Friday, April 06, 2007

Book Review: On Call in Hell


On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story
by Cdr. Richard Jadick with Thomas Hayden
©2007

On Call in Hell is the account of Navy battalion surgeon Richard Jadick's experience in Iraq. From the relative calm of Haditha Dam to the Battle of Fallujah, Jadick and his corpsmen ran their makeshift trauma centers, trying valiantly to save the lives of young Marines. The book is an inside look into battlefield medicine and it's an incredible read. I'll never again look at corpsmen or Navy doctors in the same way. Highly recommended, even if you don't care for war accounts.

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