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Iron Soldiers: How America's 1st Armored Division Crushed Iraq's Elite Republican Guard

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While I was looking for a story on ground combat during the Gulf War, I was a bit dissapointed to see much of the book spent on the preparations in Germany before the division shipped out. Not a bad book, but not what I was looking for.

Iron soldiers is intersting reading that tells the true story of the First Armored Division in combat with Iraq's Republican Guards. Tom Carhart writes as if he was there during the combat misssions. He has exact information and details that describe many personal events about the prepration, deployment, and battles. He highlights and explains the fear and concerns of some of the leaders as they prepare to leave Germany. I almost relive the Gulf War when I read Iron Soldiers. I was a First Sergeant with the Alpha Company 54th Engineer Bn at Wildflecken Germany and my company was attached to the 2nd Brigade 1AD during the Gulf war. Any soldier who was in the ground war should read this book. I believe that they will relate to it and get satisfaction in knowing that we did our job well. First Sergeant William E. Miller (Retired)

was with 6-6 inf. as a brad. commander in c. co. found the book very accurate, right down to the detail of the falling out between iron mike and col. meigs who is now the cinc in usaeur. very good book and very accurate as to the battles we fought.

Considering the price, this book is a great buy that provides a good overview of life in a tank battalion. Tactics, training and armaments are well covered, though there is too much time spent on the familes back home. Some of the stories may be embellished, but they are accurate enough for the average reader.

This is a great account of the Gulf War. The most fought part of the ground war, yet the least covered. Everyone hears about 73 easting (2ACR) and the 7th Cav debacle with 1 Cavalry Division, but this unit (1AD) fought the largest tank battle since World War II without combat losses. Yes I was there.

This is an excellent book for the military history buff who wants to know the real story of the first gulf war from the armored ground war view. It not only has a date time line, it uses the names of the heroes of the war. It is the "Band of Brothers" of the first gulf war.

As a member of 1/1 Cavalry I found this book interesting. But I found it highly disappointing that my unit, which led the 1st Armored Division into combat, was barely mentioned. As the division recon unit we didn't even get listed in the 1AD chain of command at the beginning of the book. But a true scout expects to be the first in, the last out, take out the enemy quietly and go on with our duty without the glory.

As a veteran of the Persian Gulf Crisis assigned to the 1st Armored Division I was to say the least disappointed with a book that is more fiction and rumor than fact. The account of what went on in my helicopter on a Special Foces extraction mission amazed me in its inaccuracy and fill in the blank yellow jounalism since I was the pilot in command and was never interviewed by this supposedly accurate historian. I can only surmise that Mr. Carhart got around this by butchering the spelling of my name. I belive that the author used this technique in the whole book and it should be classified as fiction and sold with subscriptions to the National Enquirer. CW3 Robert A. Caprara

Speaking as someone who served in the 1st Armored Division during the Gulf War, I want to say that it was well written, and broght back some good memories. Tells it like it was

This book is full of stories taken from the men of the 1AD. The stories are exciting and have a lot of tactics and just plain raw tank fighting. A great book for the military enthusiast like me...