A Marine Platoon's War in Anbar

July 08, 2019 00:38:27
A Marine Platoon's War in Anbar
The Spear
A Marine Platoon's War in Anbar

Jul 08 2019 | 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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