| We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah Contributor(s): O'Donnell, Patrick K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306815737 ISBN-13: 9780306815737 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: The battle for Fallujah in November, 2004, was the most intense urban engagement fought by the United States since World War II. It is a story now told by a reporter who was embedded with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Lima Company 1st Platoon. At the end of the battle, only 14 of the Lima Company's 1st Platoon's 49 Marines were left standing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Iraq War (2003-2011) - History | Military - United States - History | Middle East - Iraq |
| Dewey: 956.704 |
| LCCN: 2010513548 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.92" W x 8.2" (0.61 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A riveting first-hand account of the fierce battle for Fallujah during the Iraq War and the Marines who fought there--a story of brotherhood and sacrifice in a platoon of heroes Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company's 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house-to-house, hand-to-hand urban combat since World War II. In the city's bloody streets, they came face-to-face with the enemy-radical insurgents high on adrenaline, fighting to a martyr's death, and suicide bombers approaching from every corner. Award-winning author and historian Patrick O'Donnell stood shoulder to shoulder with this modern band of brothers as they marched and fought through the streets of Fallujah, and he stayed with them as the casualties mounted. |