![]() ![]() In a letter on the eve of the battle, then-Maj. About 3,000 insurgents were dug into this town in Anbar province, protected by booby traps and tunnels leading to ammunition stockpiles.Ībout 70 percent of Fallujah’s population of roughly 300,000 fled in anticipation of the fighting. invasion of Iraq, Fallujah had become a charnel house where jihadist terrorists who were aligned with al-Qaeda tortured and beheaded their enemies. We took on what would become one of the iconic battles of our Corps,” he said.Ī year after the U.S. “Ten years ago today, we faced a very daunting challenge. Lawrence Nicholson, current commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, reflected on the Fallujah milestone Friday. NOTE: Any continuous 9 minutes sold at per reel rate.Marine veterans who fought together in the Second Battle of Fallujah Coy Reyes, left, and Earl Catagnus greet each other after the ceremony. Freeze frame.īattle of Fallujah Fighting Horrors of War Violence Other weapons & RPG shells stacked carried out by Marine.Ģ0:16:33 Reflection of machine gun in Marine’s dark glasses, pull back to show w/ mounted gun on vehicle, hold & zoom back in & out. Setting explosive charge on outside of doorway, marines run in.Ģ0:15:35 CU Marine tying hand of Iraqi in house CU marine boots past ammunition belt on floor, picks up. Marines on rooftop w/ black smoke drifting past.Ģ0:14:38 Tank firing among ruined houses w/ dust raised.Ģ0:15:02 Firing machine gun over wall. ![]() Searching closets & furniture.Ģ0:14:03 Fire burning in building in house. MCU of one MCU of several firing.Ģ0:11:43 Marines running forward, over partially destroyed wall & to badly damaged building search inside CU outside firing automatic weapons inspecting interior of building, firing inside. Tank firing.Ģ0:09:55 Large armored bulldozer around corner of house.Ģ0:10:12 Silhouetted soldiers firing various weapons from behind & below in ?Ģ0:10:25 Abrams w/ reinforced plating firing, several in line firing. Men on top of M1A2 Abrams tank w/ turning turret firing machine guns. Tank in dust trying to start motor, firing machine gun & large gun. Building exploding w/ small mushroom cloud.Ģ0:07:39 Parked Stryker, starting, CU Marine seen thru flames of fire burning. LS of explosion w/ large cloud rising.Ģ0:06:31 LS (telephoto) of large shell laying on ground, pull back from one sitting vertical.Ģ0:06:52 LS of large smoke cloud rising after igniting flames from explosions. CUs Marine firing grenade launcher firing machine gun.Ģ0:05:17 Pile of weapons, marines set explosive charges in building on top of them, light fuze & leave. marines firing grenades from rooftop, gradually destroying brick wall w/ machine gun bullets.Ģ0:04:28 Camera running w/ Marines running towards fallen section of mudbrick wall.Ģ0:04:38 RPG shell discovered and handed to another Marine. Other views from roof, tank firing & large dirt cloud raised. Firing heavy guns into large brick building, tracers seen.Ģ0:02:10 Dusk, tracers over walls, roofs.Ģ0:02:42 Marines on rooftop, dark others up stairs onto rooftop.Ģ0:03:03 View from rooftop of tank turret turning, gunner firing over shoulder shot of several officers pointing. Partrol moving forward in line towards buildings, past marines crouched behind wall giving cover. CU large ammunition into gun.Ģ0:00:24 Marines w/ machine gun firing from behind dirt ditch. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: or contact us at: War - Color, 2004: Operation Phantom Fury: 3rd Battalion 1st Marines in Fallujah Nov-Dec04įiring grenades & automatic rifles into exterior sides of buildings.
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