Under orders to consider any Iraqi carrying a weapon hostile, Bravo busts north towards Nasiriyah. Chomping at the bit while others are carrying the fight, the platoon finally gets 'lit up' ... Read allUnder orders to consider any Iraqi carrying a weapon hostile, Bravo busts north towards Nasiriyah. Chomping at the bit while others are carrying the fight, the platoon finally gets 'lit up' in a violent but successful skirmish in Al Gharraf.Under orders to consider any Iraqi carrying a weapon hostile, Bravo busts north towards Nasiriyah. Chomping at the bit while others are carrying the fight, the platoon finally gets 'lit up' in a violent but successful skirmish in Al Gharraf.
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- TriviaAn Army Humvee is seen on the side of the highway with 507 painted on its side. This was the 507th Maintenance Company, an Army service-unit comprised of rear-echelon personnel, cooks, mechanics, clerks.
Before dawn that day, the 507th was lost, missed their turn to catch up with their division, and blundered into Nasiriyah. They got out the far side of the city without incident. Their commander, Captain King, realized they were lost and decided to retrace their steps by going back into the city which, by now, was swarming with Iraqi army and Fedayeen militia.
In a run-and-gun fight the unarmored vehicles were picked off. Many weapons of the 507th were jammed from the sand and grit of the desert. The Humvee's positioning is based around a photo of the battle. It was driven by Specialist Lori Piestewa, a Hopi Native American from Arizona. Riding backseat was her roommate, PFC Jessica Lynch, wedged between two soldiers they picked up in their run, Specialist Edward J. Anguiano and Sgt. George Buggs, when their vehicle was disabled. Riding shotgun was First Sergeant Robert Dowdy. Either an explosion or enemy fire caused Piestewa to lose control and slam into the back of another disabled 507th truck and trailer at high speed.
The crash killed Spec. Anguiano, Sgt. Buggs, and 1st Sgt Dowdy instantly. Piestewa suffered severe head trauma and later died in a Iraqi hospital. Lynch was also severely wounded and captured by the Iraqis. A few days later she was rescued in a night-time raid. Eleven of her comrades were killed in Nasiriyah. Five more were captured. They were later rescued by Marines in Baghdad.
- GoofsThe disabled Humvee the Marines come across has '507' painted on its side to denote it belongs to the 507th Maintenance Battalion. Such designations are not painted on the sides of the vehicles. They're painted on the bumpers.
- Quotes
Lance Cpl. Harold James Trombley: Sergeant, I didn't get to shoot!
Cpl. Josh Ray Person: That fucking sucks, Trombley. Did your recruiting officer tell you you'd get to shoot people?
Lance Cpl. Harold James Trombley: Fucking A he did!
Cpl. Josh Ray Person: See, Trombley asked about shooting people. I asked about pussy. The guy told me I'd get to go to Thailand and get all kinds of strange. What'd you ask about, Brad? Brad probably saw that T.V. commercial, the one with the knight that fucks up the dragon that turns into the Marine.
Cpl. Walt Hasser: Woo woo! Dress blues with a sword!
Cpl. Josh Ray Person: Fucking dress blues commercial man. That got so many fucking dudes. Now look at us: Trombley hasn't killed anybody, I'm half a world away from good Thai pussy, and Colbert is out here rolling around fuckbutt Iraq hunting for dragons in a MOPP suit that smells like four days of piss and ball sweat.
- ConnectionsReferences Scarface (1983)
- SoundtracksBeyoglu
Written by Huseyin Erdinc Kamisli
Performed by DJ Kambo
Courtesy of RipTide Music, Inc.
They also spent half the episode whether soldiers should shave or not. Way too much time spent on such a minor issue. Who cares if they shave daily or not when they are in the middle of a battle and put their lives on the line? Literally 20-30 minutes of the episode was spent on discussing that particular issue alone.
Overall a decent episode that could have been executed better.
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- Nov 4, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1