{"product_id":"sons-of-the-arghandab-joseph-j-fontenot-9781636245201","title":"Sons of the Arghandab: Top Guns in the Devil's Playground","description":"\u003cb\u003eRecounts the harrowing experiences of the 1-320th Field Artillery \"Top Guns\" Battalion as they navigated the challenges of serving as provisional infantrymen in the hostile Arghandab Valley during 2010-2011.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSons of the Arghandab\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the 1-320th Field Artillery \"Top Guns\" Battalion, 101st Airborne, in the Arghandab Valley, 2010-2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Arghandab River Valley is known for its lush vegetation from its grape furrows and its pomegranate orchards. It's also known as the birthplace of several Taliban leaders such as Mullah Omar and Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, and was a major crossing route for weapons coming from Pakistan into Kandahar. This hostile environment had already claimed the lives of many seasoned Infantrymen. But the Top Guns weren't infantrymen, they were artillerymen, deployed without their usual weapons and with minimal last-minute training, redesignated as \"provisional infantrymen.\" Painstakingly researched by one of the Top Guns and told through the perspectives of the men who survived that terrible year, this is the harrowing story of Alpha, HHB, and Bravo Batteries as they undertook the challenges of an Artillery unit charged with an Infantry mission in the most hostile killing fields in Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph J. Fontenot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 163624520X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636245201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Casemate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Joseph J. Fontenot","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927877472511,"sku":"9781636245201","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6419b1a-c843-4798-9fe4-1534c9911b3b.jpg?v=1749373246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sons-of-the-arghandab-joseph-j-fontenot-9781636245201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}