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Richard H. Jadick is an American naval surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star with “Combat V” device for heroic valor in January 2006. [1] He was credited with saving the lives of 30 Marines and sailors during the Second Battle of Fallujah.
Fallujah - The Day After: Video of devastation of Fallujah from Diario (27 May 2005) This is our Guernica – by Jonathan Steele and Dahr Jamail, The Guardian (27 April 2005) Remembering the First Siege of Fallujah by Omar Khan, DahrJamailIraq.com (15 February 2005)
First Fights in Fallujah: Marines During Operation Vigilant Resolve, in Iraq, April 2004. Philadelphia: Casemate. ISBN 9781636243184. No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah, by Bing West (2005) (ISBN 978-0-553-80402-7) Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq, by David J. Danelo (2007) (ISBN 978-0-8117-3393-9)
Most of Fallujah's civilian population fled the city before the battle, which greatly reduced the potential for noncombatant casualties. [41] U.S. military officials estimated that 70–90% of the 300,000 civilians in the city fled before the attack, leaving 30,000 to 90,000 civilians still in the city. [ 36 ]
White phosphorus (WP) is a chemical smoke-producing agent, reacting quickly and spontaneously with air and causing an instant bank of smoke. As a result, WP munitions are common, particularly as smoke grenades for infantry, loaded in defensive grenade dischargers on tanks and other armored vehicles, or as part of the ammunition allotment for artillery or mortars.
Kaitlyn Bristowe is defending her decision to get plastic surgery.. With an Instagram post shared on Dec. 30, the Bachelor Nation star, 39, shut down criticism about her appearance and her ...
Douglas Alexander Zembiec (April 14, 1973 – May 11, 2007), nicknamed the "Lion of Fallujah" [1] [2] and also referred to as the "Unapologetic Warrior", [3] was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and member of the CIA's Special Activities Division's Ground Branch who was killed in action while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. [4]
Occupation: Dreamland is a "grunt's-eye view," [1] 2005 documentary film focused on a company of the 1/505 of the 82nd Airborne Division in Fallujah, Iraq, in early 2004. It is directed by Ian Olds and Garrett Scott. The title comes from the nickname of the base, Camp Volturno, on the outskirts of Fallujah. The American soldiers housed there ...