"Make Peace or Die: The First Days of War in Iraq with 1st Battalion 5th Marines" is a boots-on-the-ground account of the treacherous three-week journey from the oilfields of Kuwait to Saddam Hussein's palace in Baghdad during the start of Operaion Iraqi Freedom with one of the most decorated units in the U.S. military.

Footage from embedded reporters, Department of Defense archives, digital images from individual Marines, and interviews conducted in the summer of 2003 by a former member of 1/5 provide a rare glimpse ino the souls of America's warriors. From the first full-scale battle with the enemy at Saddam Canal to dealing with the fog of war at a roadblock on the streets of Baghdad, we witness in these men the essence of conflict, both personal and professional, as seen through the ages.

Along the way, 1/5 sufferes the first American combat casualty of the war and, in the blink of an eye, forty days and nights of tedious desert living is instantly replaced with an inescapable new reality. The film serves as both an intensely personal oral history and a chilling snapshot of events that would give way to the future in Iraq.
 
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