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Letters Home: A Marine’s Dispatches From Iraq, and the Words That Would Have Been His Last

October 3, 2009

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Christopher Gallagher, 26, U.S. Marine Corps corporal, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, served in Iraq three times: In 2003 during the invasion; in 2004 at Haditha Dam; and in 2005 in Fallouja. This post contains an archive of letters he wrote home and photographs he saved. Included are his “final letters” — the… [Read more…]

This is What You Will Remember: Memories and Lessons From Three Iraq Tours

October 3, 2009

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This is what you will remember when you get back: your cramped foxhole, the stench of your unwashed body, MRE menu item No. 2, Jamaican pork chop. You’ll remember the way the sand of the Kuwaiti desert would drift into your eyes, your ears, everything, giving you reason to clean your weapon twice a day… [Read more…]