Once Upon A Time In Iraq

(It was pretty difficult to compress a 30min DVD into You Tube's 100MB limit while maintaining quality audio and video. So this is in mono and nowhere near as sharp as the source video. With that said...)

OUATII is a DVD I created for my unit (2/6 IN Bn) as a video scrapbook of some of the events, emotions, and people that made up our 16 month Iraq deployment back in March 2003.
Being known as "the photo guy", I was tasked by our battalion commander to create this for all the soldiers and their families. After completion in Sep '04, the battalion duplicated it for all ~600 soldiers so they could take it home to their families for Christmas leave and show them what they had done in Iraq.

About 40% of the photos I took, and the remainder from other soldiers over our battalion. I pretty much used the entire Adobe software suite to create it, self-taught over several months.

Also won "Best Short Film" in the 2004 Army Photography Contest, as well as video snippets now being used throughout out the new Military channel / Discovery channel documentary show, "My War Diary".

I'd like to give some thanks to Lt Matt Greb and the soldiers of 2/6 Infantry (esp C co.), Baumholder Germany for their cooperation and images used in the video.

-SGT Nick Sendelbach

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• Iraq
• Baumholder
• Germany
• 2-6IN
• 2/6IN
• sendelbach

[MaMoral88]

please can anybody tell me what is the name of the music from 16:00 to 21:00 ?? THANKS

[darktek20]

The Verve "Bittersweet Symphony"

[GOPsithlord]

This is very well produced with an excellent choice of music (I;m afraid of Americans indeed!). I wish you the best of luck on future projects. This was a project that will remain on my mind in the future.

[darktek20]

thank you for your compliments!

[DasFrugen]

I love how there's no distinction made between 9/11 and iraq, even by people who were involved and making videos like this.

[darktek20]

That was the lead-in for the war in Iraq, that's why it's there. This video is not here to discuss the controversy between 9/11 and the war, only to show the story of soldiers.

[yenrald]

i bow my head to all american soldiers to thier sincerity and loyolty. it touch me truly, keep up the good work guys.... we love you...

[Yellow24y]

fcuking wmg cut the audio

fcuk you youtube, you;e no longer what you used to be

[sfdrew83]

Thank you so much for doing this Sendelbach! I never took any pictures, on either deployment, and I wish I did. Being able to go back and watch this movie means a lot to me. My DVD got scratched along time ago, but at least I can grab a copy off youtube, even if they did cut the sound. I still remember the songs.

[yeabuddyRR]

great memories, great brothers..

SGT Michael Burnett

3rd Plt

C CO 2/6

[barrab]

it is austin powers music.

[irivas07]

Thats one of the reasons I joined the Marines to make sure our fallen brothers deaths was not in vein and I hope Obama understands what the cost of freedom truly is USMCRDSD 20 January 2009  SEMPER FI !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xgamesfreak]

my brother died in iraq. his battalion was north of mine, we were following his on a highway. once he went got into Ramadi his Convoy was ambushed by a bunch of insurgents. a bullet in the leg wounded him, then in the chest. i didnt hear about it until my brother's friend told me he died behind a Stryker. i was balling my eyes out.

John Ray Dover. My brother. born 1978- died 2007.

See you soon bro! love ya!

[khk0510]

omg....i was only in 2nd grade when the september 11 happen. im scarred for life....i remember people jumping out the window...=(

[auandrade]

Good and bad times but an awesome experience that I would never want to take back.

SPC Andrade

1st Plt

C Co 2/6 INF