Electrocuted while working on a generator at a Coalition base near Samarra around 10:30 p.m. 596th Maintenance Company, 3rd Corps Support Command, V Corps. Staff Sgt. Up on the roof, the soldiers were frantically trying to signal their location, using smoke grenades, electronic signaling equipment, even ripping off the sleeves of their uniforms to start a fire. Within minutes, a gunner, Sgt. by Jim Lobe Posted on August 13, 2004 August 7, 2009. They also had to worry about Iraqi political will, as al-Maliki balanced fragile sectarian relationships and populations. The population, predominantly Shia, had suffered under the Sunni leadership of Saddam Hussein, and the incoming 2-5 battalion was anticipating a reconstruction and peace keeping mission. Robert Miltenberger was also awarded the third-highest medal for valor because of his actions that night. Eight US troops were killed and 51 more wounded in the bloody battle. It looks so much like Sadr City. Died in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of causes unknown. On April 23 his remains were recovered, Some media reports had reported the local police chief of Kut as saying that two soldiers had been killed when As the fighting started on April 4, 2004, militiamen ambushed a 1st Cavalry Division patrol and Iraqi policewere expelled from three police stations in Sadr City. 1st Class Swope would be awarded a Silver Star for staying in the Humvee in the alley and remaining on the radio for the entire battle. Armed Iraqi Muslim Shiites, member of Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr Army of Mehdi militia jubilate near a burning US Army Humvee during clashes in Baghdad's al-Sadr City district, April 4, 2004. Watching the tanks rolling by, SFC Swope frantically called into the radio for them to stop. The Siege of Sadr City was a United States and Iraqi Army military blockade of the Shia-majority Baghdad slum of Sadr City which occurred from 2004 to 2008 during the Iraq War. On that afternoon, elements of the Mahdi army engaged multiple elements of 2d Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment 2-5 CAV, 1st Cavalry Division, nearly simultaneously throughout Sadr City in northern Baghdad. Reuters wire service in Baghdad reported on April 15 that one U.S. This story is on tape EF04/0940++QUALITY AS INCOMING++Sadr City - September 22, 2004++NIGHT SHOTS++ Sadr City - September 21, 20041. February 2004, the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines was tasked with stability operations in the Al Anbar capital city of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. They were supporting Soldiers in a ground convoy that was receiving small arms fire, Killed in action as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar Province while conducting security and stability operations, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, Died in Samarra, Iraq, when his patrol was ambushed, Died from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, 3rd Assault Amphibian Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF, 2nd Bn, 2nd Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. No other reports have appeared to confirm this initial assertion, USS Firebolt, forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, US Coast Guard, assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 403, DoD Release: Died in the Northern Persian Gulf as a result of a waterborne attack(1st Guardsman killed in action since the Vietnam War), DoD Release: Killed when a building he was inspecting in Baghdad exploded, DoD Release: Died in Scania, Iraq, after falling from a bridge. In the previous six months, only one U.S. soldier had been killed. 1st Class Jerry Swope stayed down in the alley in one of the remaining Humvees. Robert Arsiaga, Spc. It looks so much like Sadr City. On April 4, 2004 the Mahdi Army ambushed a U.S. Army patrol in Sadr City, killing eight American soldiers, and wounding 57 more. Eddie Chen, was fatally injured. Martha Raddatz reflects on her upcoming miniseries about Black Sunday: 'It's different than anything I've ever done', Two Soldiers, Scarred by the Same Battle, Reunite 10 Years Later. Charlie Company passed by the alleyway, but with the antennas shot off the lead Bradley fighting vehicles, the Bradleys were unable to hear the radio calls to stop. DoD Release: DoD announced change in status from missing-captured to deceased on March 31, 2008. Task Force Lancer consisted primarily of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment from the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division under the command of Colonel Robert B. Abrams. The Jaish al Mahdi (JAM) overran GoI outposts in the district and barraged the International Zone with short-range rockets. Baghdad, Kut, and An Najaf were scenes of concerted attacks by the Mahdi army throughout Iraq on 4 April 2004. Share on Twitter; ... to the massive Sadr City neighborhood on the outskirts of Baghdad. The Siege of Sadr City was a United States and Iraqi Army military blockade of the Shia-majority Baghdad slum of Sadr City which occurred from 2004 to 2008 during the Iraq War. His convoy came under attack by individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire on April 9, 2004. “I remember looking at the street, you’d see the rounds that were missing, you could see the impact on the street, and it kind of looked like rain when it hits puddles.”. The Soldier was pronounced dead at the hospital / DoD Release: Incident took place in Sadr City, Iraq, when his patrol came under enemy small arms fire 42 Pfc. US forces, from the 759th Military Police Battalion, subsequently regained control of the police stations after running firefights with Mahdi rebels that kille… On March 28, the US overseer of Iraq, Paul Bremer, ordered the 60-day closure of Al-Hawza, a newspaper published by Muqtada al-Sadr’s group, on the charges of inciting violence against the occupation. After its year-long deployment, 168 of its soldiers … 1, 2123rd Transportation Co, 2nd Battalion, 12th Armored Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. It was so powerful. var d = new Date(); — -- On April 4, 2004, the 2-5 battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division was just taking over responsibility for Sadr City, a large Baghdad slum with a population of 2 million. Under command of Lt. Col. Kennedy and Sgt. Every night, U.S. troops in Sadr City roll their 60-ton armored Bradley fighting vehicles onto hostile streets, to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. DoD initially reported erroneously that person as a US Dept of the Army civilian. Iraqi, U.S. forces battle al-Sadr's militia CNN, 5 August 2004; 11th MEU Press Release USMC, 31 July 2004; 11th MEU Press Release USMC, 2 August 2004; 11th MEU Press Release USMC, 5 August 2004 Battle for the city of the dead: In the shadow of the Golden Dome, Najaf, August 2004. Eddie Chen, the gunner with the pinned-down platoon, seven other soldiers were killed that evening: Spc. One of the veterans of the ambush in Sadr City in April 2004 has revealed that National Geographic’s film The Long Road Home is a shameful piece of propaganda that butchers history and ignored offers of help from the squad who were actually in the firefight in order to present a bastardised and propagandistic version of events.. script.setAttribute("async", true); Troops Retold In … “I understand now what it means when you go to a veterans’ ceremony and you see the old veterans get together and hug and cry and you never really understood it. The attack consisted of an IED followed by small arms fire, Killed as a result of an attack on their convoy at approximately 12:25 p.m. near the Baghdad International Airport, Died in an ambush on the south side of Bayji, Three 1st Armored Division soldiers were killed in a coordinated attack on a convoy at about 8:30 a.m., April 9 in north-east Baghdad, Three 1st Armored Division soldiers were killed in a coordinated attack on a convoy at about 8:30 a.m., April 9 in north-east Baghdad, Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at his M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle near Buhritz in the Tikrit region, Died hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Killed by a mortar attack at approximately 12:20 a.m at Balad Air Base, Died from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Killed when 15 anti-Coalition insurgents attacked a reconnaissance patrol near Khalis at about 3 a.m. April 10, 1st Bn, 21st Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division. Sadr City Attack On U.S. Israel Garza, Spc. The fight to rescue the team in the alley was just the beginning. ... As early as 2004 in … It was April 4th, 2004, and troops from the 1st Cavalry, out of Fort Hood, Texas had just arrived in Iraq. N.B. U.S. troops patrol the deserted streets of the sprawling Shia slum of Sadr City at sunset after a day of tense clashes across the country with supporters of controversial Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Iraq. The battle for Sadr City. In the days ahead of April 4, his followers had been protesting in the thousands in Baghdad and other areas. I found myself looking for IEDs on the streets. } The primary role of the Marines in these mission swas to “win the hearts and minds” of the locals… Exposed to the enemy like the proverbial fish in a barrel, Miltenberger was credited with saving the lives of three soldiers while treating many other wounded. April 4, 2004 was a bloody day for American forces in Sadr City, Iraq. It was April 4th, 2004, and troops from the 1st Cavalry, out of Fort Hood, Texas had just arrived in Iraq. script.setAttribute("src", "//www.npttech.com/advertising.js"); April 4, 2004 was a bloody day for American forces in Sadr City, Iraq. Sgt. In addition to Sgt. Henry C. Risner May 21, 2008. Died from wounds following a hand grenade attack west of Mosul just before 7 p.m. Sadr City Attack On U.S. I took a Gold Star mother who lost her son obviously in this battle in the last night of shooting. Volesky and rescue teams from the battalion’s Charlie and Alpha Company raced into the city, facing an onslaught of gun fire, rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) and pipe bombs. 1, 3rd Bn, 304th Regiment, 98th Division, B Co, 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when patrol came under small-arms fire in east Baghdad, 5th Bn, 20th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division. This is where those troops trained. Young joined the Army just two days after Sept. 11, 2001, and assumed he would be sent to Afghanistan, but on April 4, 2004 he was in Sadr City, Iraq. And I walked down those streets of recreated Sadr City with more than 80 buildings - acres and acres and acres. The Iraq spring fighting of 2004 was a series of operational offensives and various major engagements during the Iraq War.It was a turning point in the war: before, the conflict was simply US/Coalition versus insurgents, but the Spring Fighting marked the entrance of militias and religiously based (Shi'a and Sunni) militant Iraqi groups, such as the Mahdi Army into the arena of conflict. On April 3, Bremer sent troops to al-Sadr’s home and arrested Mustafa Yaqoubi, a top lieutenant,sparking further protests. Minneapolis, Minn: Zenith Press. Killed when Abrams tank rolled over in a northern section of Baghdad around 9:25 a.m. Died due to injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Killed as Marines battled enemy forces near Husaybah, near the Syrian border in Qaim in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Died due to injuries received from enemy action at Husaybah near the Syrian border in Qaim in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Killed as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar Province while conducting security and stability operations, 115th Forward Support Bn, DISCOM, 1st Cavalry Division, Died in eastern Baghdad at about 10 a.m. when an improvised explosive device exploded near his patrol, Army National Guard's 153rd Engineer Battalion, 1st Bn, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st ID. N.B. On April 4, al-Sadr issued a statement calling on his supporters to stop staging demonstration… Eventually, a tank company came up the adjoining road. The tank company commander saw the light, and stopped, bringing the power and might needed to push back the enemy fighters and get the platoon out. Killed when a combat patrol was attacked by an improvised explosive device, a rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire near the town of Khan Bani Sa'ad at about 10:45 a.m. Others were wounded and two of the platoon’s four Humvees were disabled. Soldier was killed in action in Mosul over the past 24 hours. “I don’t think the bonds that they’ve made here with their fellow soldiers will ever break,” Volesky said. Some of the troops call it "Black Sunday," sad, because it was Palm Sunday. Killed when patrol struck an anti-tank mine near Tikrit at around 10:45 a.m. 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Battery C, 3rd Bn, 82nd FA, 1st Cavalry Division, Died as a result of non-battle injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad, 2nd Bn, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, 2-5th Infantry is a 25th Infantry Division, Killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on his patrol in eastern Baghdad, Killed while operating south of Baghdad in the vicinity of Mahmudiyah by a car bomb, 1st Bn, 63rd Armor, 1st Infantry Division, Killed in improvised explosive device attack near Baqubah, Died in a non-hostile incident in Baghdad, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF, Killed in a suicide car bombing near the Marines' camp in Fallujah, 2nd Combat Engineer Bn, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason B. Dwelley, Died when military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while traveling in a convoy in Al Anbar province, Iraq, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher M. Dickerson. As Volesky put it, “Uncommon valor was common that day.” Sgt. script.setAttribute("onerror", "setNptTechAdblockerCookie(true);"); Contractor employee. Drawing on the continuing instability, rampant unemployment and poverty still plaguing Shia communities, al Sadr was stirring up resentment across the country. What began as a routine patrol escorting sewage trucks, known as the "honey wagons," ended up in surprise ambushes … This story is on tape EF04/0940++QUALITY AS INCOMING++Sadr City - September 22, 2004++NIGHT SHOTS++ Sadr City - September 21, 20041. The son of a powerful and popular Shia leader who was assassinated during Hussein’s rule, he fiercely opposed the American occupation. From October 2003 to April 2004, constant operations in Sadr City had familiarized the … var script = document.createElement("script"); (function(src){var a=document.createElement("script");a.type="text/javascript";a.async=true;a.src=src;var b=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];b.parentNode.insertBefore(a,b)})("//experience.tinypass.com/xbuilder/experience/load?aid=bYdYZQml5V"); @media only screen and (min-device-width : 320px) and (max-device-width : 480px) { A platoon of 18 soldiers and their interpreter was returning to its base from the most routine of missions, providing security for sewage trucks, when it suddenly came under fire. Henry C. Risner Out on the streets of Sadr City, the multiple rescue teams attempting to reach the pinned down platoon came under fierce attack and incurred heavy casualties. Casey Sheehan. For soldiers of the 2-5 battalion, it was moment that would define the days to follow. Maupin had been listed as missing-captured since April 16, 2004. I found myself looking for IEDs on the streets. killed during a convoy attack in north-east Baghdad at about 7 p.m. Troops Retold In 'The Long Road Home' Martha Raddatz' 2007 book chronicling the ambush has been turned into an 8-part National Geographic series. Some of the troops call it "Black Sunday," sad, because it was Palm Sunday. Killed when improvised explosive device hit his military vehicle near Mosul, 1-37th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armor Division, Died in the Kadhimyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his convoy was ambushed, Died in the Kadhimyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, when individuals using a rocket-propelled-grenade ambushed his unit, Killed as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar Province, killed as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar Province, Died from wounds he received during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on his Bradley Fighting Vehicle at about 12:30 a.m. in the Kadhimyah district of Baghdad, Died due to hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Died due to hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Petty Officer 3rd Class Fernando A. Mendezaceves, Killed while conducting combat operations in the Al Anbar Province. After his vehicle was hit from behind by a civilian truck and left hanging off the side of the bridge, he attempted to climb out of the vehicle but fell, 333rd Military Police Co, [attached to 16th Military Police Brigade]. They would go on to fight this new insurgency for 80 straight days, and then after a brief respite, would endure another 60. As the 2-5 Cav took over control, al Sadr unleashed his militia – the thousands-strong Mahdi Army – not just in Sadr City, but across Baghdad and in other cities. Killed as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar province while conducting security and stability operations, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I MEF. This is where those troops trained. At the time of the battle, Sadr City contained an estimated population of between 1.6 to 2.4 million residents. A Mehdi Army fighter looks toward American military positions in Najaf. Killed in a vehicle accident east of al Qasim around 6 p.m. 1st Bn, 36th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, Army National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion. They had been handed a routine mission, Sadr City Attack On U.S. Troops Retold In 'The Long … In the Battle of Sadr City, coalition forces had to worry about the will of their political leaders and casualty-weary populations; six US soldiers died during this battle. Belligerents United States Iraqi insurgentsStrength 1500 800-1200Casualties and losses 13 killed140 wounded 500-650 killed The Battle of Ramadi was fought in the spring of 2004, during the same time as the First Battle of Fallujah. Sadr City went from being "the safest place in Iraq" in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to being a stronghold of the Mahdi Army insurgent group of Muqtada al-Sadr. Killed during a small arms ambush near Ad Diwaniyah around 7 p.m. 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Army National Guard's Det. The U.S. military said that fighting broke out overnight in Sadr City, a stronghold of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militants. ... with most of the casualties happening in Sadr City, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said. Back at the house in the alley, with an Iraqi family still inside, soldiers from the platoon took up positions on the roof. A new National Geographic miniseries, inspired by Martha Raddatz's book, "The Long Road Home," recounts deadly attack in Iraq and soldiers' heroic battle for survival. The 2008 battle for Sadr City offers a dif-ferent model, in which the challenges were even more formidable than those posed by Grozny and Fallujah. And I walked down those streets of recreated Sadr City with more than 80 buildings - acres and acres and acres. Maj. Booker, the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines conducted missions know as “IO’s” (Information Operations) prior to the events of April 6, 2004. Then reports arrived of enemy fighters seizing the local police stations in the neighborhood. Here’s more about the ambush that would be known as Black Sunday: More than a year after the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein, American forces still faced violence across the country, but Sadr City had been relatively calm. Back at the battalion’s base, Camp War Eagle, located just outside Sadr City, the new commander, Lt. Col. Gary Volesky, was taking over command as radio reports came in from the platoon detailing the increasing intensity of the fight. What began as a routine patrol escorting sewage trucks, known as the "honey wagons," ended up in surprise ambushes …  d.setTime(d.getTime() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 2 * 1000); Sadr City went from being "the safest place in Iraq" in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to being a stronghold of the Mahdi Army insurgent group of Muqtada al-Sadr. On that afternoon, elements of the Mahdi army engaged multiple elements of 2d Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment 2-5 CAV, 1st Cavalry Division, nearly simultaneously throughout Sadr City in northern Baghdad. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Ahmed Cason, Spc. document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script); I understand it now.”, 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. One of the veterans of the ambush in Sadr City in April 2004 has revealed that National Geographic’s film The Long Road Home is a shameful piece of propaganda that butchers history and ignored offers of help from the squad who were actually in the firefight in order to present a bastardised and propagandistic version of events.. Stephen Hiller, Cpl. More than 60 others were wounded. document.cookie = "__adblocker=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT; path=/"; 05-07-2011 02:25:46 ZULU, Killed as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Improvised explosive device detonated where he was setting up an observation point in Baghdad, Killed in action in the Al Anbar Province, 1st Combat Engineer Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF, Died from wounds received in action in the Al Anbar Province, 2-37th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Died of wounds received during a small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attack on April 4 in Sadr City, 2-5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when militia engaged coalition forces and ISF with small arms fire and RPGs in Sadr City, Baghdad. Died when convoy was attacked with an improvised explosive device west of Mosul just after 9 a.m. Died of wounds received in action April 14 while conducting operations against anti-Coalition forces in the Al Anbar Province, Died in Samarra, Iraq, when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, Died in Karbala, Iraq, from wounds sustained when a Coalition convoy was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire, 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Died in Taji, Iraq, when mortar rounds hit their camp, Died in Baghdad, Iraq, of non-combat related, Petty Officer 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli, Died when suicide bombers using boats launched waterborne attacks against oil facilities off Basrah in the northern Persian Gulf, ~100 miles from Umm Qasr, Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher E. Watts, Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, B Co, 3rd Bn, 153rd Infantry, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Died when his military vehicle was hit an improvised explosive device and small arms fire while traveling in a convoy from Baghdad, Killed in action while conducting operations against anti-Coalition forces in the Al Anbar Province, Army Reserve's Det. Lt. Shane Aguero, the platoon leader, directed the team down an alleyway, where the soldiers took cover in a house. Troops Retold In 'The Long Road Home' Martha Raddatz' 2007 book chronicling the ambush has been turned into an 8-part National Geographic series. Killed when two rockets impacted Camp Cooke at about 5:30 p.m. The Soldier was pronounced dead at the hospital / DoD Release: Incident took place in Sadr City, Iraq, when his patrol came under enemy small arms fire 42 Pfc. BAGHDAD -- The men from Task Force 1-41 fought the battle for Sadr City last summer, chasing Al Mahdi militiamen through the slums in 120-degree … document.cookie = "__adblocker=" + (adblocker ? Killed during a counter-fire mission at Logistics Support Area Anaconda near Balad at about 8:35 p.m. 1st Bn, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, 1-35th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Killed by RPG fire as his convoy conducted a relief in place of the security forces guarding the Diala Police Station in Baghdad, 296th Brigade Support Bn, 3rd BDEe, 2nd ID, Died in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained on April 4 in Mosul when her convoy vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, Shot to death at a checkpoint near the northern city of Samarra, Troop E(-), 151st Cavalry Squadron, 39th Infantry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. The final straw came when the U.S.-led coalition shut down a popular newspaper and arrested a close ally. Based on the New York Times best-selling book by internationally acclaimed journalist Martha Raddatz, The Long Road Home tells the story of “Black Sunday,” when a small platoon of soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division was ferociously ambushed in Sadr City, Baghdad, in April 2004. As enemy fighters continuously assaulted the platoon, Swope was on the Humvee’s radio for the entire fight, the only point of contact with rescue teams struggling to get to them. There were no reports of casualties. Keith M. Maupin, 24, of Batavia, Ohio. I took a Gold Star mother who lost her son obviously in this battle in the last night of shooting. Killed by vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in the vicinity of the police academy near Kirkuk at about 4 p.m. The Crusaders had been operating in Sadr City since October of 2003 when an ambush in the city killed and wounded a number of troopers from 2d Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment (2/2 ACR). 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