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- Larry Ellison — Guthrie on Ellison mid-read: '[Larry Ellison picked up] his Kindle so he could finish reading Lone Survivor. Larry had noted a page: "The real battle is won in the mind."' Guthrie's The Billionaire and the Mechanic documents Ellison reading Lone Survivor and noting the line 'The real battle is won in the mind' source ↗
Summary
Marcus Luttrell's first-hand account of Operation Redwing, a 2005 Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan during which a four-man reconnaissance team was ambushed by Taliban fighters, killing three of its members. Luttrell, the sole survivor, was sheltered by local villagers and eventually rescued, and his narrative documents the training, brotherhood, and brutal realities of special operations combat.