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Roberts Ridge

A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan

by Malcolm MacPherson
Joe Barrett
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For the US Navy's elite team of SEALs, the mission seemed straightforward enough: take control of a towering, 10,240-foot mountain peak called Takur Ghar, a key post in their plan to smash Taliban al Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan. But the enemy was waiting, and when the Special Forces chopper was shredded by enemy fire, a red-haired SEAL named Neil Roberts was thrown from the aircraft. Roberts' fellow SEALs were determined to bring him out—no matter what the cost. This harrowing true account captures in dramatic detail their seventeen-hour battle, fought against near-impossible odds, to save one of their own.

This is a gripping you-are-there account based on stunning eyewitness testimony and painstaking research by journalist Malcolm MacPherson.

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  • Release date

    May 1, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481567244
      • File size: 243159 KB
      • Duration: 08:26:34

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Author Malcolm MacPherson tells the true story of a top-secret Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan. The effort ended in a brutal attack by Al Qaeda militants hiding along the mountain of Takur Ghar, which forced Petty Officer First Class Neil Roberts from his helicopter into the arms of the enemy. Based on true stories and eyewitness accounts, the following 17 hours relate in full detail the SEALs' fight to rescue one of their own before it's too late. The reliable Joe Barrett delivers a powerful yet understated narration, which allows the captivating story to almost tell itself. Barrett's respectful approach makes the SEALs and their deathly mission the true stars of the story. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 27, 2005
      On March 2, 2002, U.S. intelligence launched Operation Anaconda; having noted a concentration of al-Qaeda and Taliban forces in the Shah-i-Kot Valley, they dispatched MAKO-30, a seven-man navy SEAL reconnaissance team, attempted a helicopter landing on Takur Ghar, the highest overlooking peak. Tasked with calling in air strikes, MAKO-30 found its landing zone to be a well-concealed al-Qaeda camp; the team's Chinook helicopter was driven off by withering ground fire. When SEAL Neil Roberts fell out of the chopper, the others insisted on going back for him. With the team pinned down by enemy fire and facing annihilation, commanders dispatched a quick reaction force of army Rangers to rescue them. Thus began a harrowing 17-hour drama every bit as perilous and courageous as the Rangers' ill-fated Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia; novelist (Deadlock
      ) and journalist (The Black Box
      ) MacPherson eloquently captures this gripping tale, based on interviews with many of the survivors and access to the army's after-action report. And while the battle "played no part in the success of Anaconda," and was in fact a distraction for decision makers, the army after-action report cites the troops' "conspicuous bravery" and "countless acts of heroism"—all of which MacPherson captures with aplomb.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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