Code name, Johnny Walker : the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs

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Code name, Johnny Walker : the extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs

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

Creator

• trueWalker, Johnny, 1964-
• Walker, Johnny, 1964-

Contributor

• trueDeFelice, Jim, 1956-
• DeFelice, Jim, 1956-

Author

• DeFelice, Jim, 1956-
• Walker, Johnny, 1964-

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

Genre

• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• trueBiography
• trueHistory writing
• trueLife stories

Language

eng

Summary

• 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

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

UKMGB

Dewey number

• 359.984092
• 956.7044/3092
• B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

LC call number

DS79.766.W35

LC item number

A3 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult