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 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."--

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Brian van Gorden, Brian Van Gorden
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9781476693651
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-9365-1
• No. of pages: 113
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 6 mm
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Memoirs, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Warfare & defence, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Iraq, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Military forces and sectors, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs