Vining Miles - Into Helmand with the Walking Dead

Into Helmand with the Walking Dead

In the Name of God

Dedicated to every fallen warrior in Iraq and Afghanistan who has reported to their final overwatch position.

We ask that you save us a seat at the bar.

And for Zau Seng

Captain, Kachin Independence Army

Free Burma Rangers

Killed November 3, 2019, outside Tel Tamir, Syria.

A Story of Marine Corps Combat in Afghanistan

Miles Vining and Kevin Schranz

First published in Great Britain in 2020 by

Pen & Sword Military

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Copyright Miles Vining and Estate of the late Kevin Schranz

ISBN 978 1 52676 786 8

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In an effort to reel in the reader to the human terrain and language used in the infantry, I want the reader to pronounce the occasional acronym and slang words we used, in the same way we would have said them.