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Marcus Luttrell’s Injuries: The Medical Miracle of the Lone Survivor

"The story of Marcus Luttrell, the "Lone Survivor" of Operation Red Wings, is one of the most harrowing accounts of combat endurance in modern military history. On June 28, 2005, Luttrell and three other members of Navy SEAL Team 10 were inserted into the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan to track a high-level Taliban leader. What followed was a catastrophic ambush that resulted in the deaths of Luttrell’s three teammates and 16 special operations personnel whose helicopter was shot down during the rescue attempt. Luttrell was the only one to survive, but the physical price he paid was staggering, involving a list of injuries that would have..."

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