Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

In June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEA Ls departed their base in northern Afghanistan for a mission near the Pakistani border. Their objective was to capture or kill a prominent al Qaeda leader located in a Taliban stronghold. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one SEAL survived. This is the account of fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing and the battle that resulted in the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history. Luttrell describes the desperate mountain engagement where his teammates fought until he remained the only one alive. Knocked unconscious by a rocket grenade and blown over a cliff, he survived the initial assault. Over the following four days, severely injured and presumed dead, Luttrell fought off six al Qaeda assassins sent to kill him, then crawled seven miles through the mountains before being sheltered by a Pashtun tribe who protected him from Taliban forces. The narrative covers the rigorous training of Navy SEA Ls and the brutal combat in Afghanistan's desolate peaks, where the American team fought while descending a thousand feet down a mountain. Luttrell's account documents the battle in detail and serves as a tribute to his teammates who died in the operation.