304 pages / 10 hrs, 30 mins
"In this illuminating and informative memoir, an Iraqi translator who risked his life working with...the Navy SEALs tells his remarkable and inspiring story, offering a refreshing new perspective on the Iraq War.l
"As the insurgency in Iraq intensified following the American invasion, U.S. Navy SEALs were called upon to root terrorists from their lairs. Unsure of the local neighborhoods and unable to speak the local languages, they came to rely on one man to guide them and watch their backs. He was a 'terp'--an interpreter--with a job so dangerous they couldn't even use his real name.
"They named him Johnny Walker. They soon called him brother. Over the course of eight years, the Iraqi native traveled around the country with nearly every SEAL and special operations unit deployed there. He went on thousands of missions, saved dozens of SEAL and other American lives, and risked his own daily. Helped to the U.S. by the SEALs he protected, Johnny Walker's life is so remarkable that his tale reads like fiction. But every word of it is true." --from the publisher
Great book! If you are the least bit interested in the subject matter, you will enjoy it. Johnny Walker is a good storyteller and has left quite a legacy. A true, modern-day hero with solid values. I recommend listening to the book because the reader is terrific. This one gets four out of five stars from me.
