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Generation Kill

Network
HBO
Genre
Drama
Premiered
13 July, 2008

Generation Kill is a 2004 book written by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright chronicling his experience as an embedded reporter with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the United States Marine Corps, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His account of life with the Marines was originally published as a three-part series in Rolling Stone in the fall of 2003. "The Killer Elite", the first of these articles, went on to win a National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 2004.

About Generation Kill

This mini-series follows the lives and experiences of a group of recon marine soldiers and an innocence Rolling Stones reporter named Evan Wright, as they are traveling through the deadly terrain of Iraq back in 2003. This seven-part mini-series first premiered in July 2008.

Achievement of Generation Kill

Actor Alexander Skarsgård is an actual military veteran in real-life as he served in Sweden's military equivalence to the U.S. Marine Corps. This mini-series won exactly three Emmys during the 2009 Emmy Awards, including an award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.

Top Facts You Did Not Know About Generation Kill

Books about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.. Non-fiction books about war.. Military books.

Latest information about Generation Kill updated on July 28 2021.