One Bullet Away

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Recon Marines are an elite group—only one out of every hundred Marines qualifies. Nathaniel Fick, a former captain in the First Recon Battalion, tells us about his demanding, top-level training. And he describes what happened when the time came to put it into practice in Afghanistan and Iraq, in One Bullet Away.

» Read an excerpt of One Bullet Away in the Reading Room

Events:
Nathaniel Fick will be appearing on:
Friday, October 7th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)

Music: Soundtrack to JFK #8, 9

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