Weeks before Marine and Army units stormed into Fallujah, blowing up buildings and blasting holes in insurgent positions, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Larry Merola was already working on a plan to fix the damage. Merola, an architect from Stoughton, Mass., was part of a Seabee team of engineers, builders and carpenters responsible for estimating the battle damage long before the first tank rolled. Merola and his crew — which included an ironworker from Connecticut, an electrician from Virginia and a general contractor from New Hampshire — pored over combat plans with Marine commanders and made suggestions for how to secure the city without completely tearing it apart. Full Story
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