02167cam a2200409 i 4500 540720850 TxAuBib 20211208120000.0 210803s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021038045 9780063045811 $29.99 0063045818 $29.99 TxAuBib rda Gallego, Ruben, 1979- They called us "lucky" : the life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit / Ruben Gallego with Jim DeFelice. Life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit. First edition. New York : Custom House, 2021. 323 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323). Prologue: Were we in combat? -- Harvard Marine -- Flying in -- In the suck -- Lucky Lima -- Desolation -- We just keep dying -- The worst road in Iraq -- Dead man walking -- Back to me -- Eleven is my favorite number -- Postscript: The lucky and the dead -- Coda: Democracy survives-- The Insurrection, January 6, 2021. "Opening up for the first time about his combat experience, Congressman Ruben Gallego (D, AZ) delivers a moving and unforgettable memoir of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq War"-- Provided by publisher. 20211210. Gallego, Ruben, 1979- Iraq War Baghdad 2003-2011 Personal narratives, American. Iraq War Baghdad 2003-2011 Campaigns Iraq Ḥadīthah. United States Marine Corps Marine Regiment, 25th Battalion, 3rd Lima Company Biography. United States Marines United States Biography. United States Congress House Biography. Legislators United States Biography. DeFelice, Jim, author. Gallego, Ruben., First edition. BTCLS