The story of what Dakota did .
Library Journal ".
The Virginian-Pilot Black Hawk Down meets Lone Survivor.
Kirkus Reviews A great contribution to the discussion of an agonizingly complex subject.
Combat memoirs don t get any more personal. . .
The Wall Street Journal A] cathartic, heartfelt Account .
National Review Meyer s dazzling bravery wasn t momentary or impulsive but deliberate and sustained. leaves you gaping in admiration at Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer s courage. . .
Praise for Into the Fire A story of men at their best and at their worst .
Meticulously researched and thrillingly told, with nonstop pace and vivid detail, Into the Fire is the unvarnished story of a modern American hero.
Marines, and Afghan soldiers who d been abandoned and faced certain death.
We see it all through Meyer s eyes, bullet by bullet, with raw honesty in telling of both the errors that resulted in tragedy and the resolve of American soldiers, U.
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This is a tale of American values and upbringing, of stunning heroism, and of adjusting to loss and to civilian life.
When it was over, he returned to the States to confront living with the loss of his closest friends.
Army soldiers who embraced him as a fellow grunt.
Investigations ensued, even as he was pitched back Into Battle alongside U.
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Meyer takes us from his upbringing on a farm in Kentucky, through his Marine and sniper training, onto the battlefield, and Into the vexed aftermath of his harrowing exploits in a Battle that has become the stuff of legend.
Into the Fire tells the full story of the chaotic Battle of Ganjigal for the first time, in a compelling, human way that reveals it as a microcosm of our recent wars.
For his actions on that day, Meyer became the first living Marine in three decades to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
In the end, Meyer and four stalwart comrades an Army captain, an Afghan sergeant major, and two Marines cleared the battlefield and came to grips with a tragedy they knew could have been avoided.
Employing a variety of machine guns, rifles, grenade launchers, and even a rock, Meyer repeatedly repulsed enemy attackers, carried wounded Afghan soldiers to safety, and provided cover for dozens of others to escape supreme acts of valor and determination.
Over the course of the five hours, he charged Into the valley time and again.
With a brave driver at the wheel, Meyer stood in the gun turret exposed to withering fire, rallying Afghan troops to follow.
Ordered to remain behind with the vehicles, twenty-one year-old Marine corporal Dakota Meyer disobeyed orders and attacked to rescue his comrades.
Firing from entrenched positions, the enemy was positioned to wipe out one hundred men who were pinned down and were repeatedly refused artillery support.
President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer s Medal of Honor ceremony In the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. will be told for generations. . .
The story of what Dakota did
