Yesterday in 2004, #Marines launched the Second Battle of Fallujah, also known as Operation Phantom Fury. For more than six weeks, Marines and U.S. Army Soldiers fought alongside coalition partners to clear the city of insurgents. The street-to-street and house-to-house fighting was some of the most intense combat of the Iraq War, and led to acts of exceptional courage by Marines and Soldiers. Nine Marines were awarded the Navy Cross for their heroism, and U.S. Army Staff Sergeant David Bellavia

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September 11, 2001: Not since Pearl Harbor had America been attacked with such suddenness and such devastation. America’s response was war in Afghanistan - a place known to historians as the “graveyard of empires" because no invading army has ever held it for long. It was a lesson this country took 20 years to learn. Marc Brown has the story. | ABC7