Never Quit: From Alaskan Wilderness Rescues to Afghanistan Firefights as an Elite Special Ops PJ - Softcover

Settle, Jimmy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250130298 ISBN 13: 9781250130297

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2018

Synopsis

“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 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 the rugged Watapur Valley 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 bring back his brothers. From death-defying Alaskan wilderness training, wild rescues, and vicious battles against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, this is an explosive special operations memoir unlike any that has come before, and the true story of a man from humble beginnings who became an American hero.

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About the Author

Jimmy Settle was born and raised in Alaska. With the love of outdoor adventures and a strong desire to help people, he was eventually drawn to the most extreme rescue specialists in the world, the United States Air Force Pararescue, or PJ's for short. Wounded in battle, Jimmy retired from his position as a PJ. Don Rearden is a produced screenwriter, novelist, and an entertaining speaker and storyteller. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage and lives in the mountain community of Bear Valley, just outside of Anchorage.

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250130298
• ISBN 13: 9781250130297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320