Best Modern Day Military Accounts

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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 4.34 avg rating — 99,167 ratings
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest 4.44 avg rating — 136,012 ratings
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Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War 4.29 avg rating — 20,085 ratings
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The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,467 ratings
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam 4.34 avg rating — 32,454 ratings
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Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan 4.40 avg rating — 12,900 ratings
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Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers 4.22 avg rating — 62,882 ratings
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Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home
Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home 4.19 avg rating — 658 ratings
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History 4.03 avg rating — 138,796 ratings
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In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down 4.27 avg rating — 5,874 ratings
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer 4.20 avg rating — 11,561 ratings
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No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
by: Mark Owen
4.03 avg rating — 56,928 ratings
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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown 4.57 avg rating — 21,585 ratings
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Bravo Two Zero
Bravo Two Zero 4.12 avg rating — 15,827 ratings
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor 4.59 avg rating — 8,339 ratings
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The Good Soldiers
The Good Soldiers 4.22 avg rating — 8,593 ratings
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The Forgotten Soldier
The Forgotten Soldier
by: Guy Sajer
4.39 avg rating — 11,838 ratings
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Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles 3.70 avg rating — 11,787 ratings
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Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds 4.33 avg rating — 5,381 ratings
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Dispatches
Dispatches 4.22 avg rating — 21,214 ratings
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Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit 4.18 avg rating — 11,244 ratings
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From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava (Lava #1)
From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava (Lava #1) 4.10 avg rating — 7,724 ratings
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None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture
None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture 4.12 avg rating — 540 ratings
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Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills 4.31 avg rating — 10,590 ratings
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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi 4.30 avg rating — 24,826 ratings
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The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander 4.33 avg rating — 5,727 ratings
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House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War 4.32 avg rating — 7,459 ratings
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Meantime: The Aesthetics of Soldiering
Meantime: The Aesthetics of Soldiering 4.37 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating — 25,784 ratings
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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan 4.15 avg rating — 8,711 ratings
31.
Chickenhawk
Chickenhawk 4.27 avg rating — 14,802 ratings
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War
War 4.25 avg rating — 23,756 ratings
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Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood 4.14 avg rating — 4,436 ratings
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The Infidel Soldiers
The Infidel Soldiers 4.14 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda
Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda 4.15 avg rating — 3,813 ratings
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Redeployment
Redeployment
by: Phil Klay
3.96 avg rating — 24,885 ratings
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The Night Stalkers: Top Secret Missions of the U.S. Army's Special Operations Aviation Regiment
The Night Stalkers: Top Secret Missions of the U.S. Army's Special Operations Aviation Regiment 4.23 avg rating — 1,847 ratings
38.
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 4.09 avg rating — 42,515 ratings
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The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan
The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan 4.32 avg rating — 4,471 ratings
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Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege
Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege
by: Dan Mills
4.29 avg rating — 5,940 ratings
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SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper 4.06 avg rating — 17,998 ratings
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour 4.35 avg rating — 11,393 ratings
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One Shot - One Kill
One Shot - One Kill 4.19 avg rating — 1,803 ratings
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No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
by: Bing West
4.15 avg rating — 2,520 ratings
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The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
by: Tom Wolfe
4.23 avg rating — 54,857 ratings
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Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team
Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team 3.93 avg rating — 1,783 ratings
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The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq 3.75 avg rating — 2,568 ratings
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Making the Corps
Making the Corps 4.06 avg rating — 2,249 ratings
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The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
by: Bob Drury
4.43 avg rating — 4,530 ratings
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The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228
The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 4.22 avg rating — 5,269 ratings
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Service: A Navy SEAL at War
Service: A Navy SEAL at War 4.30 avg rating — 7,312 ratings
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 4.32 avg rating — 40,053 ratings
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The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen 4.24 avg rating — 5,087 ratings
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No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid
No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid 4.55 avg rating — 2,817 ratings
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning 4.12 avg rating — 6,765 ratings
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Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior 4.16 avg rating — 2,397 ratings
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The Crossroad
The Crossroad 4.44 avg rating — 1,373 ratings
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Heroes in Good Company: L Company, 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 1943-1945
Heroes in Good Company: L Company, 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 1943-1945 4.74 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter): The Story of a Diminutive Soldier in the Rear with the Gear
The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter): The Story of a Diminutive Soldier in the Rear with the Gear 4.36 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior
Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior 4.22 avg rating — 3,091 ratings
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Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II
Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II 4.14 avg rating — 4,009 ratings
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The One That Got Away: My SAS Mission Behind Enemy Lines
The One That Got Away: My SAS Mission Behind Enemy Lines 4.12 avg rating — 4,497 ratings
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The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident
The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident 4.15 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 3.98 avg rating — 10,473 ratings
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Combat Ready
Combat Ready 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings
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War Is a Racket
War Is a Racket 4.27 avg rating — 8,129 ratings
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SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam 4.36 avg rating — 1,970 ratings
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Men in Green Faces
Men in Green Faces 4.35 avg rating — 1,632 ratings
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 4.31 avg rating — 18,331 ratings
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,048 ratings
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If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home 3.96 avg rating — 11,657 ratings
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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism 3.94 avg rating — 5,164 ratings
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Down Range: Navy Seals in the War on Terrorism
Down Range: Navy Seals in the War on Terrorism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753 ratings
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 4.20 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
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We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah
We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah 4.28 avg rating — 1,916 ratings
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Silent Warrior: The Marine Sniper's Vietnam Story Continues
Silent Warrior: The Marine Sniper's Vietnam Story Continues 4.18 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
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Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine
Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine
by: Ed Macy
4.34 avg rating — 2,211 ratings
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Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II 4.24 avg rating — 4,921 ratings
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The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor 4.34 avg rating — 6,301 ratings
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Khost
Khost 3.71 avg rating — 113 ratings
80.
Marshall's Family
Marshall's Family 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Tell It to the World: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo
Tell It to the World: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo 4.27 avg rating — 170 ratings
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As You Were: The Tragedy at Valcartier
As You Were: The Tragedy at Valcartier 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice 4.26 avg rating — 4,612 ratings
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The Ravens
The Ravens 4.24 avg rating — 759 ratings
86.
What It is Like to Go to War
What It is Like to Go to War 4.01 avg rating — 9,708 ratings
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Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam
Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam 4.26 avg rating — 915 ratings
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The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time And Fighting Wars
The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time And Fighting Wars 3.73 avg rating — 1,795 ratings
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The Lieutenant Don't Know: One Marine's Story of Warfare and Combat Logistics in Afghanistan
The Lieutenant Don't Know: One Marine's Story of Warfare and Combat Logistics in Afghanistan 3.98 avg rating — 190 ratings
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Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller
Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller 4.45 avg rating — 3,264 ratings
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About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior
About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior 4.38 avg rating — 5,902 ratings
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Up Front
Up Front 4.45 avg rating — 1,556 ratings
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating — 45,836 ratings
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If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story
If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story 4.23 avg rating — 3,877 ratings
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Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas
Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas 4.32 avg rating — 387 ratings
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Fives and Twenty-Fives
Fives and Twenty-Fives 4.06 avg rating — 2,320 ratings
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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance 4.08 avg rating — 10,341 ratings
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The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden 3.85 avg rating — 3,361 ratings
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Operation Red Wings: The Untold Story Behind Lone Survivor
Operation Red Wings: The Untold Story Behind Lone Survivor 4.14 avg rating — 713 ratings
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Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War
Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War 3.89 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
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