Inside OIF's Bloodiest Battle
By John Noonan 

Next week is the 4 year anniversary of the Battle of An-Nasiriyah.

The post below is a shortened version of thousands upon thousands of hours of research, which culminated in one of my all-time favorite historical non-fictions: Marines in the Garden of Eden by Richard S. Lowry.

Together, Richard and I gathered a collection of the choice copy, photos, and quotes from his research, and condensed them into this blog post.... a post dedicated the Marines of Task Force Tarawa, the combat they saw, and the brothers they lost. ...

Prior to OIF, An-Nasiriyah served as a major hub of the Iraqi Army, home to three full Iraqi divisions, with a strategic location on the Euphrates River. Coalition forces were going to have to take An-Nasiriyah eventually, however after one particular Army supply convoy carrying one particular soldier named Jessica Lynch was ambushed north of the Coalition advance, the Marines decided to move in early. ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 16, 2007 at 03:50 AM in Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, The American Warrior, US Army, US Marine Corps | Permalink

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