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One million steps : a Marine platoon at war, Bing West

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Battalion 3/5 suffered the highest number of casualties in the war in Afghanistan. This is the story of one platoon in that distinguished battalion. Aware of U.S. plans to withdraw from the country, knowing their efforts were only a footprint in the sand, the fifty Marines of 3rd Platoon fought in Sangin, the most dangerous district in all of Afghanistan. So heavy were the casualties that the secretary of defense offered to pull them out. Instead, they pushed forward. Each Marine in 3rd Platoon patrolled two and a half miles a day for six months--a total of one million steps--in search of a ghostlike enemy that struck without warning. Every day brought a new skirmish. Each footfall might trigger an IED. Half the Marines in 3rd Platoon didn't make it intact to the end of the tour. One Million Steps is the story of the fifty brave men who faced grim odds and refused to back down. These Marines--four-year volunteers, not career soldiers--attacked and attacked. When a leader was struck down, another rose up to take his place. How does one man instill courage in another? What explains their ferocity? What welded these men together as firmly as steel plates? Based on 3rd Platoon's handwritten log, as well as months of face-to-face interviews, this is a gripping grunt's-eye view of life on the front lines of America's longest war. Writing with a combat veteran's compassion for the fallen, Bing West also offers a damning critique of the higher-ups who expected our warriors to act as nation-builders--and whose failed strategy put American lives at unnecessary risk
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eng
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (7 hr., 29 min., 34 sec.))
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9781101912782
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One million steps : a Marine platoon at war
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One million steps
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a Marine platoon at war
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Bing West
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eng
Summary
Battalion 3/5 suffered the highest number of casualties in the war in Afghanistan. This is the story of one platoon in that distinguished battalion. Aware of U.S. plans to withdraw from the country, knowing their efforts were only a footprint in the sand, the fifty Marines of 3rd Platoon fought in Sangin, the most dangerous district in all of Afghanistan. So heavy were the casualties that the secretary of defense offered to pull them out. Instead, they pushed forward. Each Marine in 3rd Platoon patrolled two and a half miles a day for six months--a total of one million steps--in search of a ghostlike enemy that struck without warning. Every day brought a new skirmish. Each footfall might trigger an IED. Half the Marines in 3rd Platoon didn't make it intact to the end of the tour. One Million Steps is the story of the fifty brave men who faced grim odds and refused to back down. These Marines--four-year volunteers, not career soldiers--attacked and attacked. When a leader was struck down, another rose up to take his place. How does one man instill courage in another? What explains their ferocity? What welded these men together as firmly as steel plates? Based on 3rd Platoon's handwritten log, as well as months of face-to-face interviews, this is a gripping grunt's-eye view of life on the front lines of America's longest war. Writing with a combat veteran's compassion for the fallen, Bing West also offers a damning critique of the higher-ups who expected our warriors to act as nation-builders--and whose failed strategy put American lives at unnecessary risk
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West, Francis J
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DS371.413
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Read by Ray Porter
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  • West, Francis J
  • United States
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One million steps : a Marine platoon at war, Bing West
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (7 hr., 29 min., 34 sec.))
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9781101912782
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One million steps : a Marine platoon at war, Bing West
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (7 hr., 29 min., 34 sec.))
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  • electronic
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9781101912782
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