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The Ghost Platoon
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Author : Gordon Barr
language : en
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Release Date : 2002-09
The Ghost Platoon written by Gordon Barr and has been published by Infinity Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09 with Fiction categories.
Ghost Platoon
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Author : Frank Walker
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-06-25
Ghost Platoon written by Frank Walker and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-25 with History categories.
'thoroughly researched and compelling . . . a chilling account' - The Sun Herald An eye-opening account of Australian combat history, untold . . . until now. In 1969 a ragtag unit of 39 men were thrown together at Nui Dat, Vietnam. It was so slapdash a group it didn't even have an officer or sergeant in charge. A rugged ex-Royal Marine stepped forward to take the lead. Jim Riddle was only an acting corporal but he knew enough of war to keep these young diggers alive. When the platoon was involved in a high-risk ambush Riddle proved his leadership skills, bringing his men through unscathed and leaving the battlefield littered with enemy bodies. Despite their success, immediately afterwards the platoon was disbanded. According to the army they'd never existed – theirs was a ghost platoon. Frank Walker details what happened at that ambush and why the army buried their existence, and the secrets that went with it. His findings are a shocking indictment of the long-term effects of war. The men of the platoon – who'd fought so hard for their country – had to fight again to reveal the truth. But the price they all paid was far too high. Ghost Platoon is a gripping story of the soldiers who should never be forgotten . . . or denied.
Ghost Platoon
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Author : Xavier P. Hunter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-02-06
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Ghost Platoon
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Author : John Campbell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-25
Ghost Platoon written by John Campbell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-25 with categories.
Marines Robert Flynn and Izzy Khan are fed up with being pinned down by machine guns with no air support. Now back in the U.S., they create "ORION" a platoon based weapon system utilizing quadrocopters and precision guided mortars. They soon discover the problem with ORION- It's too cheap and too effective. Undeterred by the powers that be, they embark upon a mission to prove ORION, a misguided quest so dangerous it will take more than ORION to save them. Ride with them as they fight their way into the badlands of Southwest Afghanistan. Soon the Platoon, an adopted "Tiger Dog" and a band of rag tag Pashtun guides will depend on each other against powerful hidden foes both in Afghanistan and within their own government. A story of love, loyalty, betrayal and sacrifice, Ghost Platoon explores the complex issues facing the over exposed modern day "Grunt."
Ghost Platoon
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Author : Peter A. Pilot
language : en
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Release Date : 2006-03-01
Ghost Platoon written by Peter A. Pilot and has been published by Publishamerica Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-01 with Fiction categories.
In the aftermath of a horrible terrorist incident at a remote military base in Montana, America unleashes its most deadly team of commandos to hunt down and eliminate the men responsible for the act. Made up of soldiers from the US Armys elite Special Forces, Ghost Platoon receives its first mission and goes after the bad guys with a vengeance! Led by one of the toughest commandos to ever receive Special Forces training, Captain Jack Cogburn, the team races against time to halt the terrorists next act: a deed so terrible, so deadly that, if it succeeds, will turn southern Arizona and Nevada into a nuclear wasteland!
Ghost Platoon
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Author : Xavier P. Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Magical Scrivener Press
Release Date : 2018-02-02
Ghost Platoon written by Xavier P. Hunter and has been published by Magical Scrivener Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-02 with Fiction categories.
A dying game. A tournament for the ages. One last chance for glory. After a glorious run as the world’s first full-immersion VR mega-game, Armored Souls is on its last legs. Competitors are on the rise, and the company’s own projects are surpassing it. In a last-ditch effort to inject new life into the game, Valhalla West announces a tournament with such an awesome prize that no player can resist. Reggie has led Wounded Legion to the top ranks of the factions on the Armored Souls servers, but the game has gotten easy for him. Too easy. When Valhalla West announces their tournament plans, Reggie springs into action to prepare for it. His motives are twofold. First, it’s the most excitement he’s felt in years. But more importantly, Armored Souls is Reggie’s entire world. He’s willing to fight to keep it going as long as he can.
Ghost Riders Of Baghdad
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Author : Daniel A. Sjursen
language : en
Publisher: University Press of New England
Release Date : 2015-09-22
Ghost Riders Of Baghdad written by Daniel A. Sjursen and has been published by University Press of New England this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-22 with History categories.
From October 2006 to December 2007, Daniel A. Sjursen-then a U.S. Army lieutenant-led a light scout platoon across Baghdad. The experiences of Ghost Rider platoon provide a soldier's-eye view of the incredible complexities of warfare, peacekeeping, and counterinsurgency in one of the world's most ancient cities. Sjursen reflects broadly and critically on the prevailing narrative of the surge as savior of America's longest war, on the overall military strategy in Iraq, and on U.S. relations with ordinary Iraqis. At a time when just a handful of U.S. senators and representatives have a family member in combat, Sjursen also writes movingly on questions of America's patterns of national service. Who now serves and why? What connection does America's professional army have to the broader society and culture? What is the price we pay for abandoning the model of the citizen soldier? With the bloody emergence of ISIS in 2014, Iraq and its beleaguered, battle-scarred people are again much in the news. Unlike other books on the U.S. war in Iraq, Ghost Riders of Baghdad is part battlefield chronicle, part critique of American military strategy and policy, and part appreciation of Iraq and its people. At once a military memoir, history, and cultural commentary, Ghost Riders of Bahdad delivers a compelling story and a deep appreciation of both those who serve and the civilians they strive to protect. Sjursen provides a riveting addition to our understanding of modern warfare and its human costs.
The Ghost Brigades
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Author : John Scalzi
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2008-08-28
The Ghost Brigades written by John Scalzi and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-28 with Fiction categories.
The military science fiction sequel to his extraordinary Old Man's War, John Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades is the second in The Old Man's War series. Who can you trust, if you can't trust yourself? Three hostile alien races have united against humanity, determined to halt our expansion into space. The mastermind behind this lethal alliance is a traitor – Charles Boutin. He was a Colonial Defence Force scientist, with access to their biggest military secrets. Now the CDF's only hope is to discover Boutin's plan. Trouble is, Boutin's dead. As a super-soldier created from Boutin's own DNA, Jared Dirac may have answers. However, when Dirac fails to access the scientist's memories, he's transferred to the Ghost Brigades for training. These elite troops are also cloned from the dead, so he might fit in. But will Dirac's memory return as the enemy plots the fate of humankind? And whose side is Dirac really on? 'A mix of Starship Troopers and Universal Soldier, Ghost evokes awakening, betrayal, and combat in the best military sci-fi tradition.' – Entertainment Weekly Continue the gripping space war series with The Last Colony.
Red Platoon
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Author : Clinton Romesha
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-05-03
Red Platoon written by Clinton Romesha and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with History categories.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen-hour firefight at the Battle of Keating in Afghanistan by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden and Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. “‘It doesn't get better.’ To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the name itself—Keating—had become a kind of backhanded joke.” In 2009, Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of the Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost (COP) Keating, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the US military in Nuristan and Kunar in the hope of preventing Taliban insurgents from moving freely back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three years after its construction, the army was finally ready to concede what the men on the ground had known immediately: it was simply too isolated and too dangerous to defend. On October 3, 2009, after years of constant smaller attacks, the Taliban finally decided to throw everything they had at Keating. The ensuing fourteen-hour battle—and eventual victory—cost eight men their lives. Red Platoon is the riveting firsthand account of the Battle of Keating, told by Romesha, who spearheaded both the defense of the outpost and the counterattack that drove the Taliban back beyond the wire and received the Medal of Honor for his actions.
Homecomings
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Author : Yoshikuni Igarashi
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-06
Homecomings written by Yoshikuni Igarashi and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with History categories.
Soon after the end of World War II, a majority of the nearly 7 million Japanese civilians and serviceman who had been posted overseas returned home. Heeding the call to rebuild, these veterans helped remake Japan and enjoyed popularized accounts of their service. For those who took longer to be repatriated, such as the POWs detained in labor camps in Siberia and the fighters who spent years hiding in the jungles of islands in the South Pacific, returning home was more difficult. Their nation had moved on without them and resented the reminder of a humiliating, traumatizing defeat. Homecomings tells the story of these late-returning Japanese soldiers and their struggle to adapt to a newly peaceful and prosperous society. Some were more successful than others, but they all charted a common cultural terrain, one profoundly shaped by media representations of the earlier returnees. Japan had come to redefine its nationhood through these popular images. Yoshikuni Igarashi explores what Japanese society accepted and rejected, complicating the definition of a postwar consensus and prolonging the experience of war for both Japanese soldiers and the nation. He throws the postwar narrative of Japan's recovery into question, exposing the deeper, subtler damage done to a country that only belatedly faced the implications of its loss.