Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, by Dick Camp

Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, by Dick Camp

By Dick Camp

The moment conflict for Fallujah, dubbed Operation Phantom Fury, happened over a nearly two-month interval, from November 7 to December 23, 2004. The Marine Corps’ greatest conflict in Iraq up to now, it was once so lengthy and fierce that it has entered the pantheon of USMC battles along Iwo Jima, Inchon, and Hue City. This ebook bargains an in-depth, intimate inspect Operation Phantom Fury, the only most important conflict undertaken in the course of the profession of Iraq. The writer, a retired Marine Corps colonel with wrestle carrier in Vietnam, carried out own interviews with warring parties, from the department commander answerable for the operation right down to Marine squaddies who did the fighting. The result--illustrated with 100 motion photographs--is an extraordinary firsthand account of the brutal fact of the conflict in Iraq, how this conflict for a key urban was once fought, and the way one of these the most important conflict appears from positions of command and from the thick of the fight.

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It was a very well-rehearsed, very well-planned and orchestrated effort. ” It was later determined that the attackers were locals, including a former major in the Iraqi Army. “They were not outside fighters, like everyone wanted to believe,” Drinkwine said. indd 29 Text Job:01517 Title: Operation Phantom Fury (MBI) Page:29 8/13/09 2:06:35 PM Lieutenant General James T. Conway, I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), reported directly to Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez. indd 30 30 Text Job:01517 Title: Operation Phantom Fury (MBI) 8/22/09 2:06:35 9:47:52 PM AM Page:30 8/13/09 Chapter 3 No Better Friend I Marine Expeditionary Force O n March 24, the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), under the command of Lt.

He angrily told them off: “You just had a major problem right in the middle of your city. Where was the police? Where was the Iraqi National Guard? ” One police officer told reporters, “You must remember, this is Fallujah. If Americans get attacked, people here don’t come running to the police station telling us to help them. S. we usually end up getting shot at as well. ” The two city leaders, however, clearly understood the seriousness of the situation. indd 51 Text Job:01517 Title: Operation Phantom Fury (MBI) Page:51 8/13/09 2:22:07 PM O pe r at i o n P ha n to m Fu ry Colonel John Toolan (left center) at a meeting with Iraqi dignitaries.

He studied ancient as well as modern military campaigns and was comfortable discussing Hannibal’s victory at Cannae or Rommel’s North African Campaign. Mattis was a quick study; one who could grasp the essentials of a complex issue and boil it down to its simplest terms. A friend asked him how he was able to maneuver the 1st Marine Division’s multiple attack on Baghdad. ” He was determined to try something different. indd 34 34 Text Job:01517 Title: Operation Phantom Fury (MBI) 8/22/09 2:06:43 9:48:11 PM AM Page:34 8/13/09 No Bet ter Friend Major General James N.

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