Brian van Gorden

Baghdad to Fallujah

Memoir of a U.S. Marine in the Iraq War

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Produktbeschreibung

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 platoon radio operator and then as a team leader with a scout/sniper platoon, Brian Van Gorden portrays the battles that took place in a complex war and the hardships experienced from repeated combat deployments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 279g
• ISBN-13: 9781476693651
• ISBN-10: 147669365X
• Artikelnr.: 71597408

Autorenporträt

Brian Van Gorden served in the United States Marines Corps from 2002 through 2006. He became a sworn peace officer for the state of California in 2006 and was recalled back into service in 2008 to return to Iraq for a fourth tour at the rank of sergeant. He lives in Southern California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction
1.
Boot Camp
2.
School of Infantry
3.
Training for War Deployment I: Operation Iraqi Freedom (January to June 2003)
4.
The Invasion
5.
Diyala
6.
Baghdad
7.
Scout/Sniper Platoon Deployment II: Operation Iraqi Freedom II (January to July 2004)
8.
Haditha
9.
The Battle for Fallujah 10.
Halting the Advance 11.
On the Hunt Deployment III: Operation Iraqi Freedom III (February to August 2005) 12.
Returning to Fallujah 13.
Blue on Blue 14.
Father's Day Massacre 15.
Home and Comfort Military History of the Author Acronyms and Other Abbreviations Index