Spartan Code: RED The Story of Red Platoon at Moe

Four tanks. One platoon. One code. Before Baghdad falls, Red Platoon must learn what men carry when the map fails.

In March 2003, four M1A1 Abrams crews cross from Kuwait into Iraq with a tank named Bertha Mae and a mission that will push them through dust, mud, broken radios, bad maps, and sudden violence. At the center are a young driver and SSG Derrick Slaughter-the tank commander, mentor, and brother whose standard holds the crew together when orders and certainty begin to fracture.

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