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SEAL of honor : Operation Red Wings and the life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN / Gary Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Gary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Red Wings, 2005.
- Medal of Honor--Biography.
- Medal of Honor.
- Heroes--United States--Biography.
- Heroes.
- Courage--Afghanistan--Case studies.
- Courage.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Biography.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Casualties--United States.
- United States. Navy. SEALs--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- Murphy, Michael Patrick, 1976-2005.
- Murphy, Michael Patrick.
- Murphy, Michael Patrick, 1976-2005--Military leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy, commander of Navy SEAL Team 10, posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on 28 June 2005 during a fierce battle with Taliban fighters in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Michael was the first recipient of the nation's highest military honor as a result of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. He was also the first naval officer to earn the medal since the Vietnam War, and the first SEAL to be honored posthumously. A young man of great character, he is the subject of Naval Special Warfare courses on leadership, and an
- Contents:
- The knock on the door
- Vigil for the valiant
- Funeral for the fallen
- Seeds of greatness
- "The protector"
- Prep schools for SEALs
- Officer Candidate School
- BUD/S : the price of admission
- Agoge : earning the Trident
- Warrior community and structure
- Deployment work-up
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Afghanistan, home of al-Qaeda
- When character met circumstance : Operation Red Wings
- Rescue mission
- Answering the call
- No one left behind
- In the presence of warriors
- Memorials to a hero
- Of service and sacrifice
- Growing legacy
- Postscript
- Appendix: Naval special warfare community support groups.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612990908
- 9781282990906
- 128299090X
- 9781612510064
- 161251006X
- OCLC:
- 727648046
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