With the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, 2003 : no greater friend, no worse enemy / by Michael S. Groen and contributors.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Groen, Michael S.

Contributor:

Marine Corps University (U.S.). History Division

Series:

Occasional paper (Marine Corps University (U.S.). History and Museums Division)

Occasional paper

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st--History.

United States.

United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Regimental histories--United States.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

United States--History, Military--21st century.

Regimental histories.

Iraq.

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 413 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Other Title:

No greater friend, no worse enemy

Place of Publication:

Quantico, Va. : History Division, Marine Corps University, 2006.

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.

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.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Groen, Michael S. With the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, 2003.

OCLC:

608576656

Access Restriction:

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