What Is The Narrative Of My Hero By Marcus Luttrell

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Tristan creighton My Hero
Marcus Luttrell was surrounded by enemy militants with nowhere to go . Marcus is in enemy territory miles away from home and all his comrades died. When he finds something that saves his life.
Marcus was with three other people including Michael, Matthew, and Danny. They were all stationed in Afghanistan. They were all supposed to scout out the Afghanistan t group activity. This incident happened at the Slopey Mountains of Sawtalo Sar. They were ambushed near the top of the mountain so they got pushed back. When they started to go back up the mountains again, they were spotted again and that's when they first got wounded on there way down one of the four men died. as they stayed on the rocks with their command they

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