Chapter 16 – Golden Gate

IMAGES | MAPS | FOOTNOTES

Images: (click to enlarge)

The Ramana (Golden Gate) bridge in the summer of 2005.
Bryan Leahy
Ryan Masterson
Brian Stann
Jon Maines
Robbie Gass
Pete Culver
SVBIED strike – frame1
SVBIED strike – frame2
SVBIED strike – frame3
M88 “Hercules” Armored Recovery Vehicle, similar to the one WarPig 2 escorted on the night of 9/10 May 2005
The fist-sized chunk of shrapnel that slammed through the armored windshield directly in front of LCpl Lamson. On the left is a CD disc for comparison. (Jeff Lamson photo)
Guntruck Alpha 1 before the SVBIED strike
Alpha 1 after the SVBIED strike
Scott Hauslyak (l) and Michael Croft (r), best friends since Bootcamp, had fought together during the invasion of Iraq.  This photo was taken just after Operation Matador, right before Hauslyak was MEDEVACed back to the US. (Michael Croft photo)

Maps: (click to enlarge)

Figure 16-1, WarPig 1 and 2 moving to blocking position, 8 May 2005

Footnotes:

1. Ryan Masterson, interview with author
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Bryan Leahy, interview with author
5. Ryan Masterson, interview with author
6.
7. Pete Culver, interview with author
8. Ibid.
9. Ford Phillips, USMC History Division interview
10. Bryan Leahy, interview with author
11. Greg Hanville, interview with author
12. Brain Stann, podcast with Jocko Willink, 25jan17
13. Greg Hanville, interview with author
14. Jeremy Anderson, interview with author
15. Luke Miller, interview with author
16. Brian Stann, USMC History Division interview
17. Pete Culver, interview with author
18. Ibid.
19. Bryan Leahy, interview with author
20. Jonathan Maines, interview with author
21. Bryan Leahy, interview with author
22. Scott Hauslyak, interview with author
23. John Francis, interview with author
24. Scott Hauslyak, interview with author
25. Ibid.
26. Robert Gass, interview with Brian Stann for UFC Ultimate Insider 
27. Brain Stann, podcast with Jocko Willink, 25jan17
28. Ryan Masterson, interview with author
29. Jeff Lamson, interview with author
30. Brain Stann, podcast with Jocko Willink, 25jan17
31. John Francis, interview with author
32. Brain Stann, podcast with Jocko Willink, 25jan17
33. Scott Hauslyak, interview with author
34. Ibid.
35. Jeff Lamson, interview with author
36. John Francis, interview with author
37. Scott Hauslyak, interview with author

3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines and the fight for Al-Qaim, Iraq

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