The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them in an often-improvised initiative.
Alexander Skarsgård
Brad Colbert
James Ransone
Josh Ray Person
Lee Tergesen
Evan Wright
Jon Huertas
Antonio Espera
Stark Sands
Nathaniel Fick
Owain Yeoman
Eric Kocher
Billy Lush
Harold Trombley
Chance Kelly
Stephen Ferrando
Michael Kelly
Bryan Patterson
Jonah Lotan
Robert Bryan
Generation Kill is a war & politics, drama, action & adventure series that first aired in 2008 exploring themes of based on novel or book, miniseries, iraq war, desert, warfare, us military. Created by Anne Thomopoulos, it stars Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen. The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them in an often-improvised initiative.
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