22 November 2014, 14:24
GatogordoBook:(4/5 stars) We Were One by Patrick K. O'Donnell (Da Capo Press 2006)
A very personal account of the 2004 battle for Fallujah in the Iraq War by an embedded reporter, the author.
Amazing details and bravery performed daily for weeks by the Marines in this account, the men of 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. It's amazing that these men could keep going, having to clear hundreds of houses, sometimes the same house more than once, and facing the real possibility of death with each house. Some gave all, all gave some.
A fine read. 4 out of 5 stars.
05 December 2014, 12:16
Idaho SharpshooterA good companion book is "The Horse Soldiers".
At least 4-stars...