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Ruff's war : a Navy nurse on the frontline in Iraq /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ruff, Cheryl Lynn, 1958-
Other Authors: Roper, K. Sue, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Medical care > United States.
Ruff, Cheryl Lynn, > 1958-
Nurses > United States > Biography.
Nurses > Iraq > Biography.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: 3 April 2003
  • Early inspirations
  • It's not just a job, it's an adventure
  • Being all that I could be
  • Anchors aweigh
  • Deployment
  • Our new home
  • Gearing up for war
  • A battle with mother nature
  • Settling back in
  • Growing weary
  • Heightened alert and final preparations
  • War is declared
  • Moving north into Iraq
  • Camp Anderson: the other side of hell
  • Saving lives
  • Caring for Jeff
  • We are "devil docs"
  • Surviving in the wake of death
  • Camp Chesty
  • "Nesting" in Camp Chesty
  • Stuck in Iraq
  • Back to the beginning
  • Welcome to the "Holiday Inn"
  • There's no place like home
  • Epilogue.