Fallujah

Fallujah is a major terrorist city. It is such a big deal to terrorists because it is a a trade headquarters. It is in between Baghdad and other major cities so it is like a place to rest when moving around.

Final Roll Call

Final Roll Call is a military tradition for slain personal. It happens at the person memorial service at the military base. The person who normally does roll call will walk up on a platform at the base and then they will call the roll for the dead soldier. For example the roll call officer will walk up and then call Person then wait then call Private People Person.

Purple Heart

In the book many soldiers are wounded/killed. These are called casulties. When someone says we had 5 casulties people normally think that 5 people died, but 5 casulties means that 5 people were injured/killed. In the US military if you are wounded or killed you will recieve a purple heart medal.

Iraqi Freedom

Operation Iraqi Freedom started as a political movement to get Saddam Hussein out of power in Iraq. There were also rumors that Iraqi had weapons of mass destruction. The US sent troops in and quickly took Iraq. Although the capture was easy the war would not be.

Sunrise Over Fallujah

Sunrise Over Fallujah is a book written by Walter Dean Myers. This book is the sequel to another great book called Fallen Angels. Fallen Angels takes place in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. It is about an American soldier named Richie Perry.
Sunrise Over Fallujah is set in 2003 at the start of the Iraq war. The main character is Robin "Birdy" Perry. He is the son of Richie Perry's younger brother, Kenny. Birdy joined the Army wanting to serve his country. When rumors go around camp that the war is going to be easy, Birdy soon learns that you don't believe everything you hear.