Battle of volusia where i got started as a combat historian. On that day i will never forget we went through an aid station in and al qaeda aid station. There was blood on the floor and cots, a situation that was interesting. I will never forget looks on the side of the wall, the light had changed. There was obviously a person that was running next to me on the other side of the wall. I had this sense of foreboding. Seconds later, a marine was killed along with a member of the iraqi forces that were accompanying us. It was a very poignant moment, shot in the head, the Battalion Commander was right next to me. Five minute before that, said who are you . I am a combat historian and im here to gather your story. I have written several books on world war ii. Interestingly enough he said any, a colonel of the battalion, he said my father was the pilot in world war ii who fought on the eastern front. We had this immediate reports and within five minute for engage in combat. What was so strik