As I mentioned in my last post, New Dawn is back on track for release with Savas Beatie LLC in 2010. I am just now finishing up the manuscript.
Richard S. Lowry is the author of Marines in the Garden of Eden and The Gulf War Chronicles.
If the enemy waited for the Marines to approach, if they fired on the Marines when they came into view, artillery and mortars would be quick to respond – usually bringing the building crashing down around them. Then, there were the American snipers. They silently brought instant death. If the enemy remained inside and waited for the Marines and soldiers to get closer, they learned what it was like in Hell. Sixty millimeter mortar shells would rain down. M1 tanks would fire at point blank range. Fifty caliber and 7.62mm machine guns would spray their position. They would be pounded with 40mm grenades, AT4 rockets and Javelin missiles. If they waited until the Marines were on their doorstep, the Marines would swarm their position and not back off until everyone in the house was dead. Their only chance was to surrender or hunker down, hoping they would be bypassed.
Love the blue and white cooler strapped to the top of the turret.
You could also say Fallujah in a single photo! But yes, that paragraph says it all. I wasn’t there for Round Two, but Round One was a knock-down drag-out Iwo Jima-style fight.
And I noticed the cooler too. Coleman or Igloo should use that in an ad.