Ashley's war : the untold story of a team of women soldiers on the Special Ops battlefield /
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
- First edition.
- xix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289).
Kandahar -- The call to serve. Uncle Sam needs you ; Hearing the call to serve ; The Landmark Inn ; 100 hours of hell ; Making the cut ; Training days ; Diamonds among diamonds -- Deployment. Arrival, Afghanistan ; Operation "Fit In" ; The "Terp" ; Climbing mountains in the night ; Making a difference ; The lies of war -- Last roll call. The first death ; A grief observed ; The man in the area ; Kandahar.
Presents the story of First Lieutenant Ashley White and a groundbreaking team of female American warriors who served alongside Special Operations soldiers on the battle field in Afghanistan.
9780062333810 006233381X
White, Ashley, 1987-2011.
United States. Army --Women--Biography.
Afghan War, 2001---Women--United States. Women soldiers--United States--Biography. Special operations (Military science)--Afghanistan.