Fallujah Invasion Can Offer Lessons for the Future
After an unsuccessful attempt to take Fallujah in April, U.S. Marines surrounded the insurgent stronghold in advance of their successful attack at the beginning of November. U.S.-led forces now control the city. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, who discusses what the assault demonstrates about urban warfare.
Learning Lessons in a Prolonged War
Marine Staff Sgt. Earl J. Catagnus Jr. helped remove insurgents from Fallujah neighborhoods in 2004.
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Staff Sgt. Earl J. Catagnus Jr. was the leader of a group of snipers who worked to remove insurgents from houses during the battle of Fallujah in November 2004.
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