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Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
by Meyer, Dakota; West, Bing
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812993403
- ISBN 13
- 9780812993400
- Seller
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About This Item
Random House, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Random House, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good+ Jacket. Maps. Black cover is clean and unmarked, edges rubbed, binding solid, internals as new. Jacket is also clean and unmarked with scuffed spine ends and some corners. The story of what Dakota did, when, in the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Postscript: Swenson; Epilogue by Bing West; Appendix 1; Ganjigal Timeline; Appendix 2: Medal of Honor Citation for Cpl Dakota L. Meyer, USMC; Notes. 251 pages. 8vo.2012, Random House.
Synopsis
Dakota Meyer was born and raised in Columbia, Kentucky, and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2006. A school-trained sniper and highly skilled infantryman, Corporal Meyer deployed to Iraq in 2007 and to Afghanistan in 2009. In 2011, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his unyielding courage in the battle of Ganjigal. He now competes at charity events in skeet and rifle competitions. He also speaks frequently at schools and veterans’ events to raise awareness of our military and remains dedicated to the causes of our veterans. For the families of fallen troops, he has raised over one million dollars. Bing West, a Marine combat veteran, served as an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. He has been on hundreds of patrols in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. A nationally acclaimed war correspondent, he is the author of The Village; No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah; The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq; and The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, West has received the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation award, the Colby Award for military nonfiction, the Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award, and the Marine Corps University Foundation’s Russell Leadership Award. He lives with his wife, Betsy, in Newport, Rhode Island.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029973
- Title
- Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
- Author
- Meyer, Dakota; West, Bing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812993403
- ISBN 13
- 9780812993400
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- AFGHAN WAR; AFGHANISTAN; BATTLE OF GANJIGAL;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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