How a Marine Lost His Command - University of Nevada, Reno

By CHRISTOPHER COOPER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 5, 2004; Page A1 Two weeks into the war in Iraq, Marine Col. Joe D. Dowdy concluded the crowning military maneuver of his life, attacking an elite band of Iraqi troops and then shepherding 6,000 men on an 18-hour, high-speed race toward Baghdad. ................
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