At the end of the battle, of the 50 soldiers at Keating, eight were dead and 27 were wounded. until the first medevac helicopter arrived to remove the wounded and dead at 8:11 p.m. Romesha offers some personal history and a rundown of the precarious nature of life at the remote American outpost before launching into his minute-by-minute account of its defense, from the moments prior to the attack at 5:58 a.m. He supports his own memories with hours of interviews and official reports to describe the battle and its context. This ranks among the best combat narratives written in recent decades, revealing Romesha as a brave and skilled soldier as well as a gifted writer. Former SSG Romesha, a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the 2009 battle for Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, viscerally describes the dirt, danger, and chaos of that battle.
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