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02455aam a2200385Ki 4500 001 148FA004213811E9BB5E173097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190126010014 008 161125t20172016nyuab 000 0deng d 020 $a 9781101984338 020 $a 1101984333 035 $a (OCoLC)964291433 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d NBJ $d SO$ $e rda $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 04 $a DS371.4123.K36 $b R76 2017b 082 04 $a 958.104/742 $2 23 100 1 $a Romesha, Clinton, $e author. 245 10 $a Red Platoon : $b a true story of American valor / $c Clinton Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Dutton, $c 2017. 300 $a xv, 378 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a In 2009, Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of 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 United States 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 Americans their lives. Red Platoon is a firsthand account of the Battle for COP 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.--From publisher description. 600 10 $a Romesha, Clinton. 650 0 $a Kamdesh, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2009 $v Personal narratives, American. 651 0 $a Combat Outpost Keating (Afghanistan) 650 0 $a Soldiers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Heroes $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Courage $z Afghanistan. 650 0 $a Medal of Honor $v Biography. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- $x Regimental histories $z United States. 941 $a 4 952 $l HLPC845 $d 20210402013918.0 952 $l DYPD423 $d 20190611011620.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20190417011204.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20190126011335.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=148FA004213811E9BB5E173097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search