The battle for Fallujah in November, 2004, was the most intense urban engagement fought by the United States since World War II. It is a story now told by a reporter who was embedded with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Lima Company 1st Platoon. At the end of the battle, only 14 of the Lima Company's 1st Platoon's 49 Marines were left standing.
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, Lima Company's 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house-to-house, hand-to-hand urban combat since World War II. In the city's bloody streets, they came face-to-face with the enemy-radical insurgents high on adrenaline, fighting to a martyr's death, and suicide bombers approaching from every corner. Award-winning author and historian Patrick O'Donnell stood shoulder to shoulder with this modern band of brothers as they marched and fought through the streets of Fallujah, and he stayed with them as the casualties mounted.