On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story
Blood-and-guts accounts of Fallujah are not in short supply, but  Jadick—a career Marine officer and brigade surgeon who took a demotion to  battalion surgeon to volunteer for service in Iraq in 2004—tells the story  through the eyes of a doctor. Unlike colleagues who remained in battalion aid  stations behind the lines, Jadick and his medics accompanied their unit in  makeshift ambulances as it battled through the streets. This was not bravado,  he writes, but a calculated strategy to reach, stabilize and rush wounded  troops to hospitals more quickly. He makes his case many times over, with  dramatic accounts of catastrophically injured men from his unit and others who  would not have survived a journey to the aid station. This remarkable man's  story is well worth telling, although his writer should have discouraged him  from frequent pauses for memorial essays on every soldier who died, and to  remind readers of the Marines' bravery, of the dedication of the medics, and  how much he loves his wife, the Marines and America. Readers who can skim past  these segments will find the book a memorable experience.(Mar. 6)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.