Simple words of encouragement subsequently saved many of the Indianapolis' sailors during their ordeal in the summer of 1945, and those men took the lesson to heart. — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
I like to tell stories about people trying to make the right, difficult decision at the least opportune moment... People in a crucible of… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Instead of large-scale occupations, we should rely on small units of Special Forces who have proved it's infinitely more effective to work with a… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
When I look at Lake Michigan each July, I imagine the men of the Indianapolis visible on the horizon; dark heads, struggling arms, a… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
“On a training mission, he’d watched as Nightstalker pilots cut their own landing zone using the rotors of the helicopter as giant hedge clippers.… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
“McCoy, drained and hollow-eyed, couldn't take his eyes off the life vest belonging to the boy who'd slipped away from the group during the night. The empty vest spooked McCoy. All its straps were still tightly tied-it looked like some trick that Houdini might've played. Then McCoy peered into the water and got another shock: the boy was floating below… — Doug Stanton Copy Share
“On November 5, to kick off the final, coordinated assault on Baluch, Stu Mansfield, positioned with Atta at the warlord’s mountaintop compound, ordered the… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Most audiences are being attracted to '12 Strong' because of what they might expect to see from a movie like this, which is that… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
'Horse Soldiers' is the untold story of how a small band of U.S. Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan in 2001, just five weeks… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Writing about conflict has provided these dramatic opportunities to talk about really substantial moments in a person's life. I'm not writing about superheroes; I'm… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
When I first met the survivors of the Indianapolis in 1999 while writing a book about them, their story - the last major action… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Of all the places I've been while talking to audiences about the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group and their story in Afghanistan, one… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
