Rage Company A Marine's Baptism By Fire

by Daly, Thomas P.

• ISBN13: 9780470444306
• ISBN10: 0470444304
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-12
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

"Tom Daly's Rage Company will stand apart from the many Iraq memoirs and histories already published. His first-hand experience as a thoughtful junior officer in combat will allow him to combine analysis with experience in a way that has yet to be done. The lessons of Anbar Province in 2006 and 2007 may well determine what the endgame in Iraq looks like. I can't wait to read this book."-Nathaniel Fick, author of the NYT bestseller One Bullet Away (bksn 60,351 hc, 37,793 tpb).In November 2006 1st Lt. Daly arrived as part of the "surge" in Ar Ramadi, the capital of Al Anbar, to take part in Operation Squeeze Play, a division-size effort to remove Al Qaeda from the province. His memoir will follow the Marines of his company (Fox 2/4, call-sign "Rage") through the course of this operation. From the first patrol to the last, it will show how they engaged the help of local Iraqis to help destroy the insurgency there.

Author Biography

CAPT. THOMAS P. DALY III joined the Marines after graduating from the University of Rochester in 2004. During his career as anartillery officer, he has held a multitude of billets ranging from forward observer to intelligence cell leader. His unique perception of the battlefield has been shaped while operating with units of the United States Army, Navy SEALs, ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company), Iraqi Army and Police Units, and anti-Al Qaeda guerrillas. He is now a project manager for ITT Corporation and lives with his wife and daughter in New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of Maps	p. xvii
1st Battalion, 37th Armor	p. 1
Becoming a Bandit: The Baptism	p. 3
Detainee Watch	p. 20
Fortress Ramadi	p. 46
Master of Puppets	p. 63
1st Battalion, 6th Marines	p. 81
Entering Qatana	p. 83
Demons of Hurricane Point	p. 106
The Battle of Christmas Day	p. 133
A Dysfunctional Family	p. 160
1st Battalion, 9th Infantry	p. 185
Silence the Dogs	p. 187
The Scouts	p. 213
Running Out of Luck	p. 238
Deadly Games	p. 278
By Way of Deception	p. 301
A Dog's Dying Bite	p. 325
Operation Squeeze Play: A Summary	p. 346
Index	p. 355
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