A Marine Platoon in Anbar Province

The Spear by John Amble

Jun 19, 202500:37:32News & Politics

In 2004, Tim Strabbing was a lieutenant and platoon commander in the Marine Corps, deployed to an area just outside Fallujah in Iraq's restive Anbar province. On his platoon's very first patrol, they were ambushed by ene...

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