Chapter 15 – Hammer & Anvil

IMAGES | MAPS | FOOTNOTES

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Army engineers deploy a section of folding pontoon bridge
Demolition by US Marine Corps troops of a house in New Ubaydi, Iraq during Operation Matador, May 2005. Explosion during Operation Matador. An Iraqi house in New Ubaydi contained a large weapons cache; several other nearby weapons caches were consolidated on this location, and Marines blew the house with about 20 pounds of C4.
Matt Greene
Tonie Sims
Andrew Taylor
Travis Kern
Matt Gundlach
Kris Borch
Larry Philippon
Jonathan Penland
Bullet strike that barely missed Jonathan Penland
Cobra & Huey strikes against the Firehouse
Scott Bunker
Dustin Derga
Anthony Goodwin
The “Last House”. Photo taken from across the street.  On the far left is a hole blasted by a tank shell.  The bullet holes visible around the window on the right were made by the enemy firing armor-piercing rounds from inside the house. (James McCauley photo)  

Maps: (click to enlarge)

Footnotes:

1. Stephen Lawson, USMC History Center interview
2. Nathan Smith, interview with author
3. Sean Gregory, interview with author
4. John Day, interview with author
5. Bryan Leahy, interview with author
6. Matt Greene, interview with author
7. Stephen Davis, interview in Awakening, Vol III
8. Task Force 3/2, 5th CAG ready to help, marines.mil
9. Tim Mundy interview on History Channel documentary
10. Chris Ieva, interview with author
11. Tonie Sims, interview with author
12. Andrew Taylor, combat journal
13. Nate Smith, combat journal
14. Emmanuel Nelson, interview with author
15. Derek Buskey, interview with author
16. Brandon Puhlman and Jimmy Rooks, interview with author
17. Matt Gundlach, interview with author
18. Travis Kern, interview with author
19. Ibid.
20. Ramon Alfaro, interview with author
21. Travis Kern, interview with author
22. Emmanuel Nelson, interview with author
23. Nate Smith, interview with author
24. Ramon Alfaro, interview with author
25. Stephen Carouthers, interview with author
26. Nate Smith, interview with author
27. Travis Kern, interview with author
28. Nate Smith, interview with author
29. Matt Gundlach, interview with author
30. Chris Ieva, interview with author
31. Sam McAmis, interview with author
32. Nate Smith, interview with author
33. Jonathan Penland, interview with author
34. Mark Lister, USMC History Center interview
35. Ibid.
36. Andrew Taylor, combat journal
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. History Channel documentary
40. Andrew Taylor, combat journal
41. Scott Bunker, personal account
42. Andrew Taylor, combat journal
43. Unit activity logs, shared with author
44. Matt Greene, interview with author

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

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