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The fighting 69th : one remarkable National Guard Unit's journey from Ground Zer
Flynn, Sean Michael.
Adult Nonfiction UA363.5 69th .F59 2007
Flynn, Sean Michael.
Adult Nonfiction UA363.5 69th .F59 2007
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| Contents | Page |
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| Author's Note | p. xvii |
| An Infantry Primer | p. xix |
| Prologue: October 1991 | p. 1 |
| Book I - Homeland Defense: March 2001-February 2004 | |
| 1 - Weekend Warriors | p. 11 |
| Saint Patrick's Day 2001 | |
| Failure to Launch | |
| Missionaries, Mercenaries, and Misfits | |
| 2 - Minutemen | p. 32 |
| A New Paradigm | |
| Beirut-on-Hudson | |
| 3 - The Strategic Reserve | p. 51 |
| Not Ready for Prime Time | |
| The Roughnecks | |
| 4 - Preemption | p. 69 |
| Parking Lot Heroes | |
| Saint Patrick's Day 2002 | |
| The Bridge-and-Tunnel Group | |
| 5 - The End of the Whip | p. 88 |
| The Storm Before the Hurricane | |
| Saint Patrick's Day 2003 | |
| When Pigs Fly | |
| Book II - Operation Iraqi Freedom: March 2004-September 2005 | |
| 6 - When the 69th Comes Back | p. 115 |
| Saint Patrick's Day 2004 | |
| Checking the Box | |
| The Blacksheep | |
| General Order Number 1 | |
| 7 - Green in the Desert | p. 141 |
| Reconnaissance | |
| Shithouse Poets | |
| Mach Jesus | |
| 8 - Taji | p. 158 |
| Task and Purpose | |
| Babes in the Woods | |
| Napalm in the Morning | |
| 9 - The Rouge Bouquet | p. 178 |
| Framework Operations | |
| The First Kill | |
| The Economy of Force | |
| 10 - The Infantry | p. 200 |
| Counterinsurgency | |
| Charlie 24 | |
| The Heart of Darkness | |
| 11 - Information Operations | p. 215 |
| Hagar the Horrible | |
| The Most Dangerous Road in the World | |
| 12 - Route Irish | p. 231 |
| Last Man Standing | |
| Checkpoint 541 | |
| Vehicle-Borne Death | |
| Saint Patrick's Day 2005 | |
| 13 - Task Force Wolfhound | p. 250 |
| Fresh Legs | |
| The Trial | |
| Revenge of the Assassins | |
| Iraqization | |
| 14 - Boots Off the Ground | p. 272 |
| 69 Minutes | |
| The Enemy at Home | |
| Afterword: The Operational Reserve | |
| Saint Patrick's Day 2006 | p. 284 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 289 |
| Index | p. 291 |
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