Blood Stripes The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780811701648
• ISBN10: 0811701646
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-24
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

A sometimes harrowing, often humorous, and occasionally tragic look at the Marine Corps from the inside out in its struggle with the insurgency in Iraq. Drawing from personal experience in the confusing, deadly conflict currently being fought in the streets and back alleys of Iraqi towns and villages, Danelo focuses on the young Marine leaders--corporals and sergeants--whose job it is to take even younger Marines into battle, close with and destroy an elusive enemy, and bring their boys back home again. Sadly, there are losses, but true to the Marine Corps spirit, they soldier on, earning their blood stripes the only way they know how--the hard way.

Author Biography

David J. Danelo, a former U.S. Marine Corps infantry captain, deployed to Camp Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004. While overseas, he served in several billets, including the Operations Officer, Intelligence Officer, and Convoy Commander for the I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group. A 1998 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Danelo was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal with Combat "V," Combat Action Ribbon, and Purple Heart. Danelo also speaks, reads, and writes Arabic. He lives near Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vi
Author's Note	p. ix
Dramatis Personae	p. xi
Prologue: Grunts	p. 1
Go Tell the Spartans	p. 7
Market Street	p. 35
The Snake Pit	p. 59
Fallujah, Interrupted	p. 87
The Little Things That Kill	p. 111
Martyrs	p. 135
Bad Karmah	p. 149
All Quiet on the Western Front	p. 171
The River	p. 193
Inshallah	p. 211
Social Energy	p. 229
Sophomoric Behavior	p. 247
Season of Harvest	p. 263
Hail the Conquering Hero	p. 281
Our Way of Life	p. 299
Epilogue: Citizens	p. 315
Glossary of Marine/Iraqi Terms	p. 327
United States Marine Corps Rank Chart	p. 331
Acknowledgments	p. 332
Index	p. 335
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