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Nov 10, 2014 · Ten years ago, US troops and coalition forces fought their deadliest battle since the Vietnam War when they pushed into the Iraqi city of Falluja to root out Sunni insurgents.
Nov 7, 2019 · The Second Battle of Fallujah started on November 7, 2004, and lasted one and a half months – ending just before Christmas Eve. The US-led effort against insurgents in the city was code-named Operation Phantom Fury, and marked the first instance of Coalition military action against a purely insurgent force, since the toppling of the Ba-athist ...
Uncommon Valor, probably the most iconic picture set of the next Second Battle of Fallujah, was taken on November 9, 2004. One of the Marines was shot by an enemy sniper. While he was lying down on the street, Gunnery Sgt. Ryan P. Shane, the platoon sergeant of US troops, carried the rare Valor during the ensuing Battle of Fallujah.
3 days ago · Marine veteran Alex Nicoll remembers Fallujah, Iraq, as a dead city. When he and others from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, stepped foot inside the “City of Mosques” in early November 2004, nearly all of the residents were gone. Leaflets dropped by U.S. forces warned of an impending attack and told them to get out.
Nov 28, 2019 · This picture released Nov. 23, 2004, by the Multi National Force-Iraq shows Marines patrolling with members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces in the devastated city of Fallujah, Iraq.
Feb 22, 2021 · Task & Purpose spoke with six Marines who served with 3/1 during the battle and asked them to share the most unbelievable things they witnessed during the operation. Here are eight extraordinary...
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Oct 22, 2020 · Dubbed “Operation al Fajr,” or New Dawn, the battle served as a major test for modern urban fighting in a counterinsurgency and tested many newly emerging theories on how to confront guerrilla armies. It also drew on the Marines’ history, recalling battles like Hue City, and Okinawa.