A riveting first-hand account of the fierce battle for Fallujah during the Iraq War and the Marines who fought there--a story of brotherhood and sacrifice in a platoon of heroes
Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company's 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house-to-house, hand-to-hand urban combat since World War II. In the city's bloody streets, they came face-to-face with the enemy-radical insurgents high on adrenaline, fighting to a martyr's death, and suicide bombers approaching from every corner. Award-winning author and historian Patrick O'Donnell stood shoulder to shoulder with this modern band of brothers as they marched and fought through the streets of Fallujah, and he stayed with them as the casualties mounted.
Patrick K. O'Donnellis the author of eleven critically acclaimed books, including
Beyond Valor, winner of the prestigious William E. Colby Award for Outstanding Military History.
WeWere Oneis feelingly narrated by an intrepidwar historian who risked his own life to capture every raw minute of theirstory.
--Hampton Sides, author of
Blood and Thunderand
GhostSoldiers A magnificent tale of combat--mixingvalor, grit, love, blood, and sacrifice. This book defines what it means to bea Marine grunt. --Bing West, author of
The March Upand
No True Glory We Were Oneis a dramatictale of courage, hardship, and the extraordinarily difficult challenges facedby a gallant Marine unit in one of the world's deadliest places. Patrick O'Donnellbrilliantly and compassionately recounts the story of our American sons calledupon to fight, bleed, die, and survive in a hostile land. --Carlo D'Este,author of
Patton: A Genius for War As an embedded journalist in anInfantry Platoon, O'Donnell paints an authentic picture of our Nation's most preciousassets--the Marine Riflemen--engaged lC%
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