51st Mechanized Division, 67-68, 72, 83-84, 93, 95-97, 132
Medina division, 72, 80, 83-84, 104
Republican Guard, 72, 167, 175, 181, 187-88, 207, 245, 258
in “axis of evil,” 49
Desert Storm attack on, 72-73, 100-1, 111
economy of, helped by money given to U.S. troops, 193
flag of, 239, 265-66
historic invaders of, 82
oil in, 82-83
precision manufacturing facility in, 190-91
U.S. invasion of
Baghdad drive, 101-85
Baghdad occupation, 235-84
in Baghdad outskirts, 188-235
Basra attack, 60, 66-67, 79, 83-97, 100-1, 141, 235
casualties light, 286
Iraqi guerrilla attacks, 66, 102, 141, 181-82, 187-88, 192-93, 225-26, 277
jump-off from Kuwait, 67-77, 79-81
operational pause cancelled, 147-49
plan of attack, 79-80
as preemptive strike, 190
WMDs in, 55-56
Iraqi Freedom, Operation, beginning of, 76-77
Italian journalist.
“Jackals.”
Javelin missile, 53, 215
Jennings, Peter, 273, 275, 277
Johnson, Bob, 155
joint patrol, 279-80
Karbala (Iraq), 101
Karbala Gap (Iraq), 163
Kevlar helmet, 93, 265
Khe Sanh (Vietnam), 199
Kipling, Rudyard, 97
Klimp, Jack, 1-3, 5, 9-10
Knickmeyer, Ellen, 191
Koopman, John “Paperboy,” 114, 145-46, 260, 264, 286
Kuhlman, Casey, xi
backround of, 36-37, 46-47
Coughlin described by, 44
as H &S executive officer, 50, 53-54
in Iraq war, 286
award and promotion, 287-88
in Baghdad, 237-38, 244, 248, 265-66, 270-74, 279-80
Baghdad drive, 103-6, 110, 112, 116-21, 126-32, 135, 139-43, 155, 160-65, 168-71, 180-85
Baghdad strike, 190, 192, 196, 201-6, 208-15, 217-23, 233, 235
Basra attack, 84, 88-89, 91-92, 97
Iraqi flag incident, 239, 265-66
on joint patrol, 279-80
Kuwait, 64-66, 68-69, 76, 81
return to Kuwait, 284, 287-88
training, 60, 74
on Okinawa, 43, 45-46
in ProMet war game, 37-38
return to civilian life by, 288
sniper support given by, 61
Kurds, gas attacks on, 83
Kuwait
4th Marines’ jump-off from, 67-77, 79-81
4th Marines’ transfer to, 51, 56-66
4th Marines’ return to, 283-88
Lake City Match ammunition, 87
lasers, in war games, 34
Lewis, Brian, 89, 176, 190, 264
Lima, Roger, 249
looting, 270, 278
loudspeakers for recorded messages in Arabic, 137-38
Lynch, Jessica, 103-4
M9 missile, 53
M16A4 rifle, 243
M40A1 sniper rifle, 63, 86, 158
M88 Hercules tank recovery vehicle, 264, 267
M203 missile, 53
M240G missile, 53
M249 SAW light machine gun, 53
Maas, Peter, 191
McCoy, Bryan P.
assigns author to H &S, 50-51
description of, 44
in Iraqi war
in Baghdad, 237, 240-42, 245-46, 248, 253, 255
Baghdad advance, 114-15, 117, 135-37, 148, 165-66
Baghdad strike, 181, 190, 192, 194, 197, 199-201, 217, 234
Basra advance, 81, 83, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97
pep talks, 67-68, 72
snipers and, 61, 110, 126, 136-37, 185, 197, 199, 214, 237-38, 246
takes out a tank, 98-99
on television, 273
on treatment of prisoners, 189
machine guns
M249 SAW light, 53
RPK light, 7, 86, 125
240-Golf medium, 75
McMillan fiberglass, 63
Mao Tse-tung, 60
March Air Force Base (California), 17, 289
Marine Corps
author’s training in, 14-17
