| Description |
323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Gallego, Ruben, 1979-
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United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 25th. Battalion, 3rd. Lima Company -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Ḥadīthah.
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Marines -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.
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| Added Title |
Life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit |
| ISBN |
9780063045804 (trade paperback) |
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006304580X (trade paperback) |
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9780063045811 (hardcover) |
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0063045818 (hardcover) |
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