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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements	xiii
Preface	xvii
Introduction	xxi
A Campaign of Liberation	xxii
The Army: On Point in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM	xxiii
A Campaign of Firsts	xxiv
Themes of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM	xxv
Issues and Implications	xxviii
Book Structure	xxix
Chapter 1: Operation DESERT STORM to ENDURING FREEDOM- The 
Army's Continuing Evolution	1
Before and After the "Storm"	2
The 1990s: Describing the World and Redefining the Future Army	4
The Domestic and International Environment	4
Managing Downsizing and Setting the Stage for Transformation	5
Adapting AirLand Battle to Full-Spectrum Operations	6
Developing the Doctrinal Foundation for Change	6
Organizations and Training: Experimenting with the Force	8
Digitizing the Force: Enabling Force XXI	9
A Digitally Linked Battle Command System	9
The Army in the New Global Context	10
Somalia, Haiti, and Rwanda-A Painful Education Process	10
Somalia	11
Haiti	11
Rwanda	11
The Balkans	12
Bosnia	12
Kosovo	12
Fielding Force XXI	13
Institutionalizing the Lessons	13
Evolution of the Joint Community-The Army in a New DOD Context	15
Joint and Service Vision and Doctrine	15
Training Together	15
Service Enabling Investments	16
The Army's Transformation	19
11 September 2001	21
Operation ENDURING FREEDOM	22
Conclusion	24
Chapter 2	26
Prepare, Mobilize, and Deploy	26
Prepare-Building the Theater Infrastructure	28
RSOI Infrastructure Improvements	29
Port Operations and Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS)	32
Aerial Port Operations	36
Pre-positioned Equipment	37
CONUS Facility Improvements	38
European Command	38
Prepare-Building the Command and Control Relationships	39
Filling the CFLCC's Empty Chairs	40
Staff Organization	41
Prepare-Planning the Campaign	41
Planning Considerations	43
General Scheme of Maneuver	44
Baghdad-Planning for an Urban Fight	45
Systems-Based Planning	47
Prepare-Training the Staffs and Soldiers	51
Training Exercises	51
BCTP Training Support	54
Unit and Soldier Training	56
Prepare-Equipping the Force	57
Fielding New Systems	57
Fielding Information-Age Battle Command and Control	58
Tactical Communications and Battle Command on the Move (BCOTM)	60
Blue Force Tracking and the Common Operational Picture	61
Prepare-Additional Considerations	61
Theaterwide Support	62
Support to I MEF	62
Theater Missile Defense Employment	62
Military Intelligence (MI) Preparation	64
National, Joint, and Army Intelligence	64
US Army Europe	65
V Corps	66
Military Police and Enemy Prisoner of War Planning	67
Preparing for the Worst: Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil (RIO)	69
Free Iraqi Forces	69
Mobilizing the Reserves	70
Deployment to Theater	71
Deployment Planning	71
Deployment Execution: Planes, Trains, Ships, and Automobiles	72
"Fort to Port"-Deployment	73
"Port to Foxhole"-RSOI	73
Soldiers on the Move	74
3rd Infantry Division	74
101st Airborne Division	75
4th Infantry Division	76
82nd Airborne Division	78
Prelude to War: "Final Planning and Preparation"	78
Chapter 3: The Running Start	81
Summary of Events	81
Major Combat Operations of the Running Start	83
Breaching the Berm	83
Seizing Tallil and Crossing Sites over the Euphrates	83
Isolating As Samawah	84
The Darkest Day	84
Supporting and Parallel Operations	85
Triggering the Running Start	85
Making the Call-Starting Phase III: Decisive (Ground) Operations	86
A True "Running Start"	88
Securing the Oil	89
Enemy Response-TBMs and Patriots	91
Terrain Description	92
The Enemy Disposition	92
Southern Iraq: Kuwait to Baghdad	94
Irregulars and Popular Forces	94
Conclusion	95
Crossing The Berm	98
Reducing the Berm	99
Destroying Iraqi Border Opposition	101
Artillery and PSYOP Support	102
Shaping Operations	103
Securing Lanes	104
Passing Follow-on Forces	106
Extending Aviation's Reach	107
Attacking North to Tallil Air Base	109
The Battle of Tallil Air Base	110
The Approach	111
The Attack	113
Consolidation	114
Handling the Enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs)	114
The Battle of As Samawah	116
The Approach	120
The Attack	120
The Fight Disrupts the LOCs	125
Transition of As Samawah to 3rd BCT	125
Better Intelligence	127
Transition to 82nd Airborne Division	128
Chapter 4	157
The March Up-Country	157
Summary of Events	157
Logistics-Setting the Conditions to Win	161
Deserts and Rivers-the Terrain	165
The Mother of All Sandstorms	166
Enemy Disposition	167
The 507th Maintenance Company	169
Moving Out	170
Missing the Turn	172
Entering An Nasiriyah	173
Running the Gauntlet	174
The Final Moments	175
The Rescue of Private First Class Lynch	176
Moving North	177
The 2nd BCT at Objective RAMS	178
Long-Range Surveillance Teams	179
1st BCT to Objective RAIDERS	181
3-7 CAV-Ambush Alley	184
Countering Iraqi WMD And Ballistic Missile Strikes	186
Sensitive-Site Exploitation	187
Communicating or Not	190
National Guard and US Army Reserve Troops	191
Conclusion	193
Army Attack Aviation-The 11th Attack Helicopter Regiment and 101st Attack Aviation	193
The 11th AHR Attack	194
The Plan	195
The Preparation	199
The GO/NO GO Decision	200
The Execution	201
Enemy Battle Damage	205
Repairing the Apaches	205
Adaptations	205
The 101st Goes Deep	207
Planning	207
Execution	209
The Battle of An Najaf: 25-28 March 2003	210
Setting the Cordon-1st BCT in the North at Objective JENKINS	213
Setting the Cordon-3-7 CAV in the East	218
Relieving 3-7 CAV	221
101st and 82nd relieve 3rd ID, 29-30 March	224
Securing the Lines of Communication	224
Leaning Forward	226
The 82nd Airborne Division Isolates As Samawah	227
101st Airborne Division Contains An Najaf	230
2nd ACR to the Lines of Communication	234
Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Support to the Fight	235
173rd Airborne Operations	238
Planning	238
Preparation	239
Jumping	242
Consolidating	243
Operations	244
Sustainment	245
Chapter 5: Isolation of the Regime	249
Summary of Events	249
CFLCC Conference at Jalibah	252
Five Simultaneous Attacks	253
The Karbala Gap	253
Isolating Baghdad	255
Cleaning Up to the South	256
Parallel and Supporting Combat Operations	257
Close Air Support	258
JSOTF-North, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the Kurds	258
JSOTF-West and TEAM Tank	261
Rolling Phase IV Transition	262
Iraqi Actions	264
Conclusion	266
V Corps' Five Simultaneous Attacks	267
The 2nd BCT, 3rd ID Attacks Objective MURRAY (30 March - 1 April)	271
The Approach	272
Attacking to MURRAY	273
Artillery Support	275
The 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division clears An Najaf (30 March - 4 April)	275
The Approach: Isolating An Najaf	276
Entering the Town: Clearing An Najaf	277
Joint Fires Support	282
The 101st Airborne Division Feints toward Al Hillah (31 March)	283
Task Organization and Planning	283
The Feint	284
The 101st Airborne Division Armed Recon South of Bahr al-Milh Lake (31 March - 1 April)
	287
The 82nd Airborne Division Clears As Samawah (31 March - 6 April)	288
The Approach	289
The Attack	290
Squeezing As Samawah	291
Seizing the Bridges	291
Setting the Baghdad Cordon	292
Breaching the "Red Zone": Karbala Gap (2-3 April)	293
Launching the Attack	295
Exploiting Success	296
Crossing the Euphrates: Objective PEACH (2 April)	298
Sealing the South: Objective SAINTS (3-4 April)	304
Sealing the West: Objective LIONS (3-5 April)	308
Accelerating the Attack	309
The Approach	311
Attacking Through LIONS	313
Clearing the Airport and Surrounding Areas	318
3-7 CAV Blocking at Objective MONTGOMERY	319
Sealing the North: Seizing Objective TITANS (6-7 April)	321
Receiving the Order	322
Moving Out	324
First Contact	325
Chapter 6: Regime Collapse	331
Summary of Events	331
The Plan for Baghdad	333
Actions Elsewhere	335
Logistics and Communications Status	335
Rolling Transition and Sensitive Site Exploitation	336
Actions at Baghdad	336
Thunder Runs	337
Toppling the Statue-Army PSYOP Supports I MEF	338
Caring for the Fallen	340
Transition to Peace Operations (10 April-1 May 2003)	340
Conclusion	342
Thunder Run of 5 April	342
Scheme of Maneuver-Armor, Only Armor	344
Mission Execution-Penetrating the City	344
Mission Completion-Linking Up at LIONS	347
Thunder Run of 7 April	348
Going Downtown: A Study in Battle Command	349
Scheme of Maneuver	351
Going Downtown	351
TOC Strike	355
The Decision to Stay	361
Securing the LOC	361
Task Organization	361
Receiving the Order	363
Execution	363
Objective CURLEY	364
Objective LARRY	369
Objective MOE	371
Resupplying the Brigade	373
The Counterattack	373
The Final Fighting in Baghdad-3rd BCT In TITANS	376
Chapter 7: Implications	382
The Contemporary Operating Environment (COE)-Embedded or Not	383
Command and Control	389
Battle Command-Enabling Commanders to Lead from the Front	392
Aids to Command	392
Battle Command on the Move and Dispersed	393
Operation and Organization of Command Posts	394
Echelonment	394
Combined Arms Operations	396
Joint Integration and Support: Effectiveness, not Efficiency	398
Army Support to the Joint Team	398
Theater Air and Missile Defense	399
Special Forces and Conventional Forces Integration	400
Air Power: Flexible, Responsive, and Central to Decisive Joint Operations	402
Effecting Joint Integration	403
Deployment and Sustainment	403
Deploying Troops: Issues and Possible Solutions Across the Department of Defense	403
Operational Maneuver from Strategic Distances	404
Sustainment Operations	405
Logistics Issues	405
Logistics Successes	408
Setting the Conditions for Early Deployment of Logistics Units	408
Information and Knowledge	411
Toward Netcentric Warfare	412
Information Operations	415
Information Operations in the Campaign	416
Near-term Implications of Army Information Operations in OIF	417
The Future of Army Information Operations	418
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance	418
The Way Ahead for Considering Implications	420
Chapter 8: Transition	423
About the OIF-SG Team	432
Glossary	435
Table of Figures
Figure 1: Regional Orientation of Iraq	2
Figure 2: Spectrum of Military Operations ("Full-Spectrum Operations")	8
Figure 3: US Navy fast sealift ship	16
Figure 4: US Navy LMSR	17
Figure 5: US Army TSV	17
Figure 6: US Air Force C-17 Globemaster	18
Figure 7: Army pre-positioned stocks	18
Figure 8: Army path to the future force	20
Figure 9: Ground scheme of maneuver in Iraq	27
Figure 10: Key coalition camps and locations	30
Figure 11: Sea port of debarkation bed-down facilities,	30
Figure 12: Troop housing complex, Arifjan, Kuwait	31
Figure 13: Supply storage facility, Arifjan, Kuwait	31
Figure 14: Kuwait pipeline and fuel infrastructure	32
Figure 15: Sea port of debarkation facilities, As Shuaybah, Kuwait	32
Figure 16: Kuwait Naval Base supporting US Army vessels	33
Figure 17: Tern delivers Army watercraft	34
Figure 18: The 331st Transportation Company (Causeway) in operation in Kuwait	34
Figure 19: Joint Venture and Spearhead at Kuwait Naval Base	35
Figure 20: Sea port of debarkation operations, Kuwait	36
Figure 21: Aerial port of debarkation operations,	37
Figure 22: Army pre-positioned stocks, Arifjan, Kuwait	38
Figure 23: CFLCC to V Corps training and preparation schedule-	42
Figure 24: V Corps objectives	46
Figure 25: Saddam's systems of control over Baghdad and Iraq	48
Figure 26: Map of Baghdad with V Corps' urban operations overlay	49
Figure 27: V Corps command and control seminar, 26-28 August 2002	51
Figure 28: V Corps VICTORY STRIKE summary	52
Figure 29: VICTORY SCRIMMAGE, V Corps training exercise summary	54
Figure 30: V Corps urban operations seminar, 4-6 November 2002	55
Figure 31: TF 1-30 IN practicing bunker clearing training, Kuwait	57
Figure 32: Soldiers posing with D9 armored bulldozers	58
Figure 33: V Corps assault command post with command vehicles	60
Figure 34: 18th MP Brigade headquarters, Baghdad	67
Figure 35: Udairi Airfield, Kuwait	75
Figure 36: CH-47 helicopters and assorted rolling stock	76
Figure 37: 4th Infantry's route was to take it through the Mediterranean Sea and Turkey to attack into 
Iraq from the north.	77
Figure 38: Landing Craft Utility at sea	81
Figure 39: Running Start sequence of events	82
Figure 40: Running start maneuver overview	82
Figure 41: CFLCC common operational picture, D-day (19 March 2003)	86
Figure 42: PSYOP leaflets distributed to protect the oil fields	90
Figure 43: LT-1974 USAV Champagne Marne, second vessel from left	90
Figure 44: Patriot missile launchers protecting key facilities	92
Figure 45: Comparison of Iraqi ground forces in ODS and OIF	93
Figure 46: The Iraqi initial disposition	94
Figure 47: CFLCC common operational picture, D+2/G-day (21 March 2003)	98
Figure 48: Kuwait-Iraq berm cross-section	98
Figure 49: Berm to first tank ditch, Kuwait-Iraq border	99
Figure 50: 3rd ID border breach scheme of maneuver	99
Figure 51: Iraqi border lanes and observation posts	100
Figure 52: PSYOP capitulation leaflet	103
Figure 53: Crossing sign, 2nd BCT, 3rd ID, entering Iraq	105
Figure 54: RRP EXXON and FARP SHELL concept.	108
Figure 55: 101st Airborne Division FARP operations	108
Figure 56: Final Iraq-wide FARP disposition	109
Figure 57: Tallil and An Nasiriyah	110
Figure 58: The 3rd BCT scheme of maneuver, Tallil Air Base	112
Figure 59: The 3rd BCT at Objective FIREBIRD, blocking positions set	113
Figure 60: The 274th Medical Detachment (Forward Surgical Team) located near An Nasiriyah	115
Figure 61: Division Central Collection Point HAMMER	115
Figure 62: EPWs being cared for early in war	116
Figure 63: Distance from Objective FIREBIRD to Objective CHATHAM	117
Figure 64: As Samawah prepared defenses	118
Figure 65: Downtown As Samawah with US annotations	118
Figure 66: As Samawah where Highway 8 turns north, with US annotations.	119
Figure 67: Routes of march north to As Samawah	119
Figure 68: Location of 3-7 CAV fight	121
Figure 69: Drawing, C/3-7 CAV actions at As Samawah	122
Figure 70: Location of bypass to Route ROVER	125
Figure 71: 3rd BCT assumes control of As Samawah	127
Figure 72: Soldiers in the sandstorm	128
Figure 73: Specialist Avila receives Purple Heart from General Eric Shinseki.	129
Figure 74: Isolation of Baghdad sequence of events	250
Figure 75: Objectives in the vicinity of Baghdad	251
Figure 76: Objectives in the vicinity of Baghdad	252
Figure 77: JSOTF-North operations along the Green Line	259
Figure 78: Enemy disposition in the north	260
Figure 79: US and Iraqi positions during the Battle of Debecka Ridge, 6 April 2003	260
Figure 80: Hadithah Dam	261
Figure 81: Iraqis welcoming the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division	263
Figure 82: A 101st Airborne Division soldier distributes humanitarian aid	263
Figure 83: Sample district council identification card	264
Figure 84: Soldiers examine an Iraqi air defense artillery piece hidden in a palm grove	265
Figure 85: Iraqi forces reposition in response to coalition maneuver to Karbala	266
Figure 86: V Corps' five simultaneous attacks	268
Figure 87: Objective MURRAY	272
Figure 88: Enemy and friendly disposition in Objective MURRAY	274
Figure 89: Scheme to isolate An Najaf	277
Figure 90: 101st Airborne Division's attacks into An Najaf	278
Figure 91: 101st Airborne soldiers, south of Baghdad	279
Figure 92: Engineers clear the streets with a D9 armored bulldozer	279
Figure 93: Supporting fires south of An Najaf, 31 March 2003	280
Figure 94: The 101st Airborne Division "Thunder Run" in An Najaf	282
Figure 95: Lieutenant General William Wallace (left) and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Ingram, 
commander, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, standing in formation for a ceremony.	284
Figure 96: The 101st Airborne Division's attack to Al Hillah	285
Figure 97: An Apache from 101st Airborne Division over Al Hillah	286
Figure 98: 82nd Airborne attacks in and around As Samawah	289
Figure 99: The scheme for the isolation of Baghdad	294
Figure 100: Scheme of maneuver from Karbala Gap through Objective PEACH	295
Figure 101: V Corps' plan to breach the Karbala Gap	296
Figure 102: V Corps' Scheme of maneuver, Objective PEACH to Objective SAINTS	298
Figure 103: TF 3-69 AR's attack toward Objective PEACH	299
Figure 104: Aerial photograph of Objective PEACH	300
Figure 105: Engineers surveying bridge at Objective PEACH	301
Figure 106: Engineer clearing demolitions from bridge at Objective PEACH	301
Figure 107: TF 3-69 AR attacks to seize Objective PEACH and expand the bridgehead	302
Figure 108: Floating bridge emplaced to support additional crossings just north of Objective 
PEACH.	303
Figure 109: 2BCT attacks to SAINTS	305
Figure 110: The 2nd BCT disposition on Objective SAINTS, displayed on an overhead photograph
	306
Figure 111: Iraqi tank burning in tree line at Objective SAINTS	307
Figure 112: Objectives in the vicinity of Baghdad	310
Figure 113: 1st BCT, 3rd Infantry Division's approach to BIAP	312
Figure 114: Civilian aircraft destroyed on Objective LIONS, with UH-60L in foreground.	313
Figure 115: A 3rd ID HMMWV on Objective LIONS	315
Figure 116: A 3rd ID Bradley on Objective LIONS	316
Figure 117: Sergeant First Class Paul Smith	317
Figure 118: V Corps Soldiers moving onto Objective LIONS	319
Figure 119: 3-7 CAV attacks to Objective MONTGOMERY	320
Figure 120: Platoon leaders of Apache Troop, 3-7 CAV. (From left-to-right: Second Lieutenant 
Fritz, First Lieutenant Wade, Second Lieutenant Devlon, First Lieutenant Lithwait, and First 
Lieutenant Garrett)	321
Figure 121: 3rd BCT's move from Karbala to Objective TITANS	322
Figure 122: The 3rd BCT Objectives in TITANS	323
Figure 123: The 3rd BCT scheme of maneuver through Objective TITANS	325
Figure 124: Informal memorial to Private Gregory Huxley (note hole under "I" where the round 
penetrated the vehicle armor).	326
Figure 125: The 3rd BCT disposition on Objective TITANS, 6 April 2003	328
Figure 126: Regime collapse sequence of events	332
Figure 127: Attack to Baghdad	333
Figure 128: Key locations and objectives in downtown Baghdad	334
Figure 129: Photos of toppling the Saddam statue	339
Figure 130: 54th Quartermaster Company caring for a fallen soldier's remains	340
Figure 131: Bomb-damaged bridge, Baghdad	341
Figure 132: The 5 April thunder run route	343
Figure 133: Colonel David Perkins, commander, 2nd BCT, 3rd ID	344
Figure 134: TF 1-64 AR conducting casualty air MEDEVAC, 5 April 2003	347
Figure 135: The 7 April thunder run route	349
Figure 136: Surface-laid hasty minefield in Baghdad	350
Figure 137: Soldiers clearing hasty minefield	352
Figure 138: V Corps real-time display of unit positions in central Baghdad, 0659, 7 April 2003.	353
Figure 139: TF 1-64 AR movement into downtown Baghdad, 7 April 2003	353
Figure 140: The 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID at VIP parade field, Baghdad, 7 April 2003	354
Figure 141: The 2nd BCT disposition in downtown Baghdad, 7 April 2003	355
Figure 142: The 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID TOC burning after Iraqi strike, with empty red rice bags 
strewn around the impact area	356
Figure 143: The 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID TOC on fire from strike	356
Figure 144: Destroyed HMMWV and brigade plans truck, at the 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID TOC.	357
Figure 145: Impact point, 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID TOC	357
Figure 146: The 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID reestablishing the TOC	358
Figure 147: TF 3-15 IN disposition along the LOC, 7 April 2003	362
Figure 148: Mortar platoon vehicles of TF 3-15 IN on Objective CURLEY, 7 April 2003.	365
Figure 149: Command Sergeant Major Robert Gallagher, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, engaging 
Iraqis while being treated for a leg wound.	367
Figure 150: The Iraqi counterattack into downtown Baghdad, 8 April 2003	374
Figure 151: The Iraqi counterattack against 3rd BCT, 7-8 April 2003	376
Figure 152: Iraqi woman signaling to US soldiers	378
Figure 153: Sergeant First Class Susan Pasarcik (front left) with finance team members, leading a 
study session for an upcoming promotion board	380
Table of Call Out Boxes
The SIPRNET Revolution	10
"The Best I Have Ever Seen"	37
Ripple Effects	43
CFLCC EPW Capture Rate Estimate	68
An Unlikely Flotilla - The Army at Sea	81
Yes. I'm sure.	86
Intelligence Supporting Operational Decisions	87
Ordering the Early Start	89
Patriot saved the 101st.	91
Missiles Strikes on the Headquarters	92
Camp PENNSYLVANIA - The Alleged Murder of Two Officers	97
Preparing to Breach the Berms	101
Sometimes even a Nonlethal Attack can be Lethal	102
Crossing the Line of Departure	103
Soldiers looking out for Soldiers	105
Trafficability Past the Berm-the 603rd ASB's Story	107
Ghosts of 1991	107
If I had tried this attack at the NTC, I would not survive the after-action review.	111
Tanks! Out.	114
Two Shots - One Kill	124
Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs in support of 3rd BCT Operations	127
Rangers lead the Way: Specialist Manuel Avila	129
Saved by the Helmet	157
Civilians on the Battlefield	177
The Iraqi Defense at Objective RAMS	179
Long-Range Surveillance Team Insertions	179
LRS Team Compromise-10 Feet Away	180
212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Attack	181
Ground Surveillance Radars and the Sandstorm	184
Dodging RPGs	185
M88A1 Recovery Vehicles	186
Soldiers Caring for Soldiers	186
A Failure of Imagination	200
They Would Not Be Denied	201
Making the Abort Decision	205
True Combined Arms Forces	214
Hunter-Killer Teams	218
3-7 Fighting in An Najaf	219
TeleEngineering	220
Negative Illumination	223
Decisive FRAGO	224
The Will to Get Into the Fight	227
RPG Showers	233
Mortars at Checkpoint Charlie:	234
The American Soldier's View of Senior Officers	234
Jumping the Red Light	242
"Can Do" Battalion Takes Bloom as One of Its Own	247
The Threat at Karbala	255
Regime Isolation	255
I've Got A-10s	258
V CORPS FRAGO 149M	268
Lieutenant General Wallace on the Five Simultaneous Attacks	270
Feint	271
Overrated-Underrated	275
Printing Maps at Battalion Level	277
The Weak, the Stupid, and the Brave	280
Take a Knee	281
Those Guys Were Awesome!	287
Challenges of Templating the Enemy	294
Finding the Way	297
Just like Vietnam	298
TeleEngineering and Bridge Expansion	302
The Smoke Mission at Objective PEACH	304
Waiting at PEACH	304
A Classic Commander's Dilemma	305
Have a Good Fight - The Decision to Seize the Baghdad Airport	311
Essayons: Sergeant First Class Paul Smith	317
Soldiers Led the Way	318
Airport Ministry	319
Mortars Under Attack: Enemy Action on Objective LIONS	329
Seeing the Elephant - The Human Dimension of Combat	335
Close Contact on Thunder Run I	346
Are You Okay?	348
Going Downtown	350
The mission was to bypass and not get into a pitched battle.	354
Tanks at the Mall	354
2nd BCT Recovering from the Strike	359
Field-expedient Surgery	361
The Pros from Dover- Special Forces on CURLEY	365
Shimmering in the Sun	366
Command Sergeant Major Robert Gallagher	368
I owe my life to that ACE driver!	370
Clicking On The Same Cylinder- Engineers at Objective MOE	372
The 8 April Counterattack	375
The Power of Tanks	375
Silver Star Recommendation Specialist Dwayne Turner HHC/3-502nd, 101st Airborne Division (Air 
Assault)	379
Leading From the Front	391
Generating SOF-like Qualities	398
Special Forces in Action	400
A Short Discussion of the 507th	410
I Guess I Made an Impression	426




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