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Proceedings Podcast EP. 331: First Combat on the Road to Baghdad
Published 3 years, 4 months ago
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During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Chip Reid, a correspondent for NBC News, spent nearly six weeks embedded with the 3d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (“3/5”). Here, he recounts the incident that gave these Marines their initial taste of hostile fire in the war.