![]() About an hour later, the four SEALs were surrounded by a number of Taliban warriors. They debated whether they should kill the goatherds to avoid being exposed to the enemy, but after a vote, team leader Michael Murphy decided to uphold the rules of engagement and let the goatherds go. Their mission, Operation Red Wings, was to capture or kill a leading Taliban member thought to be allied with Osama bin Laden.Īt an early stage of their mission, the team encountered three goatherds, including a boy. ![]() Patton, for whom Danny Dietz was substituted. ![]() With him are the rest of SDVT-1 (SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1), except Shane E. Navy and completing SEAL training, Luttrell describes his posting in Afghanistan, in the Hindu Kush mountains of the Kunar province. It has since seen a 2013 film adaptation of the same name, with Mark Wahlberg starring as Luttrell.Īt the beginning of the book, Marcus Luttrell describes his childhood and his training to prepare for the Navy SEALs with Billy Shelton. The narrative takes place in Afghanistan, following Luttrell and a group of U.S. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (2007) is a non-fiction book written by Marcus Luttrell with assistance from novelist and ghostwriter Patrick Robinson and published by Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover, paperback, mass market paperback, eBook
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