![]() Interviews in Eyewitness to War span a wide spectrum of participants, from commanders and senior non-commissioned officers at platoon, company, and battalion levels, to combat and combat service support personnel on the battlefield, and to one journalist who witnessed the battle firsthand. Using the firepower and mobility of the Army's heavy armor and mechanized units to full effect, the Marine Regimental Combat Teams were successful in destroying the enemy and securing Fallujah in ten days. Under the overall command of the 1st Marine Division, four Marine infantry and two US Army battalions, Task Forces 2-2 Infantry and 2-7 Cavalry, were committed to the streets of Fallujah while the Army's 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division formed a cordon to hold and isolate the insurgents in the city. The second battle for Fallujah in November 2004 was a brutal and bloody fight so characteristic of urban terrain. This study is a derivative of the CSI Operational Leadership Experience (OLE) project, a program that collects and archives first-person experiences from the Global War on Terror. With US, Iraqi, and the British leading the attack.In November and December of 2004 was considered the highest point of violence in the city of Fallujah. Matthews (Editor) Eyewitness to War: A US Army Oral History of Operation AL FAJR, is a unique publication. ![]() ![]() Army Command and General Staff College, Combat Studies Institute Staff (Contribution by) Matt M. ![]() Eyewitness to War: the US Army in Operation Al Fajr Volume I by Kendall D. ![]()
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