ROUGHNECK NINE ONE The Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-Team at War

In April 2003, 31 Special Forces (Green Beret), Army, and Air Force personnel, as well as 80 Kurdish fighters, destroyed an Iraqi armored task force at Debecka, in northern Iraq. Former Green Beret Sergeant Antenori was there. Narrator Patrick Lawlor places listeners beside Antenori as he leads his A-Team, Roughneck Nine-One, through training stateside and during combat in Iraq. Reading with the straightforward self-assurance of an experienced noncommissioned officer, Lawlor proves that truth is stranger, and much more exciting, than fiction. Dialogue is read with competence as we hear a wide range of accents. Lawlor ably conveys Antenori's annoyance and frustration at the ridiculous situation of reporters foolishly demanding interviews DURING battle. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/ MAY 07]