On call in hell
Subtitle: a doctor's Iraq War story
By: Richard Jadick with Thomas Hayden
Contributors: Hayden, Thomas (Thomas Paul), 1966-
Publisher: NAL Caliber
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780451220530; 9780451223081
Subjects: Physicians; History, 21st Century; Schlacht; Fallujah, Battle of, Fallūjah, Iraq, 2004; Military Medicine; American Personal narratives; Biography; Personal Narratives; War; Iraq War, 2003-; Militärarzt
Description: Chronicles the experiences of a thirty-eight-year-old Navy doctor during the Battle of Fallujah, when he and his medical team worked around the clock under fire to save the lives of troops involved in the horrific street fighting.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Battle Begins 11 Chapter 2 A Second Chance 23 Chapter 3 Corpsman Up! 36 Chapter 4 Becoring a Marine 48 Chapter 5 Becoming a Doctor 67 Chapter - From Baltimore to Liberia 84 Chapter 7 Life at Haditha Dam 105 Chapter 8 At the Gates of Hell 138 Chapter 9 Hard Lessons 152 Chapter 10 Heading into Hell 161 Chapter 11 The Prayer Room 172 Chapter 12 The Going Gets Tougher 190 Chapter 13 Finishing the Fight 204 Chapter 14 The Pickle Factory 215 Chapter 15 What Comes Horme 232