In my book Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers, Robin Perry nicknamed "Birdy" was enlisted in the war with Iraq. He was with the Civilian Affairs Battalion and was suspose to interact with the Iraqi people. The name for their operation/mission is Iraqi Freedom, but bombs and enemy guerillas frequently attack them.
There is a lot of connections with the real world. The war was real, but the character was not. All the facts were true and what happened in the book was what happened in the real war. For example people who tried to run away from the U.S troops were fired upon. An example of this in the book was how a child was shot down just because he was scared and was running away.
Another connection is the equipment. M16 and AK-47s were used and also the humvees and tanks. This book has some real life events in it like friendly fires and bombings.
This book has a lot of facts in it and makes you see the war in the perspective of a soldier. I liked Walter Dean Myer's books they were realistic and show you more about war than what they show on the news.
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