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The fighting 69th : one remarkable National Guard Unit's journey from Ground Zero to Baghdad / Sean Michael Flynn.
Van Pelt Library UA363.5 69th .F59 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flynn, Sean Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 69th--History.
- New York (State).
- National Book Committee.
- New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 69th.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- History, Military.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Participation, Irish American.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Participation, Puerto Rican.
- New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Ethnic relations.
- New York (N.Y.)--History, Military.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2007.
- Summary:
- On the eve of September 11, 2001, New York City's National Guard regiment, the Fighting 69th Infantry, was not fit for duty. Most of its soldiers were immigrant kids with no military experience and no intention of serving their country very long. Once an all-Irish outfit, the 69th was now a mix of Latinos, African Americans, Eastern European Americans, Asian Americans, and a few token Irish Americans. Their uniforms were incomplete and their equipment was downright derelict. Then came September 11. Sean Flynn, himself a member of the 69th, chronicles the transformation of this motley band of amateur soldiers into a battle-hardened troop, now at work in one of the most lethal quarters of Baghdad. At home on the concrete and asphalt like no other unit in the U.S. Army, Gotham's Fighting 69th brings its own rough justice to this lawless precinct by turning to the street-fighting tactics they grew up with.--From publisher description.
- Contents:
- An Infantry Primer xix
- Prologue: October 1991 1
- Book I Homeland Defense: March 2001-February 2004
- 1 Weekend Warriors 11
- Saint Patrick's Day 2001
- Failure to Launch
- Missionaries, Mercenaries, and Misfits
- 2 Minutemen 32
- A New Paradigm
- Beirut-on-Hudson
- 3 The Strategic Reserve 51
- Not Ready for Prime Time
- The Roughnecks
- 4 Preemption 69
- Parking Lot Heroes
- Saint Patrick's Day 2002
- The Bridge-and-Tunnel Group
- 5 The End of the Whip 88
- The Storm Before the Hurricane
- Saint Patrick's Day 2003
- When Pigs Fly
- Book II Operation Iraqi Freedom: March 2004-September 2005
- 6 When the 69th Comes Back 115
- Saint Patrick's Day 2004
- Checking the Box
- The Blacksheep
- General Order Number 1
- 7 Green in the Desert 141
- Reconnaissance
- Shithouse Poets
- Mach Jesus
- 8 Taji 158
- Task and Purpose
- Babes in the Woods
- Napalm in the Morning
- 9 The Rouge Bouquet 178
- Framework Operations
- The First Kill
- The Economy of Force
- 10 The Infantry 200
- Counterinsurgency
- Charlie 24
- The Heart of Darkness
- 11 Information Operations 215
- Hagar the Horrible
- The Most Dangerous Road in the World
- 12 Route Irish 231
- Last Man Standing
- Checkpoint 541
- Vehicle-Borne Death
- Saint Patrick's Day 2005
- 13 Task Force Wolfhound 250
- Fresh Legs
- The Trial
- Revenge of the Assassins
- Iraqization
- 14 Boots Off the Ground 272
- 69 Minutes
- The Enemy at Home
- Afterword: The Operational Reserve
- Saint Patrick's Day 2006 284.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780670018437
- 0670018430
- OCLC:
- 173640965
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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