Operation Red Wing Tribute

Surrounded and severely outnumbered in combat, you can either give up or fight to the death. Petty Officer Luttrell and three other SEALs faced that decision in the hills of Afghanistan on June 28, 2005. A SEAL never gives up.

The team, which included Lt. Michael Murphy and Petty Officers Matt Axelson and Danny Dietz, had been sent on a covert mission to find and kill a Taliban leader. As the SEALs scoured the area, they encountered three civilians who Luttrell believes alerted Taliban fighters. About an hour later, approximately 80-100 Taliban fighters appeared and began a ferocious assault. As the small team fought back, a Chinook helicopter arrived in support but was shot down by the enemy, killing all 16 men on board.

The SEALs realized that their odds of survival were slim but their training and sense of honor told them to take out as many enemies as they could. By the end of a two-hour gunfight that careened through the hills and over cliffs, Murphy, Axelson, and Dietz had fallen. An estimated 35 Taliban were also dead. Luttrell managed to escape the carnage badly injured and slowly crawl away down the side of a cliff.

Dehydrated, with a bullet wound to one leg, shrapnel embedded in both legs, three vertebrae cracked; the situation for Luttrell was grim. Rescue helicopters were sent in, but he was too weak and injured to make contact. Traveling seven miles on foot, he eventually reached a village where he was put under lokhay warkawal, Afghan for the protection of the villagers, who fed him and cleaned his wounds. In short order, one of the villagers made his way to a Marine outpost with a note from Luttrell, and U.S. forces launched a massive rescue operation that pulled him from enemy territory. To this day, Luttrell remains indebted to the villagers who risked their lives in his defense. As he told The Washington Post, In the middle of everything evil, in an evil place, you can find goodness. Goodness. Id even call it godliness.

Luttrell was the Lone Survivor of the events of June 28, 2005. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions.

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[MrDopegamer]

were can i find the book can any body tell me



[1usmc0]

@MrDopegamer You can find it at Boarders, Amazon.com probably almost any book store has it or could order it.

[SniperInTheFlesh]

Im sorry but great video but some of these statements are in accurate like he did not crawl down the mountian but was blown off by a rocket propelled grenade that blew him an axe apart when they where in a hollow tree on the mountian in hindu kush... just to imply this but great video much respect for seal team 10

[1usmc0]

@SniperInTheFlesh Well it was a summary of a Navy report that was a highly censored summary of the actions that fateful day. So the goal was to tell the story using the report as a summary. Since the information was gotten from the navy there will always be inaccuracies. Yeah i respect them they are brothers and i have nothing but respect for them

Semper Fi and god bless you.

[1usmc0]

@Andrewman961 own his book, i dont remember it saying he got the medal of honor, i remember it saying Murphy got one, again as i have told many people all info on this video is based on the Navy's report, due to it being a SEAL team i highly doubt we will ever know the enter story, Even his book was censored before release. Now as far as all the reports i have read he won the Navy Cross not the Medal of Honor, as far as i can tell only Murphy won that.

Semper Fi and God Bless

[sprinklefriend]

@MrDopegamer you can also get it on an ereader - i got it on my kindle - if you don't want to pay full price & shipping or have to pick it up at the store.

[cookie10997]

If u dislicked this go to hell and get the fuck off of youtube

[MrOhiostateboy]

RIP the 22 SEALs who just passed in the chinook accident.

[LhotseMuol]

who the hell could dislike this video? it was dedicated to those who gave their life to your safety.

[allansouri]

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[allansouri]

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[MrDopegamer]

were can i find the book

[Scope1468]

@EliasOwnage95 marcus luttrell kicks ass...same w the rest of that seal team