Lone Survivor (2013)

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A Land Far From Home

They Answered Their Nation’s Call

A Debt Eternal


On 27 July, 2005, a four-man Navy SEAL team engaged with Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s Kunar province.

Lone Survivor is their story, the story of the sixteen men who died trying to save them, and the story of Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class, Marcus Luttrell, the only member of the SEAL team to survive.

I watched this in 2013, shortly after returning from my second tour in Afghanistan. I tried to watch it again this weekend in preparation for this review, but had to stop ten minutes in. I can’t watch this anymore, but if you have not, you should.

Lone Survivor is available HERE.

Four out of Five Stars.

⭐⭐⭐⭐


Nineteen U.S. service members died in Operation Red Wings.

LT Michael P. Murphy, 29 - Patchogue, New York

SO2 Matthew Axelson, 29 - Cupertino, California

SO2 Danny Diets, 25 - Littleton, Colorado

SOC Jacques J. Fontan, 36 - New Orleans, Louisiana

SOCS Daniel R. Healy, 36 - Exeter, New Hampshire

LCDR Erik S. Kristensen, 33 - San Diego, California

SO1 Jeffery A. Lucas, 33 - Corbett, Oregon

LT Michael M. McGreevy Jr., 30 - Portville, New York

SO2 James E. Suh, 28 - Deerfield Beach, Florida

SO1 Jeffrey S. Taylor, 30 - Midway, West Virginia

SO2 Shane E. Patton, 22 - Boulder City, Nevada

SSG Shamus O. Goare, 29 - Danville, Ohio

CWO3 Corey J. Goodnature, 35 - Clarks Grove, Minnesota

SGT Kip A. Jacoby, 21 - Pompano Beach, Florida

SFC Marcus V. Muralles, 33 - Shelbyville, Indiana

MSG James W. Ponder III, 36 - Franklin, Tennessee

MAJ Stephen C. Reich, 34 - Washington Depot, Connecticut

SFC Michael L. Russell, 31 - Stafford, Virginia

CWO4 Chris J. Scherkenbach, 40 - Jacksonville, Florida

The war in Afghanistan began on 7 October, 2001. It continues.

As of Memorial Day, 2020, more than 2,300 American servicemen and women have been killed in this war. Eight U.S. government civil servants have also died.

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