Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN

by Gary Williams

Book Overview

Lt.Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, earned the Medal of Honor on 28 June 2005 for his bravery during a fierce fight with the Taliban in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan. The first to receive the nation's highest military honor for service in Afghanistan, Lt. Murphy was also the first naval officer to earn the medal since the Vietnam War, and the first SEAL to be honored posthumously. A young man of great character, he is the subject...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591149657
• ISBN13: 9781591149651
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Reads like a text book

First off, this review in no way has relation to Lt Murphy. Great great man and american hero. That's why I was drawn to it. However this book is very dry and reads like a text book. It's 85% about the Navy and 15% about this amazing man.