Surviving Iraq : soldiers' stories /
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Northampton, Mass. :
Olive Branch Press,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq
- Jason Richardson, Navy : a "nuke" on the USS Truman
- Nathan Hollway, Air Force : air support in Qatar
- Arthur Schoenfeld, Marine Corps : the invasion of Iraq
- Andre Queiroga, Marine Corps : president Bush's plan for Iraq
- Richard Riley, Army National Guard : destroying Iraq
- Pablo Rodriguez, Air Force Reserve : guarding Baghdad airport
- Winning hearts and minds
- Peter Granato, Army Reserve : the prisoners of camp Bucca
- Nathan Murphy, Marine Corps Reserve : to shoot or not to shoot?
- Andrew Mcconnell, Army : reconstruction and local politics
- David Vacchi, Army : an officer's view of the war
- Benjamin Flanders, Army National Guard : who are the insurgents?
- Solomon Black, Marine Corps : fighting in Haditha and Falluja
- Boots on the ground
- Ben Shriber, Army Reserve : stuck in Kuwait
- Nicolas Morton, Army Reserve : pulling security in Baghdad
- Jeff Peddar, Marine Corps Reserve : working on the al-Asad air base
- Russell Anderson, Army Reserve : a first sergeant and his troops
- Michael Lawrence, Army Reserve : a training sergeant and his unit
- Women in the war zone
- Tanya Karst, Navy : launching tomahawks from our destroyer
- Danielle Morin, Army Reserve : men and women in the army
- Lydia Rodriguez, Army National Guard : a mother goes to war
- Shannon Kennedy, Army Reserve : making Iraqi friends
- Leslie Ramonas, Army Reserve : losing another woman
- War's lasting impact
- Jaime Perez, Army Reserve : counseling combat troops
- Dan Moriarty, Army Reserve : treating soldiers with PTSD
- Travis Jones, Army National Guard : counseling returning veterans
- Andrew Simkewicz, Army : helping veterans impacted by war
- Scott Palmer, Army : "it is an inner struggle"
- Jon Zagami, Army Reserve : "my body is falling apart"
- The ultimate loss
- Alexander Arredondo, Marine Corps, Kia 2004
- Carlos and Merida Arredondo, parents : fighting to end the war
- Jeffrey Lucey, Marine Corps Reserve, d. 2004
- Kevin and Joyce Lucey, parents : Jeff's PTSD and suicide.