"We Were One" On BookTV 2:30 p.m. 25 Dec

C-SPAN BookTV ^ | Patrick O'Donnell

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We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah

Patrick O'Donnell

Description: The author is a military historian who was embedded with the 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 1st Marine Regiment in Iraq. During this talk at the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago, Mr. O'Donnell describes how he met Lima company and combat situations he witnessed iwhen the company was ambushed and were assigned to the battle of Fallujah. He discusses several Marines he met who were killed in action, and how the experience of fierce combat changed his view of war.

Author Bio: Patrick K. O'Donnell began recording oral histories of WWII veterans shortly after graduating from college. Mr. O'Donnell is a military historian whose books include "Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of the Men and Women of World War II's OSS", "Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat", and "Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat."

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Beginning now. I watched this yesterday. Compelling.

It's a little over an hour in length.

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Well, unfortunately, I won't be able to see it . Would you consider a synopsis or a sketch of what was said?


By the way, Merry Christmas

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The author speaks about his book for about 15 minutes and then answers questions from the audience. You can tell he is still very emotional about his experience in Iraq. You can watch it via Real Player. Just go to the "Live Streams" for C-SPAN2 here:

http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp

[LS]

Do you know how this lines up with the story told in Bing West's book, "No True Glory?"

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Sure don't.

[CPT Clay]

This was great!

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I watched it twice.

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http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2006.jsp#nov

You can find O'Donnell here also, via RealPlayer

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http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2005.jsp#nov

Bing's talk is here.

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Thanks, this is terrific!

[krunkygirl]

I watched most of it--

Just made me angry--the MSM have to go out of their way not to be heralding this author and his book about his experiences with our troops in Iraq...

He couldn't have been more positive about what he witnessed our men (and women)doing.

[pa_dweller]

Do you know if these are ever repeated?

[kms61]

self ping for later.

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For C-SPAN, the only way I know of is to check the weekly BookTV schedule. The link at 8 will get you this one right now.

[pa_dweller]

Thank you.

[USMCPOP]

Bump.

Just a footnote for this thread, in case it’s of interest to you. I had lunch with Pat back before the book came out, because I was at a Time of Remembrance ceremony in D.C. and happened to be accompanying the mother of Michael Hanks and the parents of Nathan Wood, both of who where lost in that battle and described in the book. I didn’t really comprehend what was going on, but was impressed by Pat’s obvious sincerity and you might say sad demeanor.

Fast forward to last week - Pat was a speaker at the MarineParents.com annual conference in Arlington this past weekend. As luck would have it, I was able to get Col. Willy Buhl, the Marine who was the Battalion CO at that battle, to the dinner. He gave an impromptu introduction that was just fabulous, and Sean Stokes’ Mom was with me as well. It was a true “WOW” moment, one I’ll never forget. Both Pat and Col. Buhl are very special people.