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Gallego, Ruben, 1979-

They called us "lucky" : the life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit / Life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit Ruben Gallego with Jim DeFelice. - First edition. - 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323).

Prologue: Were we in combat? -- Harvard Marine -- Flying in -- In the suck -- Lucky Lima -- Desolation -- We just keep dying -- The worst road in Iraq -- Dead man walking -- Back to me -- Eleven is my favorite number -- Postscript: The lucky and the dead -- Coda: Democracy survives - The Insurrection, January 6, 2021 -- Collaborator's note: There is no such thing as a "part-time" Marine.

"Opening up for the first time about his combat experience, Congressman Ruben Gallego (D, AZ) delivers a moving and unforgettable memoir of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq War"--

ISBN: 9780063045811 0063045818 9780063045804 006304580X

LCCN: 2021038045

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC1I7935 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020391777 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gallego, Ruben, 1979-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 25th. Battalion, 3rd. Lima Company --Biography.
United States. Congress. House --Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns--Iraq--Ḥadīthah.
Marines--United States--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Personal narratives.