Lone Survivor
The purpose of the movie Lone Survivor is how men “Navy Seals” are sent into many dangerous situations. Navy seals are an elite team of people that endure more pain and agony in one week (hell week) than most people do in a lifetime. Marcus Luttrell wanted to be a navy seal since he was a young boy. The move starts out showing how many men actually try to become a seal and how few actually make the seal team. Marcus Luttrell and three other Navy Seals were sent to capture or kill a known Taliban leader that was in direct association with Osama Bin Laden. When things go wrong and the team is discovered, the men have to go into battle to survive. Three of the Navy Seals died during the mission leaving one man to come home as the Lone Survivor.
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This mission was named Operation Red Wings.
It began on June 28, 2005 and lasted seven to ten days. Marcus Lutrell, Michael Patrick Murphy, Matthew Axelson, and Danny Dietz were sent in to kill the Taliban leader. They were discovered by a man and his sons herding goats along the mountain side. The seal team had a heated debate on whether or not to kill the man and his sons or risk them going back to the village and telling the Taliban. The seal team let them go because U.S. soldiers do not kill unarmed innocent civilians. Just as the team expected they told the Taliban soldier which started the gunfight. The seal team was pinned down and three of the men were killed in action. Marcus Luttrell born on November 7, 1975 was one of the four heroic Navy Seals sent on this mission. Marcus is the actual Lone Survivor. He survived because he was found by Islamic people that were very kind and hid him from the Taliban soldiers. The Islamic people risked their own lives trying to save one man, because they believed in our cause. The movie “The Lone Survivor” is based on actual true events that took place on that mountain because Marcus Lutrell lived to tell the
story. The movie made me realize what the armed forces do for our country. People, everyday, take what we have for granted. The freedoms we have, were fought for since we were at war with Britain. The freedoms are still being fought for today and will be fought for in the future. The fight for freedom never stops and it is only because of these brave men and women that we are able to enjoy the luxuries we have from day to day. The thing that surprised me the most is how much a man can take and still stand up and fight for the men beside him and for his country. These men are trained to survive. They endure pain, sickness, cold, heat. You name it, they endure! The most upsetting thing to learn is that not everyone will come back to the home they are fighting for. The one thing I questioned was why they only sent four men for this mission. One other thing I questioned was why they portrayed him to die then be brought back to life. When Marcus Luttrell said his heart never stopped beating. Although there were some fiction scenes added to the movie it still highlighted the true facts of what happen on that mission. I believe this movie is completely suitable for this assignment. Many people do not understand the type of pain and life events these people go through to keep us safe. I believe people need to watch this movie to understand what these four men endured. People that watch this movie or read this book will have a new found respect for our soldiers. The respect they all deserve, whether it be past, present or future.
They tied the men to trees to, to later decide to let them go, and make their way towards their evacuation point. In less than an hour the team had undergo heavy fire from the Taliban fighters. All the men were killed, except for Marcus Luttrell, because Michael Murphy had given his life to make a call back to base to tell them their location. Michael exposed himself on a cliff to make the call, and seconds after the call he was shot dead by the Taliban. After the fight Marcus had managed to walk seven miles with fractured bones, a broken back, and multiple gunshot wounds. To a nearby village, where they cared, fed, bathed, and protected Luttrell. Then after six days, Marines were given a specific location on where Luttrell was at, and they arrived and rescued
He played little league baseball and participated in martial arts, which would later help him out in the Navy Seals. In Marcus’ family, all the men have been in the army, from great-grandparents to great-great grandparents and so on. So one day, Marcus was talking with his twin brother Morgan, who is a current Navy Seal, and they decided to go into the navy seals. Marcus knew that this was not going to be easy, but he never backs down from anything.
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