Ebook: Never quit: from Alaskan wilderness rescues to Afghanistan: firefights as an elite special ops PJ
- Tags: Afghan War 2001-, Afghan War 2001---Aerial operations American, Armed Forces--Parachute troops, Armed Forces--Search and rescue operations, Military operations Aerial--American, Biography, Personal narratives, Biographies, Settle Jimmy, Alaska. -- Air National Guard. -- Rescue Squadron 212th -- Biography, United States. -- Air Force -- Search and rescue operations -- Alaska, United States. -- Air Force -- Parachute troops -- Biography, Afghan War 2001- -- Aerial operations American, Afghan War 2001-
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- City: Alaska
- Edition: First edition
- Language: English
- epub
"That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded Rangers and SEALS in blazing firefights at war, the PJs are the least known and most highly trained of America's warriors.
Never Quit is the true story of how Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan shoe store clerk, became a Special Forces Operator and war hero. After being shot in the head during a dangerous high mountain operation in the rugged Watapur Valley in Afghanistan, Jimmy returns to battle with his teammates for a heroic rescue, the bullet fragments stitched over and still in his skull. In a cross between a suicide rescue mission and an against-all-odds mountain battle, his team of PJs risk their lives again in an epic firefight. When his helicopter is hit and begins leaking fuel, Jimmy finds himself in the...