Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack ...

Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam had just assembled in the dark in front of a house in Fallujah, Iraq, when the Marines were ...

NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." This is the first installment ...

NEW YORK – Adam Banotai was a 21-year-old sergeant and squad leader in the Marine Corps during the 2004 invasion of Fallujah, a restive insurgent-held city in Iraq. His unit – which had seven of 17 ...

Twenty years ago this month, U.S. Marines began fighting the largest urban battle since the Vietnam War. More than 12,000 American, British and Iraqi troops fought for Fallujah, which had become an ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Gunmen waved their weapons in Fallujah's streets and outside car windows Saturday, cheering what they called a victory as U.S. forces pulled back. But the Marines insisted they weren ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq — Iraqi forces took over positions Friday from Marines and raised the Iraqi flag at the entrance to Fallujah under a plan to end the monthlong siege of the city, but a suicide car bomb ...

HARTFORD A 20-year-old Marine from Hartford was killed in fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Jeffery Holmes was killed on Thanksgiving Day. "Part of you is gone," said his mother, Patti Holmes.

FALLUJAH, IRAQ — In 2004 and 2005, the Iraqi city of Fallujah was a killing field. Al Qaeda dominated the streets. Insurgent snipers sought to pick off U.S. Marines on patrol. Some of the fiercest ...

Marine commanders in Fallujah announce an agreement intended to end the nearly month-long siege of the city. Under the deal, former Iraqi soldiers will replace U.S. Marines encircling Fallujah.

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U.S. forces face their deadliest day of fighting in Iraq since May. Seven U.S. Marines were killed when a car bomb hit a convoy outside the city of Fallujah. The attack came as fresh demands were made ...