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In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down

by Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov · 2003

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Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade on October 3, 1993. With devastating injuries, he was taken prisoner by a Somali warlord. With revealing insight and emotion, he tells the story of what he saw, how he survived, and the courage and heroism that only soldiers under fire could ever know.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 384 pages

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