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Heavy Metal - A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad (Hardcover, New)
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Heavy Metal - A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad (Hardcover, New)
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During the Iraq War, coauthor Capt. Jason Conroy commanded Charlie
Company, which was part of Task Force 1-64, 2d Brigade Combat Team,
part of the U.S. Army’s 3d Infantry Division. A tank unit
equipped with mammoth M1A1 Abrams tanks, Conroy’s company was
literally at the tip of the U.S. Army’s spear and one of the
first elements into Baghdad. Veteran journalist Ron Martz was
embedded in Charlie Company. Together, from the unique perspective
of an armor unit that was in nearly continuous combat for four
straight weeks, Conroy and Martz tell the unvarnished story of what
went right and what went deadly wrong in Iraq. Conroy and his
soldiers were able to overcome supply shortages, intelligence
failures, and miserable weather to battle their way into downtown
Baghdad, a place where they were told they would never have to
fight. Heavy Metal evaluates the Army’s performance, including
its use of tactics that were developed during the war but for which
the soldiers had never trained. Through the exciting personal
stories of the young troopers of Charlie Company - who experienced
a very different war from what was seen back home on TV - Heavy
Metal tells us much about the qualities of today’s American
soldier, about twenty-first-century desert and urban warfare, and
about how the Army should prepare to fight future wars.
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