Ebook: CITY OF DEATH: humanitarian warriors in the battle of mosul
Author: Free Burma Rangers., Mattos Ephraim
- Tags: Humanitarian assistance, Humanitarian assistance--Iraq--Mosul, History, Mattos Ephraim, Free Burma Rangers, IS (Organization), Humanitarian assistance -- Iraq -- Mosul, Mosul (Iraq) -- History -- 21st century, Iraq -- History -- 2003-, Iraq, Iraq -- Mosul
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: Center Street
- City: Iraq;Mosul;Mosul (Iraq);S.l
- Language: English
- epub
Former Navy Seal Ephraim Mattos shares his experiences working with the Free Burma Rangers humanitarian group to rescue innocents from slaughter by ISIS in the active war zone of Mosul, Iraq.
After years of training, deploying, and conducting missions as a US Navy SEAL sniper in the War on Terror, 25-year-old Ephraim Mattos found himself unsatisfied and searching for a more fulfilling life of service. After two deployments with the SEAL Teams, resulting in hatred and bitterness towards his enemies and vivid flashbacks and depression when he returned home, he decided he would not re-enlist, and began to seek another way to help people suffering from the ravages of war, and maybe find some small measure of peace for himself.
Mattos' desire to help others drove him to join a group of volunteer warriors that deliver medical care and humanitarian aid to abandoned people in the most violent places on the planet, the Free Burma Rangers (FBR) described...