Chapter 20 – Tip of the Spear

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Images: (click to enlarge)

Getting ready for Operation Spear
Joe Clemmey
Ian Norris
Iraqi soldiers working with Kilo 3rd Platoon
Gold-domed mosque in Karabilah
Brian Newton
Nathan Pesch firing SAW
PSYOPS Humvee with loudspeakers
Line charge coiled
MICLIC rocket igniting
MICLIC shot
MICLIC detonation
Blast effects after MICLIC
Effects of tank main gun
Tank round against building
Kicking a door
Chris Deang and Kevin Collare

Maps: (click to enlarge)

Footnotes:

1. Briefing slides, shared with author
2. Chris Ieva, interview with author
3. Ian Norris, interview with author
4. Briefing slides, shared with author
5. Chris Ieva, interview with author
6. Ibid.
7. Matt Moore, interview with author
8. Ibid.
9. Chris Ieva, interview with author
10. Ibid.
11. Ryan Lusby, interview with author
12. Sean Gregory, interview with author
13. Nate Smith, combat journal shared with author
14. Ibid.
15. Chris Ieva, interview with author
16. Ibid. “Brassed up” is slang for getting ambushed by automatic fire
17. Ibid.

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

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