8 seconds of courage
Subtitle: a soldier's story, from immigrant to the Medal of Honor
By: Flo Groberg and Tom Sileo
Contributors: Sileo, Tom, co-author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781501165887
Subjects: United States; French Americans; Casualties; Immigrants; Officers; Campaigns; Medal of Honor; United States. Army; Afghan War, 2001-; Biography
Other titles: Eight seconds of courage
Description: Describes the author's childhood relocation from France to the U.S., where as a naturalized citizen he joined the military and served multiple tours in Afghanistan before he was wounded while protecting his patrol from a suicide bomber.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Toy soldiers; title: Shut up and listen; title: Piss and shit; title: The wild west; title: Honaker-miracle; title: Finish strong; title: The last sprint; title: Freak on a leash; title: A leg up; title: A greater honor; title: Epilogue: the next mission.