<p>recently, I have read…</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Lone Survivor: Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heros of Seal Team 10, Marcus Luttrell
… first half about SEAL training, 2nd half about the four man team that was dropped into the mountains in Afghanistan, stumbled upon by goat herders, and all hell breaks loose
Danny Dietz, KIA, Navy Cross
Matthew Axelson, KIA, Navy Cross
Michael Murphy, KIA, Medal of Honor
Marcus Luttrell, Navy Cross, only survivor
… all 16 members of the rescue mission were also killed. Largest loss of Special Forces life in US History</p></li>
<li><p>One Bullet Away: the Making of a Marine Officer, Nathaniel Fick
… Dartmouth (I think) grad goes to OCS, Infantry, in the Pacific for 9/11. Goes to Afghanistan and then Iraq. Now in graduate school.</p></li>
<li><p>Inside the Postal Bus: My Ride with Lance Armstrong, Michael Barry
… about life with a top level cycling team</p></li>
<li><p>Final Salute: A story of unfinished lives, Jim Sheeler
… tells the story of 3 or 4 different families from notification of death to funeral</p></li>
<li><p>Gang Leader for a Day, Sudhir Venkatesh
… PhD student hangs around with a gang leader (for… many years) in Chicago for his dissertation research</p></li>
<li><p>Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Jeremy Scahill
… solid facts, but author also has a political agenda</p></li>
</ul>
<p>on the future list is…
- Rescue of Streetcar 304: A Navy Pilot’s Forty Hours on the Run in Laos, Kenny Fields
- Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew, Alex Kershaw
- Out of Captivity: Surviving 1967 days in the Colombian jungle, Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Tom Howes
- The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education, Craig Mullaney (West Point, Rhodes Scholar, US Army)</p>