We Were One

I really enjoyed the author's Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story. This one did not move me as much. Like other Gulf War(s) books, maybe it feels too soon. The esteemed veterans and their experiences are so close it feels like the need to praise "the next greatest generation" occults a clear-eyed view. A few things were interesting to me here: the reliance on WWII tools and techniques (satchel charges, Bangalore torpedo, etc.), the death-defying drug loads in the enemies' veins (what is that animating cocktail?), and the skilled, uniformed Chechens.

I don't really know how to review a book like this. It was a great book...Is that even possible to say when you read about so many young men injured and the lives lost?

Patrick O'Donnell, a combat historian did a wonderful job shining light on the courage and sacrifices of these heroes in Battle of Fallujah. This book was chosen for the Commandant's Professional Reading List and is required reading for Marines.

The book itself was a good read, but seemed like it was a little jumbled. The author clearly respects the Marines, the Corps and its traditions but it comes off as if he were one of us. That is just an opinion and might not be taken that way by others. You can't please everybody all the time. I also say the book is good because I'm biased due to my time in the Marine Corps and deployed to Fallujah with the people mentioned in this book during Phantom Fury. RIP to all who made that sacrifice, we will never forget. Semper Fi.

Excellent !