A Marine Platoon in Anbar

May 23, 2018 00:38:27
A Marine Platoon in Anbar
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A Marine Platoon in Anbar

May 23 2018 | 00:38:27

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Show Notes

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. Listen as he tells the story of one particularly eventful 48-hour patrol.

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