02307nam a2200325 a 4500 vtls000048558 KUKTEM 20251117150240.0 101130t20102009nyuabf g b 001 0 eng d 9780425232590 (pbk.) 9780425226193 (hbk.) 0425226190 (hbk.) 201107140001 VLOAD 201104141628 fauzi 201011301422 irma UMP DS371.4123.O66 D37 2010 Darack, Ed. Victory point : operations Red Wings and Whalers : the Marine Corps' battle for freedom in Afghanistan / Ed Darack New York : Berkley Caliber, 2010 xviii, 316 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-301) and index In late June 2005, media recounted the tragic story of nineteen U.S. special operations personnel who died at the hands of insurgent/terrorist leader Ahmad Shah, leaving one survivor, deep in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan. The harrowing events of Operation Red Wings marked an important, yet widely misreported, chapter in the Global War on Terror. This book reveals the complete story of Operation Red Wings (often mis-referenced as "Operation Redwing"), and the follow-on mission, Operation Whalers. Together, these two U.S. Marine Corps operations (which in the case of Red Wings utilized Navy SEALs for its opening phase) unfold not as a mission gone terribly wrong, but as a complex and difficult campaign that ultimately saw the demise of Ahmad Shan and his small army of barbarous fighters. Due to the valor, courage, and commitment of the Marines in the summer of 2005, Afghanistan was able to hold free elections that fall.--From publisher description United States. Marine Corps Afghanistan United States. Navy. SEALs Operation Red Wings, 2005 Operation Whalers, 2005 Afghan War, 2001- Commando operations Afghan War, 2001- Search and rescue operations Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0906/2008047659.html 0 0 0 0 10000 10000 2019-09-04 64.12 0 DS371.4123.O66 D37 2010 0000054880 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 64.12 2019-09-04 OPEN VIRTUA40 54468 54474 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0201*0202*0400*0900*1000*2450*2600*3000*5040*5200*6100*6101*6500*6501*6502*6503*8560*9991