The fate of so many lives depended on their mission – to set up an Al Qaeda observation post overlooking the battlefield in the south-eastern mountains of Afghanistan. No-one expected trouble.
Instead three men – a Navy SEAL, an Air Force Combat Air Controller and an Army Ranger platoon commander – were pinned down by hostile fire on top of Takur Ghat mountain. Only one of them lived to recall the horrors of that terrible day… The resulting rescue mission turned into a seventeen hour fight for survival that left seven soldiers dead.
Roberts Ridge is the visceral story of those hours. With access to Pentagon generals, the SEALS and the survivors, Malcolm MacPherson takes you deep into the heart of the vicious fight on Takur Ghat and brings you face to face with the reality of the new war against terrorism.
