No way out : a story of valor in the mountains of Afghanistan

306 Pages·2013·3.66 MB·English

by  Weiss

NO WAY OUT
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NO WAY OUT
A story of valor in the mountains of Afghanistan
MITCH WEISS KEVIN MAURER
AND
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Copyright © 2012 by Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer
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March 2012
FIRST EDITION:
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weiss, Mitch.
No way out : a story of valor in the mountains of Afghanistan / Mitch Weiss & Kevin Maurer.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 9781101560761
1. Afghan War, 2001—Campaigns—Afghanistan—Shok Valley. 2. Afghan War, 2001—Commando
operations. 3. Special operations (Military science)—Afghanistan. I. Maurer, Kevin. II. Title.
DS371.4123.S56W45 2012
958.104’742—dc23
2011028877
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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ALWAYS LEARNING
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For our wives and families
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die…
“The Charge of the Light Brigade”
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LFRED ORD ENNYSON
Table of Contents
Part 1 Premission
1 Captain Kyle Walton
2 Staff Sergeant Luis Morales
3 Specialist Michael D. Carter
4 Master Sergeant Scott Ford
5 Staff Sergeant John Wayne Walding
6 Staff Sergeant Dillon Behr
7 Staff Sergeant Ron Shurer
8 Sergeant First Class Karl Wurzbach
9 Walton
10 Staff Sergeant Seth Howard
11 Morales
12 Ford
13 Carter
14 Staff Sergeant David Sanders
15 Walding
16 Behr
Part 2 Contact
17 Morales
18 Behr
19 Carter
20 Walton
21 Ford
22 Behr
23 Walding
24 Morales
25 Master Sergeant Jim Lodyga
26 Wurzbach
27 Howard
28 Walton
29 Carter
30 Shurer
31 Walton
32 Ford
Part 3 The Ledge
33 Behr
34 Lodyga
35 Shurer
36 Carter
37 Behr
38 Walding
39 Ford
40 Walding
41 Ford
42 Shurer
43 Walding
44 Behr
45 Morales
46 Ford
47 Howard
48 Walding
49 Walton
50 Carter
51 Wurzbach
Part 4 Escape
52 Ford
53 Carter
54 Howard
55 Morales
56 Walding
57 Behr