Ambush Alley: The Most Extraordinary Battle of the Iraq War (38 page)

Private Casey Robinson (Courtesy of Private Casey
Robinson
)

Major David Sosa, operations officer, 1/2 Marines. (
Courtesy of the
author)

Captain Mike Brooks, Alpha Company. (
Courtesy of the author
)

Lieutenant Conor Tracy, AAV platoon commander. (
Courtesy of the author
)

Sergeant William Shaefer, AAV section leader. (
Courtesy of the author
)

Lance Corporal Edward Castleberry, AAV crew chief. (
Courtesy of the
author)

Corporal Matthew Juska, who was found alive in the destroyed AAV C206. (
Courtesy of the author
)

Tank Commander Major Bill Peeples, the day before attacking into Nasiriyah. (
Courtesy of Major Bill
Peeples)

Lieutenant Colonel Rick Grabowski (seated in Humvee) and Sergeant Major Arrick in Nasiriyah. (
Courtesy of CW04 David
Dunfee)

The welcome sign on the outskirts of Nasiriyah that so disturbed Corporal Neville Welch. (
Courtesy of Captain
Romeo Cubas)

Burning vehicles of the 507th Maintenance Company. (
Courtesy of CW04
David Dunfee)

View of the bridge across the Euphrates, looking north. (
Courtesy of CW04
David Dunfee)