{"product_id":"victory-point-operations-red-wings-and-whalers-the-marine-corps-battle-for-freedom-in-afghanistan","title":"Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - the Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan","description":"In late June 2005, media sources recounted the tragic story of nineteen U.S. special operations personnel who died at the hands of insurgent \/ terrorist leader Ahmad Shah- and the lone survivor of Shah's ambush-deep in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan. The harrowing events of Operation Red Wings marked an important-yet widely misreported-chapter in the Global War on Terror, the full details of which the public burned to learn.\n\nIn Victory Point, globally published author and photographer Ed Darack reveals the complete, as-yet untold, story of Operation Red Wings (often mis-referenced as \"Operation Redwing\"), and the follow-on mission, Operation Whalers. Together, these two U.S. Marine Corps operations (that in the case of Red Wings utilized Navy SEALs for its opening phase) unfurl not as a mission gone terribly wrong, but of a complex and difficult campaign that ultimately saw the demise of Ahmad Shan and his small army of barbarous fighters.\nDue to the valor, courage and commitment of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Regiment in the summer of 2005, Afghanistan was able to hold free elections that Fall. Here is the inspiring true account of heroism, duty, and brotherhood between Marines fighting the War on Terror.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 042523259X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.042523259X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Darack, Ed\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43874350137405,"sku":"BVV.042523259X.A","price":6.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/042523259X-0.jpg?v=1792707695","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/victory-point-operations-red-wings-and-whalers-the-marine-corps-battle-for-freedom-in-afghanistan","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}