Colonel Jesse L. Johnson is one of the most decorated American veterans of all-time, with his forty-plus career involving intense battles in the jungles of Vietnam to fighting Al Qaeda in the deserts of Saudi Arabia (and more). Host Joe Craig talks to him and co-author Alex Holstein about Johnson’s new memoir, Warfighter: The Story of an American Fighting Man and the Colonel’s various escapades, including the origins of Delta Force, saving NATO Commanders from terrorists, and personally welcoming the Emir of Kuwait back after the Gulf War.
 
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Host: Joe Craig, AUSA’s Book Program Director

  
Guests: 
Colonel Jesse L. Johnson, author of Warfighter: The Story of an American Fighting Man
Alex Holstein, co-author of Warfighter: The Story of an American Fighting Man

  
Resources: 
 
Rowman & Littlefield:
Warfighter: The Story of an American Fighting Man 
 
Credits:
 
Opening Dramatization
 
Narrator: CSM (Ret.) Troy Welch, AUSA’s Director, NCO & Soldier Programs
Script: Anthony Del Col
Sound Design: Andy Bosnak
 
Book
Johnson, Jesse L., and Alex Holstein. Warfighter: The Story of an American Fighting Man. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2022.