NEW EXPANDED 2ND EDITION AVAILABLE WITH 20 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED BY CAMP LEJEUNE MARINES! This is both a harrowing and a heroic account of the actions of American military fighting men on the deadliest day the War in Iraq, March 23, 2003. On that day, 18 Marines and 11 Soldiers of the Army's 507th were killed in an attack along "Ambush Alley." The Marines died when their unit the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, secured two vital bridges in the city of An Nasiriyah that allowed the 1st Marine Division to punch through, unhindered, on their way to Bagdad. If Bagdad was considered the jewel of the war, then An Nasiriyah was the key to the jewel room. 
One account describes five trips up and back through "Ambush Alley" by a group of Marines to rescue fellow stranded Marines in the city. 
The Marines also describe their horror of being attacked by a US Air Force A-10 that killed up to ten of their fellow Marines. 
The fighting around An Nasiriyah flared for weeks before the Iraqis were totally subdued. 
This account of the fighting is the compilation of stories told by the Marines who fought for the bridges.

An Nasiriyah: The Fight for the Bridges

History

Livingston, Gary

Military

Caisson Press

This is one of the first books published that was written by a Camp Lejeune Marine who fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this first hand graphic account, GySgt Jason K. Doran, a Silver Star recipient, shares his experiences of his tour of duty during the Iraqi War. The book covers the journey of 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment, a part of Task Force Tarawa, from the ship ride over through the Suez Canal, to the bloody battle for the bridges at An Nasiriyah and then home again. This book allows the reader to share in the day-to-day experiences and personal account of a Marine's tour of duty. This is the real thing. Gunny Sergeant Doran was there.

I Am My Brother's Keeper, Journal of a Gunny in Iraq

Jason Doran

J. K. Doran

Fallujah, With Honor, is a battle book depicting the role that the First Battalion, Eighth Marines played in Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah, Novemeber 2004. This book follows LtCol Gary Brandl's Marines push up the "belly of the beast" as part of the Six Battalion attack on the insurgency in Fallujah. Author, Gary Livingston interviewed 91 Marines and shares their personal accounts of the battle.

Fallujah, with Honor; First Battalion, Eighth Marine's Role in Operation Phantom Fury; Expanded 2nd Edition

Gary Livingston

What happens when your Marine won't be coming home with the division? What happens when you receive that all too dreaded next of kin notification? How does a mother lay to rest her child? How does a nation become deserving of such a sacrifice? This is the story of one mother who had to come to terms with the reality that her son was tragically killed, far from home, far from her, while trying to protect the freedoms of the American people and give liberty to those of another nation that had never known it before. LCPL Jason C. Redifer, age 19, was on the final patrol of his mission. He was just days from the loving fold of his family. He had spoken with his mother only two hours before the horrible incident that claimed his life. "I could tell by his voice...that he was tired and weary. Jason had been transformed during his six months there and every phone call made it more obvious. He tried to be himself and say all the "old Jason" kind of things but there was a haunt in his voice. He had emailed a photo home of himself and in his eyes there was a cold vacancy. They were not the soft, brown, teddy bear eyes that he left with. They were dark, black windows into a soul that was forever tattooed by evil. I made no pretense. I knew that Jason was not coming home to us the same person that left. I also knew that however Jason came home, we would be sure to give him everything he needed, most of which ws the love that we all had for him. "We never had the chance. Just hours after our conversation, I was met in my friveway by two U.S. Marines in dress blues." "That was when the cannonbal fired. I don't know what direction it came from but it hit me squearely in my middle, somewhere just below my breasts and above my hips. It was an enormous hole and as I struggled to grab some breath, I spoke out in a low, gutteral sound that was somewhere between a question and a command. The sound was so foreign to me and I just assumed that was because of the hole in my being." "I remember thrusting myself forward at this moment, unable to ignore the wheezing hole in myself any longer. All of my life was spining forward out of me, my wound raw and gapping and sucking wind. I throbbed with pain. I felt myself spin with dizziness. The nausea swept over me and bleackness danced around inside my head." This is my story. This is Jason's story. This is the story of a family steeped in pride for their country and those that serve to protect her. This is my rise, my fall, my life. other titles from Caisson Press include: *Fallujah, With Honor, First Battalion, Eighth Marine's Role in Operation Phantom Fury. *I Am My Brother's Keeper, Journal of a Gunny in Iraq. *An Nasiriyah, The Fight for the Bridges.

When Johnny Doesn't Come Marching Home, A Mothers Story of the Price for Freedom

Biographies & Memoirs

Rhonda Winfield

Leaders & Notable People

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