Lone Survivor: Truth

This quote shows us that Marcus is committed to protecting his honor and the Seals reputation until the end because he has been trained to be physically and mentally stronger than his enemies. I thought that

Seal Team Six; The Story Of One Man And Humanity Seal Team Six by Stephen Templin tells the incredible story of Howard E. Wasdin’s journey through his military career. A small town farm boy with a troubled past, Howard, joins the Search and Rescue division of the Coast Guard as a rescue swimmer and eventually starts training to become a navy Seal. After years of serving as a Seal he caught wind of the Seal Team Six training program and went through extreme obstacles which stripped him of all but his humanity and eventually he earned his spot on the elite team. Not even a year later he ends up going into sniper school to become an elite sniper and graduates after a few years of training top of his class. As the years go by and his missions increase

During the time of World War II, America fought to end the tyranny of Nazi Germany by using its most valuable tool, the Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne. The author Stephen Ambrose catches a glimpse of what these heroic soldiers accomplished in his book Band of Brothers, by providing readers with interviews of first hand encounters on the battlefields of Europe, from former paratroopers that served in the 506th Regiment. Ambrose’s book depicts how the spectacles of war create everlasting scars on soldiers mentally and physically, that never fully heal.

I awoke on a cool summer morning, at first I wasn't completely there but then, a chill of excitement ran down my spine as I realized my family was going camping today. I ran down stairs past the mountains of camping supplies and clothes to talk to my parents in the kitchen. They said we were leaving soon and that I should start packing all of the supplies into our trusty old Ford Expedition. After about 20 minutes of packing our SUV to the brim with all of the things we would need to survive in the wilderness for a few days, we said goodbye to our three cats and headed for Steelville Missouri.

Reading the novel Lone Survivor has shown me many ways from sticking to your roots and what brotherhood actually means. So far of what I have read in Lone Survivor is about a group of four guys who are highly classified Navy SEALS. Meaning they’re the best you can find in the United States military, or even in the world. Being a SEAL takes more determination than anything. They say you can’t break a SEAL for a reason. The SEALS are one of the major reasons why the United States military is so freighting to mess with. The author of the novel, Marcus Luttrell was in Afghanistan along the Pakistani boarder with Mike Murphy, Mathew “Axe” Axelson, and Danny Dietz. They were on a scouting mission for a Taliban target Ahmad Shad, who they’ve been looking to take out for years. On their scout they ran into goat herders who they thought were innocent citizens. Soon after they let the herders go, they all had an entire Taliban military ready to fight. While Marcus was bravely serving our country, he was also searching for his own identity and love for his family and country.

Operation Redwing, also known as the Lone Survivor Operation, four Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, and Land soldiers) were dropped on a mountain side to take out an al-Qaeda leader. Murphy, Dietz, Axelson, and Luttrell were the four SEALs. Axelson was the sniper of the team, Murphy was the leader, Deitz was pointman, and Luttrell was a combat medic. After the Op (shorthand for Operation) flipped, it turned into a firefight. In Luttrell's book Lone Survivor he says “200 al-Qaeda fighters versus four Navy SEALs. There was no doubt that we would win.” Navy SEALs are made for these situations, outgunned, outnumbered and on a suicide mission. They always win. When the team fell back to try and call for a QRF they found themselves in the middle of a forest on the mountain side. Luttrell took the first shot, what followed was tragic. The QRF was shot down, Dietz died after their first jump down the mountain. Axelson was shot in the head and died, his body wasn’t found. Murphy, who had been shot multiple times called for the QRF in a last ditch effort to save his team. He was shot down and died as he was calling the base. The Fight For Murphy's Hill, as Luttrell called it, was the perfect example of a Navy SEAL Leader. Murphy was later awarded the Medal of Honor

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 details the events of an unsuccessful Navy SEAL mission which resulted in 19 US Military casualties, and only one member of SEAL Team 10 surviving. The book was written by Marcus Luttrell with the help of ghost writer, Patrick Robinson, and published in 2007. Marcus Luttrell was born on November 7, 1975 and raised in Houston, Texas. He and his brother, Morgan, both began Navy SEAL training at age 14 with the help of their ex-SEAL neighbor, Billy Shelton. Both brothers attended Sam Houston State University, and went on to join the Navy SEALs. Luttrell joined the Navy in 1999 where he began Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training with Class 226 in Coronado, California. Due to a leg injury, he graduated with Class 228 in 2000. After BUD/S, he trained at Army Jump School, SEAL Qualification Training, and Special Operations Combat Medic courses before finally completing his training. After he was discharged from the Navy, he was awarded with a Purple Heart and Navy Cross. He later set up the Lone Survivor Foundation which “restores, empowers, and renews hope for our wounded service members and their families through health, wellness, and therapeutic support” (www.lonesurvivorfoundation.org). In 2012 he wrote Service: A Navy SEAL

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In Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell’s ethos has a very important role in the success of his book, as our depiction of his character will be what prompts us to believe his story. I believe he does this very well throughout the novel. Notably in the way he displays his character as one that honors his fallen brothers, as shown by his description of the purpose of his book, “...I’m writing this book because of my three buddies, Mikey, Danny, and Axe. If I don’t write it, no one else will ever understand the indomitable courage under fire of those three Americans. And that would be the biggest tragedy of all.”

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Identify what you consider to be the director's main purpose and explore, in depth , one or two main visual/ oral techniques used to achieve this purpose.

Saving Private Ryan is a film staged within World War II, during which an incredible mission to locate and bring home Private Ryan is launched in behind enemy lines within Europe. The return of Private Ryan is hoped to increase moral in the homeland and benefit combat efforts. Captain Miller is in charge of the reluctant team tasked with the rescue mission of Private Ryan, not knowing where he is at or if he is even alive. The company finally finds Private Ryan even after several enemy encounters and finding another soldier named “Private Ryan”. Once Private Ryan is located they give him the news that his three brothers were killed while fighting in the war. Private Ryan chooses not to go home and continues to fight in the war.

The famous Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg, through his 1998 blockbuster film "Saving Private Ryan," gave us a glimpse into the realities of war, in particular, World War II 's D-day invasion and the immediate aftermath, as it played out in the European theater. The story opens with a prologue, in which a veteran brings his family to the American cemetery at Normandy, and in a flashback he joins Captain John Miller, played by Tom Hanks, and GIs in a landing craft making the June 6, 1944 approach to Omaha Beach to face devastating German artillery fire. This mass slaughter of American soldiers is depicted in a compelling, unforgettable 24-minute sequence. Afterwards, he is then given a new mission, to find and extract Private James Francis Ryan, played by Matt Damon, one of four brothers, the other three of whom have been killed in action within days of each other. Because Private Ryan was the last remaining son of a grieving mother, Washington D.C. has ordered his extraction and his return home. Again in contrast to "Apocalypse Now", whereas the taking of one man's life was the goal, in "Saving Private Ryan", the goal was the saving of one man's life. Even further, Captain Miller and his men realize this is not a simple mission to save a