Baghdad to Fallujah : memoir of a U.S. Marine in the Iraq War /

"This is a Marine infantryman's combat memoir from the Invasion of Iraq to the Battle of Fallujah. It chronicles firsthand accounts of war while serving with the most combat-deployed Marine Corps battalion of the Iraq War, the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. Initially trained as an infantry pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Van Gorden, Brian, 1983- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]
Subjects:	Van Gorden, Brian, > 1983- Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns > Iraq. United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Regiment, 4th. > Battalion, 3rd. > Company K. United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Regiment, 4th. > Battalion, 3rd. > Scout Sniper Platoon. Fallujah, Battle of, Fallūjah, Iraq, 2004. Snipers > Iraq > Biography. United States. > Marine Corps > Biography. Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Campagnes et batailles > Irak. États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Boot Camp
School of Infantry
Training for War
Deployment I: Operation Iraqi Freedom (January to June 2003)
The Invasion
Diyala
Baghdad
Scout/Sniper Platoon
Deployment II: Operation Iraqi Freedom II (January to July 2004)
Haditha
The Battle for Fallujah
Halting the Advance
On the Hunt
Deployment III: Operation Iraqi Freedom III (February to August 2005)
Returning to Fallujah
Blue on Blue
Father's Day Massacre
Home and Comfort.