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Author:

Groberg, Florent, 1983- author.

Title:

8 seconds of courage : a soldier's story, from immigrant to the Medal of Honor / Flo Groberg and Tom Sileo.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

ix, 191 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Subject:

Groberg, Florent,--1983-
United States.--Army--Officers--Biography.
Afghan War, 2001---Biography.
Afghan War, 2001---Campaigns--Asadābād.--Asadābād.
Afghan War, 2001---Casualties--United States.
Immigrants--United States--Biography.
French Americans--Biography.
Medal of Honor--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Personal Narratives.

Other Authors:

Sileo, Tom, co-author.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Toy soldiers -- Shut up and listen -- Piss and shit -- The wild west -- Honaker-miracle -- Finish strong -- The last sprint -- Freak on a leash -- A leg up -- A greater honor -- Epilogue: the next mission.

Summary:

Describes the author's childhood relocation from France to the U.S., where as a naturalized citizen he joined the military and served multiple tours in Afghanistan before he was wounded while protecting his patrol from a suicide bomber.

ISBN:

1501165887
9781501165887

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1003844237

LCCN:

2017036187

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