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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, LimaCompany’s 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itselfin Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house-to-house,hand-to-hand urban combat since World War II. In the city’s bloodystreets, they came face-to-face with the enemy-radical insurgents highon adrenaline, fighting to a martyr’s death, and suicide bombersapproaching from every corner. Award-winning author and historianPatrick O’Donnell stood shoulder to shoulder with this modern band ofbrothers as they marched and fought through the streets of Fallujah, andhe stayed with them as the casualties mounted.
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