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Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The powerful story of one Marine who found healing and renewed purpose after returning from combat, for himself and tens of thousands of fellow veterans. When Marine sniper Jake Wood came home in 2009 from grueling tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, his country asked yet more of him: to compartmentalize his traumatic memories, put his elite military training on a shelf, and adjust to living outside high-stakes situations. Jake feared he would join the...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
447 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of Eric Greitens and Jake Wood, larger-than-life war heroes who come home and use their military discipline and values to help others. This story is one of the most hopeful to emerge from Iraq and Afghanistan -- a saga of lives saved, not wasted.