War Story: Iraq, Jan 2007

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When I was in Iraq in 2005, Gina Cavallaro and her photographer spent about a week with my unit. She recently co-wrote a book about some of her stories from her embeds. And now this pretty good war story:

The fighting that erupted Jan. 28, 2007, turned out to be some of the fiercest of the Iraq war. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers killed 373 enemy fighters, and more than 400 surrendered. The U.S. Army awarded more than 100 combat decorations for bravery that day, including at least eight Silver Stars and a Distinguished Flying Cross.

No one knew about it.