Operation Phantom Fury is in the top tier of books about Marines at war.” – Eric Hammel, author of Marines in Hue City and The Root: The Marines in Beirut. On March 31, 2004, a group of American contractors working in Iraq were attacked and dragged from their vehicles in Fallujah, a city in the Al Anbar province. “When Dick Camp writes about Marines, he does so from the heart. Read 6 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. The result is a rare firsthand account of the brutal reality of the war in Iraq, how this battle for a key city was fought, and how such a crucial battle looks from positions of command and from the thick of the fight. The author, Dick Camp, a retired Marine Corps colonel with combat service in Vietnam, conducted personal interviews with combatants, from the division commander in charge of the operation down to Marine infantrymen who did the fighting. It was the service's bloodiest urban combat since the Vietnam. The book Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault & Capture of Fallujah, Iraq offers an in-depth, intimate look into the single most significant battle undertaken during the occupation of Iraq. Operation Phantom Fury, the second chapter of the fight to retake Fallujah from Iraqi insurgents, will forever be known to Marines. Loyalty written by Mike Gonzales With Daniel Boyd, Harry Ward Operation Phantom Fury written by Paul Laverty With Michael Nardone Oran Mor, Glasgow-November. The Marine Corps’ biggest battle in Iraq to date, it was so prolonged and fierce that it has entered the pantheon of USMC battles alongside Iwo Jima, Inchon, and Hue City.

The Second Battle for Fallujah, dubbed Operation Phantom Fury, took place over an almost two-month period, from November 7 to December 23, 2004.