Shudergay : soldiers of C/1/32 10th mountain division fighting in the Pech valley, Kunar province : Afghanistan 32-25 July 2006 / James F. Christ.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: [S.l.] : Battlefield Publishing, c2010.Description: [12], 156 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781463787868
- 1463787863
- DS371.412. C57 2010
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS371.412.C57 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000353432 |
“July 24, 2006… Pech valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan. US forces of C/1/32 10th mountain division receive intel that a notorious local insurgent commander has kidnapped an Afghan civilian and is threatening to murder him for cooperating with coalition forces. Scrambling to save the Afghan, elements of C company hurry up the steep, rocky side of Shudergay valley to try to intercept the insurgents when they themselves are ambushed. Cut off and pinned down by overwhelming numbers and firepower, the element faces annihilation but for the courage of sergeant David Michael Hierholzer, who single-handedly saves his fellow soldiers from death and buys them time for help to arrive”—back cover.