Lt Col Tim T. Collins, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment Battle Group, talks on March 19, 2003, to his men about their imminent deployment on war fighting operations in Iraq. “It is my foremost intention to bring every single one of you out alive, but there may be people among us who will not see the end of this campaign. “We will put them in their sleeping bags and send them back. There will be no time for sorrow. “The enemy should be in no doubt that we are his Nemesis and that we are bringing...
