Posted by
Dawnsblood on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:05:43 PM
Lance Corporal Christopher Adlesperger:
Unable to penetrate the building with his M-16, Pfc. Aldesperger
shifted to the grenade launcher. Standing on the roof, he blew holes in
the building and then rained down gunfire on the insurgents below. They
returned fire and then fled.
Pfc. Aldesperger killed four insurgents who fled into the courtyard,
each with a shot to the head. By Col. Malay’s estimate, Pfc.
Aldesperger killed a total of 11 insurgents. The actual number may be
higher.
The building had been an insurgent command-and-control center.
Failure to quickly subdue it, Col. Malay concluded, could have thrown
off the timetable for the Fallujah assault, which depended on speed and
keeping U.S. casualties to a minimum.