The Magnificent Bastards Look Back On A Key Iraq Battle -- USA Today
The men of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines arrived in Ramadi in 2004 prepared to support the economy and government of a critical Sunni city in western Iraq.
On April 6 those plans were cast aside when insurgents launched deadly attacks on the Marines throughout the city.
"We we're going there to improve the quality of life," said Lt. Col. Robert Weiler, who was a company commander with the battalion in 2004. "They basically started a jihad."
Marines fought with insurgents throughout the city in running gun battles that day. By the time the dust settled 12 Marines had been killed in action that day, a devastating loss for a single infantry battalion.
Under clear blue skies this past weekend the veterans of the battalion, called the Magnificent Bastards, gathered at Camp Pendleton in California to mark the 10th anniversary of the battle and the battalion's seven-month deployment. Hundreds of veterans of the battalion as well as families of the fallen gathered Sunday to reunite and reminisce.
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WNU Editor: The above video is a video tribute of 2/4 Ar Ramadi, Iraq 2004.
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