In September 2005, Anti-Coalition militia stole official voting ballots in Kamdesh, Nuristan, endangering the validity of the elections. Although Nuristan was considered a haven for al Qaeda and other anti-American factions and not an area where American forces operated, Task Force Phoenix deployed five US National Guardmen to provide an American presence and to ensure the elections proceeded. Five American soldiers, a remote and dangerous province, an unknown number of enemy insurgents, some possibly hiding among the Afghan National Army, unfriendly locals, a dirty ANA officer, and the Afghan National elections at stake...its amazing any of them survived.

Kamdesh

History

Christ, James F.

Asia

Battlefield Publishing

On October 12, 2003, National Guard forces returning from observing the training of the Afghan National Army in Kabul, Afghanistan are attacked. Hopelessly outnumbered and out-gunned, the Guardsmen can only clover near their vehicles and wait for help to arrive. But their commander, LTC Tom Brewer, is cut off from the rest of the group and left on his own to defend himself against the enemy.  Through a series of detailed interviews, James F. Christ re-tells the harrowing true story of the ambush at The Bone Yard and its aftermath.

The Bone Yard: Book One of the Ett Series

Mountainland Publishing

Iwo Jima: arguably the most violent battle of the Second World War. On February 19th, 1945, U.S. Marines of the 4th and 5th Divisions land on sacred Japanese soil. Thirty-six days later the fighting is over. Almost all of the 20,000 Japanese defenders are dead, and the shattered remains of three Marine Divisions leave Iwo after suffering over 6,000 dead and 15,000 wounded making Iwo Jima the ""Gettysburg of the Pacific."" Iwo; Assault on Hell shows a worms eye view of the fighting on Iwo Jima. Seen from the eyes of the 5th Division Marines who fought and bled there, these interwoven experiences paint a blood mosaic that pays tribute to the courage and bravery of our Marine forefathers, who sacrificed so much for this famous island stepping stone.

Iwo; Assault on Hell

Military

lulu.com

On 2 October the 3rd Platoon A/1/32 10th Mountain Division is sent to Dokalbot Village in the southern Korengal Valley to try to open up good relations with the local elders there. Told by the Korenagli's that they were not wanted, the platoon turned back for the KOP (Korengal Outpost) but was immediately ambush. "Hell is the Korengal" shows one very bad day in the lives of the soldiers of A/1/32 in 2006 in the infamous Korengal Valley.

Hell is the Korengal

Americas

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Dirty First at Aranas shows four very violent days for the First Platoon, B Company, 1/32 10th Mountain Division in the Waygal Valley in November of 2006. With US Forces stretched far and wide across Afghanistan, the Dirty First, as the First Platoon was nicknamed, had the difficult job of garrisoning "The Ranchhouse,"--possibly the most remote US Army outpost in all of Afghanistan.

The Dirty First at Aranas

Korengal Valley Road covers 6 very violent days in August of 2006 in the infamous Korengal Valley of Afghanistan where soldiers of Attack Company (and attached snipers and support personnel), 1st Battalion, 32 Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division take the fight to the enemy in a war largely forgotten by the American public.

Korengal Valley Road (Afghanistan War Series)

In April 2009, the Second and Third Platoons, B Company, 1/32 10th Mountain Division, are attached to 3/71 CAV in Logar Province, Afghanistan. Co-located with ANP (Afghan National Police) in Baraki Barak District, the Third Platoon is tasked with over-watching Cemetery Hill, the highest position in the middle of the valley. When an OP (Observation Post) spies an enemy mortar in position to attack the Third Platoon, the Second Platoon is ordered out as QRF (Quick Reaction Force) to eliminate the enemy mortar. The next 12 hours result in chaos and combat and exhaustion for both platoons.

Haji Abass and Cemetery Hill: Baraki Barak District, Logar Province, Afghanistan 2009 (Afghanistan War Series)

Independently published

The story of one of the bloodiest battles in history, resulting in the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi, is documented with a personal touch; the author himself was a member of that company. It is a searing and unique account of that battle, told from the perspective of both the gallant U.S. Marines who invaded the island and the brave Japanese soldiers who defended it.

Iwo (Bluejacket Books)

Naval_Institute_Press

With Guadalcanal firmly in American control by October 1943, the Allies decided to invade Bougainville, another island in the Solomon chain, to tighten their stranglehold on the Japanese in the area. To divert the enemy's attention, a raid was ordered on the nearby island of Choiseul. Success relied on making the Japanese think that a Marine division had landed on Choiseul so that they would rush reinforcements there while a much larger American Marine force would land on Bougainville. But Allied resources were scarce, so the Choiseul raid fell to the 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion. An aggressive unit of paratroopers under the command of the now legendary "Brute" Krulak, they were well trained in guerilla warfare and night fighting. This is the story of the paratroopers' courageous fight, told from their unique perspective.
 Told to make the noise of an entire division, the Marines knew that if they got into trouble, there would be no reinforcements. For seven days they raised hell, bringing the fight to the Japanese along the coastline and deep into the jungle. Then, on November 3, as a large Japanese force closed in, the Marines slipped off the island, mission accomplished. Bougainville had been secured. This hour-by-hour account of what happened is based on an exhaustive gathering of all possible eyewitness accounts and includes a rescue by John F. Kennedy's PT boat and the death of a Marine in Kennedy's bunk. It is a page-turner more akin to a novel than a work of nonfiction.

Mission Raise Hell: The U.S. Marines on Choiseul, October-November 1943

In May 1942 the Japanese landed on a number of southern islands in the British Solomons and began constructing an airfield on Guadalcanal. Their actions threatened Australia and her vital American supply lines and could not be tolerated by the Allies. The 1st Marine Division, with its attached 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, was directed to spearhead the assault on Gavutu Island and take the Guadalcanal airfield, even though it was not prepared for such an offensive action. The result was a bloodbath, and when it was over, less that one in five of the Marine paratroopers walked off Bloody Ridge. 
Although crucial to the action, the 1st Parachute Battalion is rarely credited for its part in what Gen. Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC, called the key battle of the Guadalcanal campaign. Here, James F. Christ draws not only on government documents but also on hundreds of hours of interviews with the men who were there to tell their remarkable story. It is a story of how in the face of overwhelming odds and seemingly irrational decisions from above, the battalion fought heroically, accepting orders without question and adapting to circumstances beyond its control despite sickness and a critical shortage of resources. In bringing public attention to the contributions made by these men during the first amphibious assault by U.S. forces in World War II, this book adds significantly to the history of the war in the Pacific.

Battalion of the Damned: The 1st Marine Paratroopers at Gavutu and Bloody Ridge, 1942

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