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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Klein, Joe, date.

Charlie Mike : a true story of heroes who brought their mission home / Joe Klein.—First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Pages cm

1. Mission Continues (Organization) 2. Disabled veterans—Services for—United States. 3. Volunteers—Training of—United States. 4. Greitens, Eric, date. Wood, Jake, date. United States—Armed Forces—Biography. 7. Veterans—United States—Biography. 8. Philanthropists—United States—Biography. 9. Iraq War, 2003–2011—Veterans—United States. 10. Afghan War, 2001—Veterans—United States. I. Title.

UB363.K66 2015

363.34'5763209270973—dc23

2015011026

ISBN 978-1-4516-7730-0

ISBN 978-1-4516-7732-4 (ebook)