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Generation Kill. An interview with Captain Nathaniel Fick, Marine's First Reconnaissance Battalion, and Evan Wright author of Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War. About the book: "Wright rode into Iraq on March 20, 2003, with a platoon of First Reconnaissance Battalion Marines�the Marine Corps' special operations unit whose motto is "Swift, Silent, Deadly." These highly trained and highly motivated First Recon Marines were the leading unit of the American-led invasion force. Wright wrote about that experience in a three-part series in Rolling Stone that was hailed for its evocative, accurate war reporting. This book, a greatly expanded version of that series, matches its accomplishment .. ". Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack