Download or read book A Tale of the Grenada Raiders written by Stephen Trujillo and published by Magic Kingdom Dispatch. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An airborne Ranger's memoir of the Grenada invasion, Operation Urgent Fury.

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Download or read book America s Elite written by Chris McNab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive illustrated history of American Special Forces, including their training, tactics, weapons and famous missions. America's Elites takes the reader through some of the most dramatic special forces operations in US history, from sniping British commanders during the Revolutionary War to Riverine incursions in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, and from demolition missions on D-Day to the SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in 2011. Training and selection procedures are explained in detail, and the book also describes some of the technologies that have separated regular soldiers from their Special Forces counterparts. Illustrated throughout with striking photography and artworks, America's Elites forms the most comprehensive and visually impressive single-volume guide to US Special Forces available.

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