obstacles get thrown at them. The book also covers some of the fallout that happens when rescues are not successful by telling a true story of a PJ who dies during a rescue mission. The PJs don’t get a lot of press. They don’t like the spotlight. They want to do their job, save lives, and disappear into the shadows. I have a better appreciation for their skill, training, and mission after listening to this book. Thanks for the recommendation Aleksandr.
This is for readers of history, military, rescue, and real-life adventures.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-21-18
Great Book
SrA Jason D. Cunningham will be remembered by one more person. I'd gone into this book wanting to learn more about the missions carried on by the PJs and I'd received much more than I asked for. Awesome book.
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- Josiah Smith
- 09-28-20
Amazing, and informative.
This book was an amazing listen fir me as one who is striving to become a PJ myself, the stories, the humor, and the fellow comradely is something I feel everyone wishes to have but few find ay this level. Reading this book is a must.
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- Joseph
- 03-31-15
AWESOME
I want more great story and really good info. easy to follow and keeps you wanting more
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- JLS
- 02-06-15
Great book about the PJs
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Great stories of selflessness from the PJ community. There are a lot of really awesome stories contained in this book. You get an appreciation for these men and what they are capable of doing.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
That Others May Live
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- Justin Nordin
- 12-26-18
Wow!
Amazing what our servicemen and women do protecting us! Incredible stories about the PJ's and other special forces teams. Thank you for giving these stories breath!
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-13-22
great, real life heroes
good, direct, and truthful. no fake heroics, no wannabes. just simple, good men and women doing what they said they would do. protect.
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- Troy Warshaw
- 05-03-15
Awesome. A must listen.
I didn't have any expectations but once the action started to pick up, it got really good. The narrator helped add in some of the suspense which is very important. Overall awesome book. Hooyah.
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