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In September 2005, the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) deployed to Haditha, an agricultural town along the Euphrates river in western Iraq. [12] Prior to the deployment, a Guardian investigation reported that two Iraqi insurgent groups—Ansar al-Sunna and Al-Qaeda—had taken over operations of the town after driving out local police and civil servants. [13]
Led by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army, the Second Battle of Fallujah was later described as "some of the heaviest urban combat Marines and Soldiers have been involved in since Huế City in Vietnam in 1968" [18] and as the toughest battle the U.S. military has been in since the end of the Vietnam War. [19]
The company saw combat from Hīt, Iraq in the east to Al-Qa'im in the west. During Operation Matador, all members of one squad were killed or wounded in 96 hours of fighting. [9] By the end of their deployment the Ohio Marine battalion lost 48 marines and sailors and another 150 wounded out of a complement of 1,350 marines.
The Haditha massacre was one of the worst U.S. actions during the Iraq War. After a roadside bomb killed a Marine in the town of Haditha in November 2005, the rest of his squad shot dead 24 ...
Boredom By Day, Death By Night: An Iraq War Journal, by Marine Sgt Seth Connor (2007) (ISBN 978-0-9795389-0-2) Once a Marine: An Iraq War Tank Commander's Inspirational Memoir of Combat, Courage, and Recovery, by Nicholas Popaditch, with Mike Steere (2008) (ISBN 978-1-932714-47-0) "Fallujah Forensics" a documentary film by Tara Sutton [1]
The 2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash refers to an aviation accident which occurred on January 26, 2005 when a United States Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed [2] while ferrying U.S. military personnel in the Al-Anbar province of western Iraq, near the town of Ar-Rutbah.
Pages in category "United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Gutiérrez joined the Marine Corps on March 25, 2002. After basic training, he was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. The Division was dispatched to the Middle East, and the 2nd Battalion was attached to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit for the opening ground offensive of the Iraq War – the Battle of Umm ...