Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack ...
FALLUJAH, IRAQ — In 2004 and 2005, the Iraqi city of Fallujah was a killing field. Al Qaeda dominated the streets. Insurgent snipers sought to pick off U.S. Marines on patrol. Some of the fiercest ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- From the porthole of his bunker just outside the city, U.S. Marine Capt. Jeff Stevenson could see no more than the first few rows of brick-and-concrete homes along Fallujah's urban ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- U.S. Marines began withdrawing from this volatile city Friday, taking up positions a few miles away as commanders began to hand over responsibility for pursuing insurgents to a new ...
A massive car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Fallujah on Monday, killing seven United States marines and wounding several others, a US military official said. The strength of the blast sent the ...
2004-04-29 04:00:00 PDT Fallujah, Iraq-- A milestone in the protracted siege of Fallujah will occur Friday, when joint patrols of U.S. Marines and Iraqi security forces are scheduled to enter ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The painting, “Operation Phantom Fury — Fallujah 2004,” is intended to capture the uncertainty of urban combat. A new painting at ...
U.S. forces face their deadliest day of fighting in Iraq since May. Seven U.S. Marines were killed when a car bomb hit a convoy outside the city of Fallujah. The attack came as fresh demands were made ...
Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam had just assembled in the dark in front of a house in Fallujah, Iraq, when the Marines were ...
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US Marines found a KFC in the middle of the war - and it meant more than food
During the Battle of Fallujah in 2004, US Marines encountered one of the most unexpected landmarks of the Iraq War - a KFC restaurant standing amid one of the conflict's deadliest urban battlefields.
Elena Zurheide was relaxing at her home in Camp Pendleton, Calif., due to deliver her first child. It was April 12, 2004. On the other side of the world, her husband, Rob, lay dying. A U.S. Marine ...
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