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In March 2004, the unprovoked ambush, killing and desecration of
the bodies of American civilian security contractors in Fallujah,
Iraq, caused the National Command Authorities in Washington, DC. to
demand that the newly arrived Marine Expeditionary Force there take
action against the perpetrators and other insurgent forces. Planned
Stability and Support Operations were cast aside as insurgent
fighters dared the Marines to enter Fallujah. Marine infantrymen,
tankers, helicopter crews, and amphibious vehicle drivers all
pitched into high-intensity battles and firefights during the first
fights of Fallujah in April 2004. Across the board cooperation and
innovation marked these fighting Marines in combined arms fights
that no one expected. Marines fought in the streets, conducted
house-to-house searches, cleared buildings of enemy, and used tank
main guns in direct support of urban environment operations.
Helicopter crews supported operations on the ground with rockets
and machine-gun fire, and Amtrac Marines transported forces to face
enemy RPG and machine-gun fire. Marines from infantry squad members
to a battalion commander were interviewed by Marine Corps field
historians within days or weeks of the events at nearby combat
outposts and camps. This book combines these interview notes and
the words of the men themselves to create a unique narrative of
Marines in this combat.
During the April 2004 fights throughout Iraq, most media attention
was focused on the city of Fallujah. However, at the same time, out
on the border with Syria in and around the city of Husaybah,
fighting was equally intense. This book tells the story of that
period through many first-person accounts of intense fighting in
the town of Husaybah, Iraq, during. It is based on interviews with
Marines at all levels of the fight, from battalion commander
Lieutenant Colonel Matt Lopez, USMC, to infantrymen and squad
leaders. When the Lima Company commander Captain Richard Gannon
(Call sign Lima 6) was killed on entry to an enemy-held building,
the company's executive officer, Lieutenant Dominique Neal (Lima 5)
informed his Marines that he had assumed command with the radio
message, "Lima 5 is now Lima 6." It also details the heroic actions
of Corporal Jason Dunham who saved the Marines around him by
covering an enemy grenade with his body.
The modern Marine Corps owwes its genesis to the Spanish-American
War when the United States entered the world stage. Upon
examination of the historical literature of the war, a trove of new
writings (and some old) deserved further exploitation. And thus,
this anthology.
Lightroom 4(r) Made Easy is a fresh look at Adobe's software
program for photographers. Written by Adobe Certified Instructor
Dave Kelly, this is a concise, straight to the point "how to" book.
It is created to sit at the computer with the photographer and
guide her or him through all the techniques available in the
software using step by step easy to understand instructions. Some
of the techniques have never been presented before in either a book
or video tutorial. All seven modules of Lightroom 4(r) are covered
in detail with images of the panels and bullet points for the
techniques. In this book the photographer will learn simple image
importing and organizing procedures, new techniques for developing
images, creating books, slideshows and web galleries. The section
on printing from Lightroom is one of the most complete presen
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