CHARLIE BATTERY

A Marine Artillery Unit in Iraq

Andrew Lubin

NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (Hellgate Press, 2004). Maps, photographs, notes, glossary, 194 pp.

Charlie Battery is the harrowing and personal account of a Marine Corps artillery battery fighting for survival in the opening days of Operation Iraqi Freedom as they fight in the vicious battle at An-Nasiriyah. Written by the father of one of Charlie Battery's Marines, the story follows their sudden call to war, their deployment in the largest convoy since WW2, and their baptism-by-fire at An-Nas. Through extraordinary interviews with the Marines, their families, and their superior officers, we are given a rare glimpse of what they early days of the war in Iraq were like for the Marines and their families - not only for the Marines who foughyt, but for all those who watched it unfold live at 0330 one morning on MSNBC.

"Charlie Battery is great writing...this book has much more depth and feeling than any book coming out of the war to date...this book gets 5-Stars! 2007 Gold Medal Winner for Best Military Non-Fiction --MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY of AMERICA

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