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100 1 $aWalker, Johnny,$d1964-$eauthor.
245 10$aCode name, Johnny Walker :$bthe extraordinary story of the Iraqi who risked everything to fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs /$c"Johnny Walker", with Jim DeFelice.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,$c[2014].
300 $axvii, 285 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24.
505 0 $aPrologue: Freedom -- Before the dream -- Love and war -- Up from the depths -- Fighting for a better Iraq -- Trust and treachery -- My brother, Mosul, and Baghdad -- Baghdad -- The seeds of a dream -- Missions and decisions -- Fatal friendlies -- Friends, neighbors, and snipers -- Soheila escapes -- Living the dream.
520 $aThis 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.
520 $aThis is the story of how an ordinary Iraqi became a hero to America's elite warriors. Night after night, while his homeland was being destroyed around him, he guided the U.S. Navy SEALs through Iraq's most dangerous regions. Operating under the code name "Johnny Walker," he risked his life on more than a thousand missions and became a legend in the U.S. special-ops community. But in the eyes of Iraq's terrorists and insurgents, he and his family were marked for death because he worked with the Americans. Over the course of eight years, Johnny Walker unmasked countless terrorists and helped foil an untold number of plots against Americans and their allies. He went on hundreds of missions, saved dozens of American lives and risked his own life daily. He and his family lived in constant jeopardy, surviving multiple assassination attempts. Today they live in the United States, where he remains in the fight by helping train the next generation of American special-operations warriors.--From publisher description.
600 10$aWalker, Johnny,$d1964-.
650 0$aTranslators$zIraq.
650 0$aSpecial forces (Military science).
650 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011.
700 1 $aDeFelice, Jim,$d1956-$eauthor.