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Part 2: Marine Cody Alford on Seeing His Machine Gunner's Arm Blown Off During Ambush
Part 1: Marine Cody Alford on Getting Shot in the Head on 1st Day of Battle of Fallujah
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Marine veteran Cody Alford sits down with Vlad to recount the brutal realities he says he witnessed during the Battle of Fallujah, from sniper alleys and rooftop firefights to the chaos of checkpoints on the city’s outskirts. Alford explains how insurgent fighters allegedly used women and children as human shields while coordinating mortar and rocket attacks, and describes the impossible split-second decisions Marines faced in urban combat. He also recalls wounded teammates, a controversial medevac decision, the isolation of a nearly abandoned base, and the killing of local workers who supported U.S. forces. The conversation expands to Ramadi, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, School of Infantry, IEDs, foreign fighters, supply routes, and the emotional toll of learning his family had been mistakenly told he was dead. A stark firsthand account of Iraq War combat, leadership, survival, and the aftermath of Fallujah.
