![]() Interviews in Eyewitness to War span a wide spectrum of participants, from commanders and senior non-commissioned officers at platoon, company, and battalion levels, to combat and combat service support personnel on the battlefield, and to one journalist who witnessed the battle firsthand. Using the firepower and mobility of the Army's heavy armor and mechanized units to full effect, the Marine Regimental Combat Teams were successful in destroying the enemy and securing Fallujah in ten days. Under the overall command of the 1st Marine Division, four Marine infantry and two US Army battalions, Task Forces 2-2 Infantry and 2-7 Cavalry, were committed to the streets of Fallujah while the Army's 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division formed a cordon to hold and isolate the insurgents in the city. The second battle for Fallujah in November 2004 was a brutal and bloody fight so characteristic of urban terrain. This study is a derivative of the CSI Operational Leadership Experience (OLE) project, a program that collects and archives first-person experiences from the Global War on Terror. Matthews (Editor) Eyewitness to War: A US Army Oral History of Operation AL FAJR, is a unique publication. Army Command and General Staff College, Combat Studies Institute Staff (Contribution by) Matt M. Though it makes me ill, I will waive the nominal fee and teach you for free.Eyewitness to War: the US Army in Operation Al Fajr Volume I by Kendall D. I will teach you for free, but only because I pity your lack of magnificence." ".But you don't even have a single coin! What manner of hero are you?!"."I will settle for just taking all the coins in your pocket."."Now that I know your are determined to cheat me out of my due tribute."."I should have expected such cheapskatery from a hero with a scrimpish mustache!"."Fantabulous! Wait a moment, You lack 10,000 coins?!"."A mere 10,000 coins should be nothing for the hero of the universe."."Why should the hero have the whole world delivered to him on a well-garnished platter? These heroes think they can get away with shaking people down for free skills!"."Why not? Even the great and splendiferous Bestovius has certain.expenditures."I, Bestovius, will bestow upon you the secrets of dimensional flipping.If he thinks you are the hero, you probably are. " Merlon?! Only his full bodied beard rivals my hairy magnificence."What a costume! You look like you leaped right out of the pages of the Prognosticus!"."Hah! You are garbed in the rich cloth of the hero of prophecy!".How did these flimsy whiskers detect my secret door." "What is this meager mustache that stands before me? And how does it have the audacity to address my muli-colored glory?"."There's plenty of dangerous types wandering out there."."Well, I've made up my mind! I'm coming along, whether you want me or not.".I guess there's no need for me to stay here and give out tips." "I'm just glad I could help with that daring mission to infiltrate the nerd lair."."Whoa-ho-now! You wanna hear the three tips again? Just say the word!"."If by some crazy chance you do save her, come back and tell me how you did it!"."Look for the red wind and do something with it."There's a huge gorge on the other side."Once you swim your way through that ocean, you'll see a humongous tree."."But if you toast its red flipper thing, something good is bound to happen."."If you somehow pass those clowns in the castle, you'll see an ocean."You do your thing with that red X mark, and maybe something will happen for you.".But here's the juice: it's an old castle." "It ain't gonna be easy getting past 'em."A bunch of no-class jerks are holed up in this castle up ahead."."All I got for you is three critical tips, so remember all of 'em!"."Still set on it, eh? What a tender moment."Look, nobody likes having their butterfly kidnapped by a geek, but it's dangerous!"."You're not thinking of infiltrating the nerd lair and rescuing her, are you?"."Well, if you go ALL the way down ahead for miles and miles, you'll find it."."He collects stuff and keeps it in his fantasy fortress."If he gets his sweaty mitts on something he likes, there's no getting it back."."Plus, he's got this thing for butterflies! And, well, all things nerdy, too."."Who's this guy? A friend of the butterfly girl that got nabbed?"."Well, I guess it's game over for that Pixl."The shocking scene occurred right before my very own tender eyes!"."Ohhhh, the despair! The awful spectacle of it all!".Desgrosseilliers Part I When the battle honors of the Corps are citedBelleau Wood, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, Hue City, Khe Sanha new name will be added: Fallujah. 64.15 Slipping Grip/Clammy Hand/Forbidden Slap Operation Phantom Fury The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq: November 2004 Story by Dick Camp Photos courtesy of Col Todd S. ![]()
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