Interviews in Eyewitness to War span a wide spectrum of participants, from commanders and senior non-commissioned officers at platoon, company, and battalion levels, to combat and combat service support personnel on the battlefield, and to one journalist who witnessed the battle firsthand. Using the firepower and mobility of the Army's heavy armor and mechanized units to full effect, the Marine Regimental Combat Teams were successful in destroying the enemy and securing Fallujah in ten days. 7, 2004, 10 years ago, after extensive planning and preparation, I Marine Expeditionary Force began Operation al-Fajr, also known as Operation Phantom Fury the second battle for Fallujah. Under the overall command of the 1st Marine Division, four Marine infantry and two US Army battalions, Task Forces 2-2 Infantry and 2-7 Cavalry, were committed to the streets of Fallujah while the Army's 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division formed a cordon to hold and isolate the insurgents in the city. The second battle for Fallujah in November 2004 was a brutal and bloody fight so characteristic of urban terrain. This study is a derivative of the CSI Operational Leadership Experience (OLE) project, a program that collects and archives first-person experiences from the Global War on Terror. Operation Phantom Fury: The Second Battle of Fallujah On March 31, 2004, a group of American contractors working in Iraq were attacked and dragged from their vehicles in Fallujah, a city in the Al Anbar province, located about 43 miles west of Baghdad. 10, 1975 hometown Lyndonville, New York enlistment date June 1999 Military Occupation 11B Infantryman unit 3rd Platoon. During Phantom Fury, the operation became an iconic battle in Marine Corps history due to the intensity of urbanized combat not seen since the Battle of Hu City in Vietnam in 1968. Matthews (Editor) Eyewitness to War: A US Army Oral History of Operation AL FAJR, is a unique publication. : Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq (9780760336984) by Camp, Dick and a great selection of similar New. Biography The Battle News Staff Sergeant David G. Also known as Operation Phantom Fury, the operation was a joint effort by American, Iraqi and British forces to. Army Command and General Staff College, Combat Studies Institute Staff (Contribution by) Matt M. Bellavia's men were mired in the opening stages of the Second Battle of Fallujah. By Christmas our forces had cleared every room in every building, completely eliminating the insurgent threat inside Fallujah. There was never any doubt as to the outcome. Eyewitness to War: the US Army in Operation Al Fajr Volume I by Kendall D. Operation Phantom Fury, the second battle for Fallujah, was the largest fight of the war and the heaviest American urban combat since Hue City during the Vietnam War.
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