We Were One

Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah

By: Patrick O'Donnell

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Paperback | 30 October 2007 | Edition Number 1

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A riveting first-hand account of the fierce battle for Fallujah during the Iraq War and the Marines who fought there--a story of brotherhood and sacrifice in a platoon of heroes
Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company's 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house-to-house, hand-to-hand urban combat since World War II. In the city's bloody streets, they came face-to-face with the enemy-radical insurgents high on adrenaline, fighting to a martyr's death, and suicide bombers approaching from every corner. Award-winning author and historian Patrick O'Donnell stood shoulder to shoulder with this modern band of brothers as they marched and fought through the streets of Fallujah, and he stayed with them as the casualties mounted.

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Lieutenant Jeff Sommers "We Were One captures every action, every thought, but most importantly every emotion that goes with victory, and the loss of friends in battle." Sergeant James Conner "We Were One describes the hardships that our band of warriors endured as a family, and the sacrifices we were willing to make for each other when put to the ultimate test." Corporal Bill Sojda "We Were One is a perfect, no-shit, first-hand story about a group of brave young boys, strangers to each other, molded into Marines, and the war that made us men. A unique bond made us brothers-we fought for each other to stay alive. Feel the heartache, the glory, and the agonizing pain of each Marine as we tell our story of the brutal bloody battle for Fallujah. It is war at its worst fought by young men at their finest." New York Post "A real-time, eyewitness history ... The author's most important accomplishment among many is to put a human face on the troops who are fighting against some of the fiercest enemies America has ever encountered ... Read O'Donnell's excellent book and you will know that they are indeed, as were each preceding generation, "The Greatest." Marine Corps Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times, and

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Preface	p. ix
Prologue	p. xiii
Boots	p. 1
A Grunt's Grunt	p. 13
Into the Cauldron	p. 29
Trojan Horses	p. 41
Feints	p. 49
The Die Is Cast	p. 61
"I'm Gonna Take You to Hell"	p. 79
"Steel Rain"	p. 93
"Allahu Akbar"-God Is Great	p. 103
Back into the Fray	p. 115
A Whiter Shade of Pale	p. 131
"So Far Together"	p. 145
Full Circle	p. 155
The Wolves of Islam	p. 165
D9s	p. 183
Rest	p. 195
Requiem	p. 205
Home	p. 211
Afterword: Why I Went to Iraq and Wrote this Book	p. 217
Chronology-1st Platoon and the Battle of Fallujah	p. 225
Where They Are Now	p. 227
Notes	p. 233
Index	p. 237
Acknowledgments	p. 243
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