House to House: A Tale of Modern War (38 page)

Sergeant First Class James Cantrell in a less than jovial mood. (
Photo from author’s collection
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Corporal Piotr Sucholas (left) and Specialist John Ruiz relax before another mission, May 2004 at FOB Normandy, Muqdadiyah, Iraq. (
Photo from author’s collection
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First Lieutenant Joaquin Meno. (
Photo courtesy of John Reynolds, LTC, USA
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Captain Sean Sims (right) gives a thumb’s up after a skirmish in sector, with A Company First Sergeant Peter Smith, March 2004 at FOB Normandy, Muqdadiyah, Iraq. (
Photo from author’s collection
)

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Newell addresses his Task Force 2-2 Infantry the morning of the assault on Fallujah.(
Photo courtesy of John Reynolds, LTC, USA
)

Sergeant First Class John Ryan, Captain Jeff Jager, First Sergeant Peter Smith, Captain Sean Sims. (
Photo courtesy of John Reynolds, LTC, USA
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Sergeant Garth Sizemore (glasses, in front) leads a squad from First Platoon, A Company, into battle in the industrial district of Fallujah. Sizemore would lose his life to enemy fire in October, 2006, on his second tour in Iraq. (
Photo courtesy of Stefan Zaklin EPA / Corbis
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Specialists John Bandy (top right), Pedro Contreras (middle), and another soldier secure a massive structure in Fallujah. (
Photo courtesy of Stefan Zaklin EPA / Corbis
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Staff Sergeant Scott Lawson pulls security from a Fallujah rooftop with his Vietnam-era M14 rifle with scope. To his left is Sergeant Warren Misa. (
Photo from author’s collection
)

Sawgunners from left to right: Jim Metcalf, Steven Mathieu, Matthew Woodberry, Brett Pulley, and Manimal Sergeant Hugh Hall. (
Photo courtesy of John Reynolds, LTC, USA
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Sergeant Warren Misa and Specialist Lance Ohle (right) over watch from an insurgent’s makeshift window barricade in Fallujah. (
Photo from author’s collection
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First Lieutenant Meno, Sergeant Jose Rodriguez, Specialist John Ruiz, Sergeant Chuck Knapp. (
Photo courtesy of John Reynolds, LTC, USA
)

Highway 10 overlooking Fallujah’s bloody industrial district, November 11, 2004. (
Photo from author’s collection
)