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50996-fm1 5/18/04 10:29 AM Page i GENERATION KILL • 50996-fm1 5/18/04 10:29 AM Page ii 50996-fm1 5/18/04 10:29 AM Page iii GENERATION KILL • Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War EVAN WRIGHT G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York Grateful acknowledgment is made to Rolling Stone, where portions of this book first appeared in different form. The second line of the dedication is from Rudyard Kipling’s The Second Jungle Book (1899). G. P. Putnam’s Sons Publishers Since 1838 a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014 Copyright © 2004 by Evan Wright All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wright, Evan. Generation kill : Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the new face of American war / Evan Wright. p. cm. MSR ISBN 0-7865-4700-6 AEB ISBN 0-7865-4701-4 book design by amanda dewey frontmatter maps by jeffrey l. ward Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to criminal and civil liability. Visit our web site at www.penguinputnam.com 50996-fm2 5/18/04 10:30 AM Page v TO THE WARRIORS OF HITMAN-2 AND HITMAN-3: The strength of the Pack is the Wolf. 50996-fm2 5/18/04 10:30 AM Page vi 50996-fm2 5/18/04 10:30 AM Page vii AUTHOR’S NOTE • Because the U.S.Military has partially embraced a conversion to the met- ric system,Marines measure distances in meters and kilometers,but still use inches and feet and speak of driving in “miles per hour.”My account of the invasion retains these inconsistencies,switching between the met- ric and English systems as the troops did.Keeping track of this is simple: A meter (which equals 39.3 inches) is roughly 10 percent longer than a yard,and a kilometer (which equals 0.6 mile) is just over half a mile. Some men are identified in this book solely by the nicknames awarded to them by fellow Marines. 50996-fm2 5/18/04 10:30 AM Page viii 50996-fm3 5/18/04 10:38 AM Page ix GENERATION KILL •
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