Episode 446: A U.S. Marine Rescues His Afghan Interpreter

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In August of 2021, America ended its longest war. As the world watched the shocking scene at the Kabul airport, Marine Major Tom Schueman fought—both behind the scenes and through a social media campaign—to get his friend and former Afghan interpreter, Zak, out of Afghanistan before he and his family were discovered by the Taliban. In their new memoir, “ALWAYS FAITHFUL: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter,” Tom and Zak tell the story of how they came together in Afghanistan’s deadly Helmand Valley, where they formed a brotherhood, eventually culminating in Zak’s harrowing, eleventh-hour rescue. Newt’s guests are Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah ‘Zak’ Zaki.

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1:05.6	On this episode of Newt's World, in August of 2021, America ended its longest war.
1:12.8	As the world watched the shocking scene at the Kabul airport, marine major Tom Schumann fought
1:18.3	both behind the scenes and through a social media campaign to get his friend and former Afghan
1:24.7	interpreter, Zack, out of Afghanistan before he and his family were discovered by the Taliban.
1:31.2	In their new memoir, Always Faithful, a story of the war in Afghanistan, the fall of Kabul,
1:37.7	and the unshakable bond between a marine and an interpreter.
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