Battle heroes : voices from Afghanistan /
Voices from Afghanistan.
Allan Zullo.
- New York : Scholastic, c2010.
- 159 p. ; 20 cm.
"Ten true tales."
Operation enduring freedom -- The stand/Captain Jason Amerine -- "The Americans won't get out alive"/Lieutenant Stephen Boada -- The fatal funnel/Master Sergeant Sarun Sar -- The battle of Ebrahimkhel/Staff Sergeant Jason "Jake" Kimberling -- In the chaos of combat/Tech Sergeant Mark DeCorte -- The ambush at Afghanya/Specialist Gregory "Scott"Ruske -- The "fire-and-forget" guys/Captain Sheffield Ford III, Master Sergeant Thom Maholic, Staff Sergeant Matthew Binney, Staff Sergeant Joseph Fuerst III, Sergeant First Class Abram Hernandez -- The crawl for life/Sergeant First Class Brendan O'Connor -- Death struggle/Staff Sergeant Jason Fetty -- Saving Private Moss/Major John Oh.
Ten stories of American heroes who have risked their lives for their country while fighting in the Afghan War.
4.3. Guided reading level: Z.
9780545206426 (tr. pbk.) 0545206421 (tr. pbk.)
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American. Soldiers--United States--Biography. Heroes--United States--Biography.