New book on Fallujah and the role of the One/Eight

Gary Livingston, owner/publisher of Cassion Press, has written

Fallujah, with Honor; First Battalion, Eighth Marine's Role in Operation Phantom Fury

detailed account of 1/8' role in the assault on Fallujah in November 2004 based on interviews with 67 Marines who fought in Fallujah and one Marine's wife. Livingston said the interviews were conducted last summer aboard the base.

"(1/8 was) the only battalion from Camp Lejeune who attacked in Fallujah," he said. "They took the most casualties and met the most enemies.

"What I wanted to do, since I'm at Lejeune, is concentrate on the Marines from Lejeune. It gave me the opportunity to concentrate on this one battalion."

Caisson Press is to publish at least one Marine Corps book each year. Livingston encourages Marines who kept diaries in Iraq to contact him if they want to turn their story into a book. Livingston did that with retired Gunny Sgt. Jason Doran, whose book "I Am My Brother's Keeper: Journal of a Gunny in Iraq" was published last year. Last year, Livingston published a book about the 2003 battle of An Nasiriyah:

An Nasiriyah: The Fight for the Bridges (Hardcover)
by Gary Livingston