The Battle of Haifa Street was a battle fought during January 2007 for the control of Haifa Street, a two-mile-long street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, pitting American and Iraqi Army forces against various Sunni insurgent forces between January 6 and January 9, 2007 (phase one), and then two weeks later on January 24 when US forces launched a second attempt to clear Haifa Street of insurgents once and for all. This battle was the precursor for clearing operations that would set the conditions for "the surge" which ultimately neutralized insurgent groups in this part of Baghdad during the spring and summer of 2007.

In Jeff Morris's book, "Legion Rising", he describes his time as a commander of a unit that is caught up in one of the fiercest firefights of the war, the battle of Haifa Street. He previously joined us in Episode 291 to share what happened during that battle where he lost 8 men during and then after due to their wounds. He shared that while looking in the mirror after the battle, "A burning sensation on my face caused me to pause. I leaned closer to my reflection and saw a gash, running across my cheek, under my right eye. I stood still for a moment, trying to imagine what could have caused the cut.

And then I realized.

The skin on my face had been torn by fragments of another man's skull. Fragments that were embedded into the flesh of my own hands."

Episode 291: https://youtu.be/KLCEOcqXWXc

In this episode, Robert and Kyle sit down with Jeff to discuss more of the lighter side of war, when he met with President George W. Bush, when he fired an M1 tank at a target in war, and other stories.

Jeff's book Legion Rising on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LEGION-RISING-Surviving-Combat-Behind/dp/1960332007/ref=asc_df_1960332007/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=647187289914&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10934594650723248828&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010902&hvtargid=pla-1963850005649&psc=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwvJyjBhApEiwAWz2nLUs3H1qPAXalDomeVdnhaZYhZa1Gcnzjph5sGh0Nic6abVQhx-8GZRoCBo8QAvD_BwE

Jeff's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffrmorris

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