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Jan 19, 2018 · By Elizabeth M. Collins. WASHINGTON – The movie “12 Strong” arrives in theaters on Jan. 19, and tells the harrowing story of the first U.S. Special Forces mission in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The following is part of an Army.mil exclusive feature story that recounts the events of the Green Berets’ first ...
Jan 17, 2018 · The 12 Strong movie has Chris Hemsworth's character (Mark Nutsch in real life) being given the candy-bar-sized piece of metal by Colonel Mulholland. In Doug Stanton's book Horse Soldiers , it was Colonel Max Bowers, portrayed by Rob Riggle, who brought a piece of steel with him from the World Trade Center to Afghanistan.
Jan 18, 2018 · More:Chris Hemsworth's '12 Strong' co-stars were in for a bumpy ride as horse soldiers The film debuts in theaters Friday. Almost all of the troops ordered into Afghanistan in the immediate ...
Jan 27, 2018 · Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bob Pennington, who is depicted by Oscar nominee Michael Shannon in “12 Strong,” said most of his Special Forces team, Operational Detachment-Alpha 595, were on ...
Jan 17, 2018 · More:Chris Hemsworth's '12 Strong' co-stars were in for a bumpy ride as horse soldiers The story of that first response, and what a single 12-man team from Fort Campbell's 5th Special Forces Group ...
Dec 19, 2017 · Previously published as Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a series of intense ...
- Doug Stanton
Jan 27, 2018 · In “12 Strong,” the base, also known as K2, is depicted as a tent city of sorts, definitely a more modern set up than what ODA 595 discovered as one of the first groups of troops to arrive on the ground. At that time, the base was little more than a series of Soviet-era bunkers. “There was nothing built up,” Nutsch said.
