Van Gorden

＂This is a Marine infantryman’s combat memoir from the Invasion of Iraq to the Battle of Fallujah. It chronicles firsthand accounts of war while serving with the most combat-deployed Marine Corps battalion of the Iraq War, the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. Initially trained as an infantry platoon radio operator and then as a team leader with a scout/sniper platoon, Brian Van Gorden portrays the battles that took place in a complex war and the hardships experienced from repeated combat deployments.＂--

Brian Van Gorden is a police officer for the city of Los Angeles.