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Author Settle, Jimmy, author.

Title Never quit : how I became a special ops Pararescue Jumper / Pararescue Operator Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, [2018]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  358.41 SET    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 358.413 SET    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Teen  YA B SETTLE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Teen  YA 358.413 SETTLE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 293 pages,16 pages of plates: illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents Prologue: water work -- Son of a survivor -- Alive day -- Shoe guy -- The PAST -- Basic contraband -- Superman school -- Major Adrian -- Operation green feet -- Eating ants -- Strike two -- Yo-yo and the shark -- Free fall -- Emergency medicine -- Dirt medicine -- Alaska PJ no. 72 -- Saving Barbie -- The same soaking -- A bulldog's bite -- Blessing and apology -- Blood, bandages, bullets -- Into hell -- No time to quit.
Summary "The young adult adaptation of the epic memoir of an Alaskan pararescue jumper, Special Forces Operator, and decorated war hero. "That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded Rangers and SEALS in blazing firefights at war, the PJs are some of the least known and most highly trained of America's warriors. Never Quit is the true story of how Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan shoe store clerk, became a Special Forces Operator and war hero. After being shot in the head during a dangerous high mountain operation in Afghanistan, Jimmy returns to battle with his teammates for a heroic rescue, the bullet fragments stitched over and still in his skull. In a cross between a suicide rescue mission and an against-all-odds mountain battle, his team of PJs risk their lives again in an epic firefight. When his helicopter is hit and begins leaking fuel, Jimmy finds himself in the worst possible position as a rescue specialist--forced to leave members from his own team behind. Jimmy will have to risk everything to get back into the battle and save his brothers. From death-defying Alaskan wilderness training, wild rescues, and battles against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, this is the true story of how a boy from humble beginnings became an American hero."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Alaska. Air National Guard. Rescue Squadron, 212th -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Air Force -- Search and rescue operations -- Alaska -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Air Force -- Parachute troops -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Alaska. Air National Guard. Rescue Squadron, 212th. (OCoLC)fst01995208
United States. Air Force. (OCoLC)fst00538280
Afghan War (2001-) (OCoLC)fst01695175
United States. Air Force -- Search and rescue operations -- Alaska.
United States. Air Force -- Parachute troops -- Biography.
Alaska. Air National Guard. Rescue Squadron, 212th -- Biography.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile literature.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American -- Juvenile literature.
Armed Forces -- Parachute troops. (OCoLC)fst01351847
Armed Forces -- Search and rescue operations. (OCoLC)fst01351893
Military operations, Aerial -- American. (OCoLC)fst01710199
Alaska. (OCoLC)fst01204480
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Aerial operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American.
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Personal narratives -- American. (OCoLC)fst01424071
Added Author Rearden, Don, author.
Added Title How I became a special ops Pararescue Jumper
How I became a special ops PJ
ISBN 9781250139610 (hardcover)
1250139619 (hardcover)
9781250317520 (paperback)
1250317525 (paperback)
9781250139627 (ebook)
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