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Afghan War, 2001- Campaigns Afghan War, 2001- Campaigns Afghanistan Korangal Valley Afghan War, 2001- Campaigns Afghanistan Kunar (Province) Afghan War, 2001- Campaigns Afghanistan Pech Valley Afghanistan Korangal Valley Afghanistan Kunar (Province) Afghanistan Pech River Valley BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-) Iraq War, 2003-2011 CampaignsSummary: From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HELSileo, Tom.
Summary: "Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama stood in Arlington National Cemetery to deliver his Memorial Day address. He extolled the heroism and sacrifice of the two men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 SILThorpe, Helen
Summary: Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families, detailing the realities of their work on bases and in war zones and how their choices and losses shaped their perspectives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 THORedman, Jason
Summary: "A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REDMAN, JASON REDSchilling, Dan
Summary: "The astonishing true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of 23 comrades-in-arms."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAPMAN, JOHN SCHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist War SchillingMorgan, Wesley
Summary: "When we think of the war in Afghanistan, chances are we're thinking of a small, remote corner of the country where American military action has been concentrated: the Pech and its tributary valleys in Kunar and Nuristan provinces. The rugged, steep terrain and thick forests made the region a natural hiding spot for targets in the American war on terror, from Osama bin Laden to the Islamic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020