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With the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, 2003 no greater friend, no worse enemy
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Title
With the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, 2003 [electronic resource] : no greater friend, no worse enemy / by Michael S. Groen and contributors.
Published
Quantico, Va. : History Division, Marine Corps University, 2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 413 p.) : col. ill., col. maps.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"[This] is a narrative describing the actions of Marines in combat during the liberation of Iraq ... Blue Diamond, the 1st Division's Operation Iraqi Freedom nom de guerre, consisted of some 20,000 Marines and Sailors and 8,000 vehicles organized into three regimental combat teams ... '[This] is not a story of each of them, but the story of all of them' ..."--Foreword.
Variant and related titles
No greater friend, no worse enemy
Other formats
Print version: Groen, Michael S. With the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, 2003. Quantico, Va. : History Division, Marine Corps University, 2006
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 09, 2010
Series
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Planning and preparation
Force planning and planning refinements
Adjustments to the plan and combat rehearsals
The opening gambit
Bridgehead over the Tigris
Attack to secure Eastern Baghdad
Task force Tripoli
Security and stabilization operations
Epilogue
Appendix A: Command and staff list
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: 1st Marine Division honor roll.
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Marine Corps University (U.S.). History Division.
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