Marcus Luttrell's The Lone Survivor

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In everyone’s life they will be faced with a challenge that will have to be overcome, For Marcus Luttrell and his squad Mathew Axelson, Daniel Healy, James Suh, Eric Patton, and Michael Murphy, the men of SEAL Team 10 are put through the ultimate challenge of being overwhelmed by Taliban forces with no help after Luttrell loses each one of his squad mate/friends. How would you react to this challenge? Would you hide and try to survive? Would you fight to protect your squad mates till the end? What would you do if you were unable to get help through this challenge? Marcus Luttrell was faced with all of these issues and reports his thoughts and decisions throughout Operation red Wings in his memoir The Lone Survivor. The amount of stress and

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