Lone Survivor (2013)
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.
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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.
