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Sniper one : on scope and under siege with a sniper team in Iraq / Dan Mills.
Van Pelt Library DS79.76 .M475 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mills, Dan, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, British.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Snipers.
- Great Britain.
- Mills, Dan, 1968-.
- Mills, Dan.
- Snipers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- British.
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- When Sgt. Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion flew into Iraq in April, 2004, they were soon fighting for their lives. "Sniper One" is a breathtaking chronicle of endurance, camaraderie, dark humor, and courage in the face of relentless, lethal assault.
- Contents:
- Ilustrations
- view of al Amarah city centre from above its southern Edge, over a lynx helicopter gunner's shoulder
- The Cimic house compound beside the River Tigris
- Sniper platoon, 1PWRR. back row, left to right : H, smudge
- Des, Dv, Dan, Daz, Rob, Chris, Fitz, Ben and Ads. front row : Pikey, Longy, Oost, Sam, Harry, Redders and Louey
- Yours truly on the look-out for enemy activity on Cimic house's roof
- Article picturing rogue cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, pinned on
- The wall of sniper platoon's living quarters
- A typical roof-top scene post-battle
- House's swimming-pool
- Louey and Daz in the rear sangar
- An l96 sniper rifle with a simrad night sight
- The view of the oms building from behind the wall where Dan's men first returned fire at the enemy, on 18 April
- RPG alley
- View of the OMS building from the neighbouring park, a favoured launch location for enemy mortar teams
- Major Ken Tait on his return from a fighting patrol before
- He was banned from going out
- The remains of Daz's burned-out snatch after the 18 April contact
- The awesome AC-130 spectre gunship
- Chris, me and sgt Ian Caldwell in the driveway of Cimic house, preparing to leave on an arrest raid
- Chris snipes and des spots while concealed on a roof-top in downtown al Amarah.
- ISBN:
- 9780312531263
- 0312531265
- OCLC:
- 213300988
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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