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Author:

Gallego, Ruben, 1979- author.

Title:

They called us "lucky" : the life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit / Ruben Gallego with Jim DeFelice.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Custom House,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Gallego, Ruben,--1979-
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
United States.--Lima Company--Marine Regiment, 25th.--Battalion, 3rd.--Lima Company--Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns--Ḥadīthah.--Ḥadīthah.
Marines--United States--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
United States.--House--House--Biography.
Biographies.
Personal Narratives.

Other Authors:

DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Prologue: Were we in combat? -- Harvard Marine -- Flying in -- In the suck -- Lucky Lima -- Desolation -- We just keep dying -- The worst road in Iraq -- Dead man walking -- Back to me -- Eleven is my favorite number -- Postscript: The lucky and the dead -- Coda: Democracy survives -- The Insurrection, January 6, 2021.

Summary:

"Opening up for the first time about his combat experience, Congressman Ruben Gallego (D, AZ) delivers a moving and unforgettable memoir of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq War"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

006304580X
9780063045804
0063045818
9780063045811

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1236192191

LCCN:

2021038045

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