Fallujah, With Honor; First Battalion, Eighth Marine Role in Operation Phantom Fury
Chaverii (Cover photo) North Topsail Beach, NC: Caisson Press, 2007. Expanded 2nd Edition. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 344 pages. Illustrations (color). Sources. Gary Livingston is a published Civil War historian who used his proximity to Cam Lejeune to research the Fallujah operation and interview participants for this extraordinary work. This is a battle book depicting the role that the first battalion eighth marines played in operation phantom fury in Fallujah November 2004. 1st battalion 8th marines 1/8 is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of marine corps base Camp Lejeune North Carolina the battalion consists of approximately 1000 marines and sailors and is nicknamed the Beirut Battalion they fall under the command of the 8th marine regiment and the 2nd marine division. This book follows Lt.-Col. 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. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Operation Phantom Fury, First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, Fallujah, Operation al-Fajr, Paul Volpe, Stephen Davis, Braxton Complex, Al Hydra Mosque, Operation Deer Drive
ISBN: 9781928724063
[Book #78108]
Price: $75.00