The Fighting 69th: One Remarkable National Guard Unit's Journey from Ground Zero to Baghdad
by Flynn, Sean Michael
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- first
- Condition
- very good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 0670018430
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018437
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One of the most celebrated units in the military for more than a century, by 1990, New York City's Fighting 69th Infantry Regiment of the Army National Guard was scarcely fit for duty. Its equipment was derelict, its discipline nonexistent, many of its leaders inept, and its ranks filled with kids barely out of high school who had little intention of serving their country for any longer than it took to get their paycheck, college credit, or job training. Then came the attacks of September 11 and the invasion of Iraq. In The Fighting 69th , Sean Michael Flynn, himself a member of the unit, chronicles the extraordinary transformation of this band of amateur soldiers into a battle- hardened troop at one of the most lethal sites of war. Watch a Video
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
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- Title
- The Fighting 69th: One Remarkable National Guard Unit's Journey from Ground Zero to Baghdad
- Author
- Flynn, Sean Michael
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670018430
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018437
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- Place_Pub: New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- National Guard, Fighting 69th, Terrorist Attacks, 9/11, Iraq War, Ethnic Relations, Irish-Americans, Geoffrey Slack, Counterterrorism
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