Hayden Thomas - On call in hell: a doctors iraq war story

A DOCTORS IRAQ WAR STORY

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Copyright Cdr. Richard Jadick with Thomas Hayden, 2007

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Jadick, Richard.
On call in hell: a doctors Iraq War story/Richard Jadick, Thomas Hayden.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-1012-1154-0

1. Fallujah, Battle of, Fallujah, Iraq, 2004. 2. Iraq War, 2003Personal narratives, American.
3. Jadick, Richard. 4. PhysiciansUnited StatesBiography. I. Hayden, Thomas. II. Title.
DS79.766.F3J33 2007
956.7044'342dc22 2006028936

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This book is dedicated to the families of the twenty-one brave Marines who gave their lives with the First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment in Iraq between June 2004 and January 2005. Your Marines sacrificed all so that we may live in freedom and security, but you, the Gold Star families, continue to sacrifice every day. We will never forget: Corporal Nathan R. Anderson, Corporal Kirk J. Bosselmann, Lance Corporal Demarkus D. Brown, Sergeant David M. Caruso, Lance Corporal Travis R. Desiato, Lance Corporal Bradley M. Faircloth, Lance Corporal Dimitrios Gavriel, Corporal Todd J. Godwin, Lance Corporal Michael J. Halal, Lance Corporal Jeffery S. Holmes, Lance Corporal David B. Houck, Corporal Romulo J. Jimenez II, Sergeant Richard M. Lord, Lance Corporal Joshua E. Lucero, Lance Corporal Cesar F. Machado-Olmos, First Lieutenant Dan T. Malcom Jr., Corporal Gentian Marku, Lance Corporal William L. Miller, Lance Corporal Bradley L. Parker, Sergeant Lonny D. Wells, Corporal Nicholas L. Ziolkowski.