We Were One, Patrick K. ODonnell
We Were One, Patrick K. ODonnell
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We Were One
Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah

Author: Patrick K. O’Donnell

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 5 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

The platoon included four pairs of best friends. Each of the four would lose a best friend forever.Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company’s First Platoon became one of the first American forces to enter Fallujah, where they encountered some of the most intense hand-to-hand combat since World War II. Civilians were used as human shields or as bait to lure soldiers into buildings rigged with explosives; suicide bombers approached from every corner hoping to die and take Americans with them; radical insurgents, high on adrenaline, fought to the death. Award-winning author and historian Patrick O’Donnell stood shoulder to shoulder with Lima Company’s First Platoon as they fought through the streets of Fallujah, their casualties mounting. This is their story.

About Patrick K. O’Donnell

Patrick K. O’Donnell is a bestselling military historian and the critically acclaimed author of numerous books, including Beyond Valor, Dog Company, and First SEALs. He has provided historical consulting for DreamWorks’ award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers and for documentaries produced by the BBC, the History Channel, and Fox News. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Samantha on April 25, 2011

Very good book. I think that everybody who has any doubts about the Wars in the Middle East should read this book. It is easy to disagree with the politics behind the conflicts but, when it comes down to "it" the book is very good about showing the humanitarian side of the wars. The POV is kind of we......more

Goodreads review by Arthur on July 10, 2021

A 6 hour and 40 minute unabridged audiobook. Having had thoroughly enjoyed another of the authors books- Washington's Immortals- I wanted to try this one. I'm sad to say that I was disappointed. It might just be me, of course. But being a Marine Veteran of OIF-1, I suppose I have a fairly high standar......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on May 02, 2018

The author is a journalist who was embedded with a platoon of Marines who were engaged in the battle for Fallujah and follows these men through their combat tour. It reminds me of some of the World War II memoirs of enlisted Marines in the Pacific.......more

Goodreads review by Alvaro Francisco on April 16, 2025

Good book on the battle for Fallujah. The bravery and comradeship of these Marines is admirable.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 18, 2020

O'Donnell was embedded with Lima Co. of the 3rd Battalion 1st Marines during Operation Phantom Fury to clean out Fallujah...great explanation of "unit cohesion" & its role in making a Marine a potent tip-of-the-spear warrior...straight forward account of those who sacrifice so much...I have even mor......more

Quotes

“[O’Donnell’s] most important accomplishment among many is to put a human face on the troopsRead O’Donnell’s excellent book and you will know that they are indeed, as were each preceding generation, ‘The Greatest.’” New York Post

“[O’Donnell] introduces the reader to the real world of combat…his fierce joy at a successful action and deep grief at the Marine casualties come through to the reader in vivid form. This is one of the finest accounts of infantry action that has been published in a very long time…Combat veterans have always known that civilian family and friends can never understand nor appreciate the experiences they have gone through. This unforgettable book, however, goes a long way toward helping.” Bookpage

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