We Were One

“Here in these gripping pages is the Iraq War’s fiercest battle, seen from the adrenaline-charged vantage of a few Marine buddies.” —Hampton Sides, New York Times–bestselling author Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company’s 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house-to-house, hand-to-hand urban combat since World War II. In the city’s bloody streets, they came face-to-face with the enemy—radical insurgents high on adrenaline, fighting to a martyr’s death, and suicide bombers approaching from every corner. Award-winning author and historian Patrick O’Donnell stood shoulder to shoulder with this modern band of brothers as they marched and fought through the streets of Fallujah, and he stayed with them as the casualties mounted.“A magnificent tale of combat—mixing valor, grit, love, blood and sacrifice. This book defines what it means to be a Marine grunt.” —Bing West, New York Times–bestselling author of One Million Steps“We Were One is a dramatic tale of courage, hardship and the extraordinarily difficult challenges faced by a gallant Marine unit in one of the world’s most deadly places. Patrick O’Donnell brilliantly and compassionately recounts the story of our American sons called upon to fight, bleed, die, and survive in a hostile land.” —Carlo D’Este, author of Eisenhower: A Soldier’s Life