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Iraq Chronicle - Couverture souple

Dahlin, Jeff

 
9781438901206: Iraq Chronicle
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1438901208 ISBN 13 : 9781438901206
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2008

Synopsis

Jeff Dahlin wrote Iraq Chronicle while he served as a medical platoon sergeant with l battalion 278 Regimental Combat Team. Beginning with departing from Tennessee with the cheers from hundreds of roadside onlookers to arriving in the sweltering humidity of southern Mississippi for training, Dahlin introduces members of his platoon and as training continues, witnesses the transformation of weekend warriors to full time professional soldiers. Training cumulates at the national training center in southern California with a simulated attack on an Iraqi village followed up by a fruit loop race in a rain swollen ditch during a freak desert storm. Tensions within the platoon begin to arise when the regiment is shipped to Kuwait to prepare for a road march into Iraq. Long lines and a shortage of ammunition, sand storms and civilian contractors add to the stress. Scrap metal salvaged from a landfill to provide "Hillbilly Armor," for the units vehicles was responsible for the Defense Secretary's statement that, "You go to war with the Army you have not the Army you want." Entering Iraq, Dahlin presents vivid first impressions of an alien land and culture. A "welcome to Iraq" roadside bomb hit his convoy only two miles from its destination FOB (forward operating base) Caldwell in Diyala Province. Recounting mounted and foot patrols from a medics point of view, he gives a unique prospective of infantry operations. A night ambush gone bad or Iraqi civilians pleading for medical attention; Dahlin's account is funny, sad, intriguing and doggedly brings into focus the ongoing tragedy in Iraq.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Jeff Dahlin wrote Iraq Chronicle while he served as a medical platoon sergeant with l battalion 278 Regimental Combat Team. Beginning with departing from Tennessee with the cheers from hundreds of roadside onlookers to arriving in the sweltering humidity of southern Mississippi for training, Dahlin introduces members of his platoon and as training continues, witnesses the transformation of weekend warriors to full time professional soldiers. Training cumulates at the national training center in southern California with a simulated attack on an Iraqi village followed up by a fruit loop race in a rain swollen ditch during a freak desert storm. Tensions within the platoon begin to arise when the regiment is shipped to Kuwait to prepare for a road march into Iraq. Long lines and a shortage of ammunition, sand storms and civilian contractors add to the stress. Scrap metal salvaged from a landfill to provide "Hillbilly Armor," for the units vehicles was responsible for the Defense Secretary's statement that, "You go to war with the Army you have not the Army you want." Entering Iraq, Dahlin presents vivid first impressions of an alien land and culture. A "welcome to Iraq" roadside bomb hit his convoy only two miles from its destination FOB (forward operating base) Caldwell in Diyala Province. Recounting mounted and foot patrols from a medics point of view, he gives a unique prospective of infantry operations. A night ambush gone bad or Iraqi civilians pleading for medical attention; Dahlin's account is funny, sad, intriguing and doggedly brings into focus the ongoing tragedy in Iraq.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jeff Dahlin was born in Chicago in 1948. His family moved to Tennessee in 1949 and then to Lisle Illinois, a suburb of Chicago in 1954. Dismissed from high school in 1963, the family moved to Oak Park Illinois, where he graduated high school in 1966.Dahlin joined the Army in 1967 and was sent to Vietnam in September 1967 serving until August 1969. He enrolled in college on the GI bill but left school a year and a half later to hitchhike across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America for six years. Working a variety of dead end jobs he settled in Polk County, Tennessee in 1977 and took up a career as a white water river guide.Dahlin joined the National Guard in 1990 and retired as a master sergeant in 2008. He is married and has a daughter in college.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438901208
ISBN 13 
9781438901206
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
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