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Marcus Luttrell (born November 7, 1975) is a retired United States Navy SEAL who received the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his actions in June 2005 against Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings in which he was the lone survivor.
Lone Survivor is a 2013 American action drama film based on the 2007 nonfiction book by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson.Set during the war in Afghanistan, it dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red Wings, during which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was given the task of tracking down the Taliban leader Ahmad Shah.
Luttrell, Marcus; Robinson, Patrick (2007), Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10, Back Bay Books, ISBN 978-0-316-06759-1, Available at Archive.org; Williams, Gary (2010). Seal of Honor: Operation Redwing and the Life of LT. Michael P. Murphy, USN. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114 ...
Luttrell was the only U.S. survivor and was eventually rescued, after having wandered in the mountains before being taken in by friendly local Afghan villagers. [4] All three of Murphy's men were awarded the Navy's second-highest honor, the Navy Cross , for their part in the battle; alongside Murphy's Medal of Honor, their team became the most ...
A plane crashed Wednesday just after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. Police official Basanta Rajauri said authorities have ...
Chris Stapleton is doing his part to help bring comfort to a teen who was the sole survivor of a car crash that claimed the lives of her family members. In an interview with FOX 4 Kansas City ...
For the 2013 film Lone Survivor, which covered the events of Operation Red Wing, Axelson was portrayed by actor Ben Foster. [ 18 ] A bill was proposed in October 2019 to rename the post office in Cupertino, California, to "Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson Post Office Building", the bill had passed on 14 September 2020 and the ...
Former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell is portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in Lone Survivor, Image source: Comcast/Universal Studios On Friday, I said I wouldn't be surprised if the weekend box office debut ...