The Resource Code name, Johnny Walker : the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs, "Johnny Walker", with Jim DeFelice
Code name, Johnny Walker : the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs, "Johnny Walker", with Jim DeFelice
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The item Code name, Johnny Walker : the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs, "Johnny Walker", with Jim DeFelice represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in LaGrange County Public Library.
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- This extraordinary story of the Iraqi translator "Johnny Walker," who risked his life working with the Navy SEALs to save countless American lives, reveals how his job made him and his family targets, forcing them to flee to California where he continues to work with the military, training new SEALs
- This is the story of how an ordinary Iraqi became a hero to America's elite warriors. Night after night, while his homeland was being destroyed around him, he guided the U.S. Navy SEALs through Iraq's most dangerous regions. Operating under the code name "Johnny Walker," he risked his life on more than a thousand missions and became a legend in the U.S. special-ops community. But in the eyes of Iraq's terrorists and insurgents, he and his family were marked for death because he worked with the Americans. Over the course of eight years, Johnny Walker unmasked countless terrorists and helped foil an untold number of plots against Americans and their allies. He went on hundreds of missions, saved dozens of American lives and risked his own life daily. He and his family lived in constant jeopardy, surviving multiple assassination attempts. Today they live in the United States, where he remains in the fight by helping train the next generation of American special-operations warriors.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Prologue: Freedom
- Before the dream
- Love and war
- Up from the depths
- Fighting for a better Iraq
- Trust and treachery
- My brother, Mosul, and Baghdad
- Baghdad
- The seeds of a dream
- Missions and decisions
- Fatal friendlies
- Friends, neighbors, and snipers
- Soheila escapes
- Living the dream
- Isbn
- 9780062267559
- Label
- Code name, Johnny Walker : the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs
- Title
- Code name, Johnny Walker
- Title remainder
- the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs
- Statement of responsibility
- "Johnny Walker", with Jim DeFelice
- Subject
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- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Armed forces personnel
- trueNavy SEALs
- trueSpecial forces
- Special forces (Military science)
- trueTranslators -- Iraq
- trueTranslators -- Iraq -- Biography
- United States, Navy | SEALs
- trueUnited States, Navy | SEALs
- Walker, Johnny, 1964-
- trueIraq War, 2003-2011
- trueIraq
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts | Iraq War
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- This extraordinary story of the Iraqi translator "Johnny Walker," who risked his life working with the Navy SEALs to save countless American lives, reveals how his job made him and his family targets, forcing them to flee to California where he continues to work with the military, training new SEALs
- This is the story of how an ordinary Iraqi became a hero to America's elite warriors. Night after night, while his homeland was being destroyed around him, he guided the U.S. Navy SEALs through Iraq's most dangerous regions. Operating under the code name "Johnny Walker," he risked his life on more than a thousand missions and became a legend in the U.S. special-ops community. But in the eyes of Iraq's terrorists and insurgents, he and his family were marked for death because he worked with the Americans. Over the course of eight years, Johnny Walker unmasked countless terrorists and helped foil an untold number of plots against Americans and their allies. He went on hundreds of missions, saved dozens of American lives and risked his own life daily. He and his family lived in constant jeopardy, surviving multiple assassination attempts. Today they live in the United States, where he remains in the fight by helping train the next generation of American special-operations warriors.--From publisher description
- Summary
- "Johnny Walker" is the code name for an Iraqi translator who worked with American Special Forces during the post-9/11 war in Iraq, and who is now an American citizen. He maintains his code name to protect his relatives who remain in Iraq. In this riveting, thought-provoking memoir, "Walker" explains what motivated him to work with Americans and what it meant to be a civilian translator with Navy SEALs -- he had to be as ready for combat as they were. Eventually, he had to leave Iraq because assassins were targeting him. Code Name Johnny Walker offers an engaging, candid, and eye-opening view of the war and of one man's personal commitment to his own and his adopted country. -- Description by Katherine Bradley Johnson
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10273510
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Walker, Johnny
- Dewey number
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- 359.984092
- 956.7044/3092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS79.766.W35
- LC item number
- A3 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- DeFelice, Jim
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Walker, Johnny
- United States
- Special forces (Military science)
- Translators
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy Seals
- Label
- Code name, Johnny Walker : the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs, "Johnny Walker", with Jim DeFelice
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Freedom -- Before the dream -- Love and war -- Up from the depths -- Fighting for a better Iraq -- Trust and treachery -- My brother, Mosul, and Baghdad -- Baghdad -- The seeds of a dream -- Missions and decisions -- Fatal friendlies -- Friends, neighbors, and snipers -- Soheila escapes -- Living the dream
- Control code
- 20152879
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062267559
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn864787321
- (OCoLC)864787321
- Label
- Code name, Johnny Walker : the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs, "Johnny Walker", with Jim DeFelice
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Prologue: Freedom -- Before the dream -- Love and war -- Up from the depths -- Fighting for a better Iraq -- Trust and treachery -- My brother, Mosul, and Baghdad -- Baghdad -- The seeds of a dream -- Missions and decisions -- Fatal friendlies -- Friends, neighbors, and snipers -- Soheila escapes -- Living the dream
- Control code
- 20152879
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062267559
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn864787321
- (OCoLC)864787321
Subject
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Armed forces personnel
- trueNavy SEALs
- trueSpecial forces
- Special forces (Military science)
- trueTranslators -- Iraq
- trueTranslators -- Iraq -- Biography
- United States, Navy | SEALs
- trueUnited States, Navy | SEALs
- Walker, Johnny, 1964-
- trueIraq War, 2003-2011
- trueIraq
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts | Iraq War
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
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