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as target, 88, 115

Abu Ghraib prison, 189

AC/DC band, 68

“Achmed,” 151, 154, 158–60

Ad Diwaniyah (Iraq)

Marines’ original fight through, 113, 117, 141, 149–57, 163

stop at, on way home, 283–88

advance regimental quartering party, 4th Marine, 68–70, 99, 103, 164, 181, 236, 288

Afak (Iraq), 124–33, 140, 149

Afak Drill, the, 141

Afghanistan, 48–49

AKM automatic rifle, 241

Al Aziziyah (Iraq), 181, 187

Al Budayr (Iraq), 135–40, 145, 148

Alexander, Robert, 26

Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali), 83, 100

Al Jazeera network, 263, 276

Al Kut (Iraq), 113, 167, 172, 175–76, 185

Al Nida Division (Iraqi), 181, 189

Al Numaniyah (Iraq), 163–64

ammunition

Lake City Match, 87

precision-made, 201

Amtracs (AAVs; amphibious assault vehicles), 59, 68, 80, 93, 107, 118, 124, 136, 140, 165, 183–84

as ambulances, 169

description of, 68

An Nasiriyah (Iraq), 102–4, 113

anti-Americanism in Iraq, 263

antiwar protesters, 258, 261–62

Apache helicopters, 101

April Fool’s Day, 162

Arabian Nights, The, 82

Arias, Norm “Normy,” 54-55, 85, 94–95

Associated Press, 191

AT4 missile, 53, 92

Atkinson barrel, 63

Az Zafaraniyah (Iraq), 199, 201

B-52

bomber, 188

Ba’ath Party, 139–40, 249, 277

Baghdad (Iraq)

attempted smart bombing of Saddam

Hussein in, 76–77

chaos in, 269–70, 278, 286

descriptions of, 240–41, 257–58, 284

Firdos Square, 257–67, 270

hotels in, 245–46, 255–56, 258–60, 269–77

International Airport, 187, 235, 258

Iraqi air force compound in, 253–55

police and crime in, 279–82

Red Zone area around, 164, 166

Tracy’s feelings about, 75

U.S. drive on, 66, 101–85

U.S. troops in, 235–84

“Baghdad Bob,” 187, 270

Baghdad Division (Iraqi), 167, 175

“Baghdad SWAT,” 280-82, 284

Baker, Matt “J-Matt,” x, 116, 130, 155, 169

Balkans, 30

bank robberies in Baghdad, 279–82

baseball, author’s playing of, 13–14

Basra (Iraq)

attack on, 60, 66–67, 79, 83–97, 100–01, 141, 235

description of, 82–83

battalion, 1st Tank, 59, 80, 89. See also Bravo Company

Battalion Sniper Operation, 246–56

Black Hawk Down, 165, 244

Blandford, Steve, 132, 140

BM-21 rocket, 238

bombs, Mk-82, 188

“Bonus Town” (Iraq), 118–19, 140

Bravo Company, 59, 168, 176–77, 189–90, 192, 239, 242, 243, 247, 257–58, 260, 264, 284. See also Abrams M1A1 tanks; Lewis, Brian

brigade, 7th Armored (British), 97, 235

British Army in Iraq, 73–74, 83, 91, 97, 100, 141, 235

Broadsword unit, 280–82

“Bull, the,” definition of, 41

Bush, George H. W., 100

Bush, George W.

“axis of evil” speech of, 49

Firdos Square watched by, 263

9/1 land, 45, 47

Saddam Hussein warned by, 69

ultimatums to Iraq by, 55, 69

“Bus Stop,” 284-85

CAATs (Combined Anti-Armor Teams), 68, 74, 115, 117–18, 135, 164, 168–69, 192, 251, 275

Campbell, Dustin, x, 140, 142–43

Camp Doha (Kuwait), 64, 74

Camp Schwab (Okinawa), 45–46

Care packages, 285

Carrington, Doug, 213, 221, 227–31

Castillo, Luis, x, 75, 92, 184, 215

Central Asia, 30

Central Bank of Baghdad, 281

Chemical Ali (Ali Hassan al-Majid), 83, 100

chemical weapons, possible attack on U.S. troops by, 70–72, 83, 159–60, 166–67

Cheney, Dick

on Americans as liberators, 100

on WMDs, 55

Chinook helicopter, 172

Chosin Reservoir, in Korean War, 199

Churchill, Winston, 146

Cobra helicopters, 5–7, 84, 96, 135

Combined Anti-Armor Teams. See CAATs

companies

Bravo. See Bravo Company

507th Maintenance, 103

“Corporal Baby,” 76, 120, 142

corps, V, 101

Coughlin, Ashley (daughter), x, 19, 57, 145, 289, 293

Coughlin, Cassandra (daughter), x, 18–19, 57–58, 145, 289, 293

Coughlin, Jack, xi

boyhood of, 11–14

combat butterflies of, 79

Marine Corps training of, 14–17, 142

marriage of, 17–19

medals of, 10, 287

resignation from Marines by, 290, 293

return home by, 288–93

telephone calls back home by, 145–46, 179, 276, 288

on television, 273–75

youthful eye injury of, 13

Coughlin, Kim (wife), 17–19, 44, 57–58, 63–64, 145–46

author’s return and,