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Gallego, Ruben, 1979- author.
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Gallego, Ruben, 1979-
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 25th. Battalion, 3rd. Lima Company -- Biography.
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Ḥadīthah.
Marines -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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They called us "luck...
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They called us "lucky" : the life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit / Ruben Gallego with Jim DeFelice.
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Gallego, Ruben, 1979- author.
New York : Custom House, [2021]
Subjects
Gallego, Ruben, 1979-
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 25th. Battalion, 3rd. Lima Company -- Biography.
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Ḥadīthah.
Marines -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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9780063045811 (hardcover) :
0063045818 (hardcover) :
Description:
323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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First edition.
Contents:
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.
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"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"--
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Hawaii State Library
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956.70443 Gallego Ga
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