{"product_id":"9781250121158","title":"Full Battle Rattle: My Story as the Longest-Serving Special Forces A-Team Soldier in American History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver 100 combat missions, 24 years as a Green Beret—\u003ci\u003eFull Battle Rattle \u003c\/i\u003etells the legend of a soldier who served America in every war since Vietnam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster Sergeant Changiz Lahidji served on Special Forces A teams longer than anyone in history, completing over a hundred combat missions in Afghanistan. Changiz is a Special Forces legend. He also happens to be the first Muslim Green Beret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChangiz served this country starting with Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, when he entered Tehran on a one-man mission to spy on Iranian soldiers guarding the US Embassy where 52 US diplomats were being held hostage. Three years later, he was in Beirut, Lebanon when a suicide car bomb exploded in front of the US Embassy killing 83 people. Weeks after that, he was shot by Hezbollah terrorists on a night mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Operation Iraqi Freedom, he led a convoy that was ambushed on its way to Fallujah. He was clearing houses in Mogadishu, Somalia on October, 1993 when a US Black Hawk helicopter was shot down 50 feet away from him in the incident that inspired \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2002, he dressed as a farmer and snuck into Eastern Afghanistan and located Osama Bin Laden for the CIA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Changiz earned numerous commendations, including the Special Forces Legion of Merit, Purple Hearts, and many others. Last year he was nominated for induction in Military Intelligence Hall of Fame and cited as “the finest noncommissioned officer to ever serve in Special Forces.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis story is an amazing tale of perseverance and courage, of combat and one man’s love of his adopted country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017783361776,"sku":"9781250121158","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250121158_p0.jpg?v=1763702770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250121158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}