Three wise men : a Navy Seal, a Green Beret, and how their Marine brother became a war's sole survivor
(2021)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
958.10474/WISE,B

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 958.10474/WISE,B Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

ix, 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781250253446, 1250253446 :, 1250253446, 9781250253446
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Wising Up -- The Fight -- The Decision -- Ghost Soldiers -- Back to Iraq -- U-Turn -- The Big Push -- Intersection -- War and Grief -- CIA Star -- The Cave -- Not Again -- Sole Survivor -- De Oppresso Liber

"From Beau Wise and Tom Sileo comes Three Wise Men, an incredible memoir of family, service and sacrifice by a Marine who lost both his brothers in combat--becoming the only "Sole Survivor" during the war in Afghanistan. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, three brothers by blood became brothers in arms when each volunteered to defend their country. No military family has sacrificed more during the ensuing war, which has become the longest ever fought by America's armed forces. While serving in Afghanistan, US Navy SEAL veteran and CIA contractor Jeremy Wise was killed in an al Qaeda suicide bombing that devastated the US intelligence community. Less than three years later, US Army Green Beret sniper Ben Wise was fatally wounded after volunteering for a dangerous assignment during a firefight with the Taliban. Ben was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, while Jeremy received the Intelligence Star-one of the rarest awards bestowed by the U.S. government-and also a star on the CIA's Memorial Wall. United States Marine Corps combat veteran Beau Wise is the only known American service member to be pulled from the battlefield after losing two brothers in Afghanistan. Told in Beau's voice, Three Wise Men is an American family's historic true story of service and sacrifice"--

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