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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition October 2015
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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)