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They called us "lucky" : the life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit Cover Image Book Book

They called us "lucky" : the life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit

Gallego, Ruben 1979- (author.). DeFelice, Jim, 1956- (author.).

Summary: "Opening up for the first time about his combat experience, Congressman Ruben Gallego (D, AZ) delivers a moving and unforgettable memoir of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq War"--

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  • ISBN: 9780063045811
  • ISBN: 0063045818
  • ISBN: 9780063045804
  • ISBN: 006304580X
  • ISBN: 9780063045828
  • Physical Description: print
    323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Custom House, [2021]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323).
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: Were we in combat? -- Harvard Marine -- Flying in -- In the suck -- Lucky Lima -- Desolation -- We just keep dying -- The worst road in Iraq -- Dead man walking -- Back to me -- Eleven is my favorite number -- Postscript: The lucky and the dead -- Coda: Democracy survives - The Insurrection, January 6, 2021 -- Collaborator's note: There is no such thing as a "part-time" Marine.

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Subject: Gallego, Ruben 1979-
Iraq War, 2003-2011 Personal narratives, American
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 25th. Battalion, 3rd. Lima Company Biography
Iraq War, 2003-2011 Campaigns Iraq Ḥadīthah
Marines United States Biography
Legislators United States Biography
United States. Congress. House Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Hispanic & Latino
HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011)
United States. Congress. House.
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 25th. Battalion, 3rd. Lima Company.
Legislators
Marines
Military campaigns
Iraq
Iraq Ḥadīthah
United States
Genre: Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Personal narratives -- American.
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      Athens-Clarke County Library 		NONFIC 956.7044 GALLEGO ( Send Text)
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      Bogart Library 		NONFIC 956.7044 GALLEGO ( Send Text)
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