Made a difference for that one
Subtitle: a surgeon's letters home from Iraq
By: [Christopher Paul Coppola] ; compiled by Meredith Coppola.
Contributors: Coppola, Meredith.
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780595366248
Subjects: Coppola, Christopher P.; United States. -- Air Force -- Medical care.; United States. -- Air Force.; Iraq War, 2003- -- Personal narratives, American.; Pediatric surgeons.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: When Air Force surgeon Christopher Coppola was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he did not know what he would find in the war zone. His letters to family and friends document his experiences over four months service at a military support hospital as well as his journey home. This gritty, ground-level account of both the suffering and heroism in the faces of the injured soldiers and civilians is a testament to the heart of our shared humanity.
Table of contents: title: "A combat landing"; title: "American soldiers' blood"; title: "Greetings from sunny Balad!"; title: "Election day"; title: "Meal, ready to eat"; title: "Commander's call"; title: "To know and to act, one and the same"; title: "Deep down inside, he always wanted to be a truck driver"; title: "About the bathrooms..."; title: "Meet the Iraqis"; title: "This old hooch"; title: "Along the shore"; title: "Walk by it once and you own it"; title: "Sad news"; title: "Dustoff, again"; title: "Holidays in the sun"; title: Hello mudder, hello fadder"; title: "They'll never get my Lucky Charms!"; title: "Made a difference to that one"; title: "Someday this war will be over and we'll have to go home"; title: "Spent ammunition"; title: "Just trow numbers"