MAJ SCOTT HUESING, USMC (RET): discusses his best-selling account of urban combat & extended family — ECHO IN RAMADI
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BATTLEFIELD STUDY — URBAN COMBAT IN RAMADI 2004: LtCol Chris Bronzi, USMC
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BATTLEFIELD STUDY MAPS: G/2/4 fights in Ramadi, April 06-07 2004 (LtCol Chris Bronzi, USMC)
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Karl Marlantes talks racism in Vietnam & feedback from the Burns/Novick documentary “The Vietnam War”
Karl Marlantes
1stLt USMC, Receiving the Navy Cross
And… today…. sage writer
Karl Marlantes chronicled the issue of “race” in his Vietnam War novel Matterhorn, he joins us to talk about how race was a part of daily life in Vietnam and how the issue changed from when you were “in the rear” and when you were “in the bush.”
Karl also discusses the varied reactions he’s received on the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary “The Vietnam War” which aired on PBS this past Fall.
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COMBAT LEADERSHIP: MajGen Paul Kennedy, USMC
MajGen Paul Kennedy joins the program to talk combat leadership. MajGen Kennedy was the 1st Marine Division Plans Officer for “The March Up,” commanded 2d Battalion, 4th Marines in Ramadi in 2004 and the 2d Marine Regiment in Helmand Province in 2010-2011. In 2013 he was assigned as Commanding General, 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, where he led the initial response to Operation DAMAYAN (Philippine typhoon, 2013) and Operation SAHAYOGI HAAT (Nepal earthquake, 2015).
He is currently the Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruiting Command..
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