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Osotogary
04-27-08, 09:59 PM
On Call In Hell - A Doctor's Iraq War Story by Cdr Richard Jadick.

I just picked this book up from the public library, perhaps it is in your library system as well. The first print was in March 2007. This book might be of interest to members of 1/8 and Corpsmen.

"In spring 2004, with the military feeling from an acute doctor shortage, Jadick, a Navy doctor, volunteered to accompany the First Battalion, Eigth Marine Regiment to Iraq. Five days afterthe birth of his daughter, he shipped out.When his unit was ordered to take the center of Fallujah, Jadick found himself under fire-and in hell. But instead of letting the wounded come to him, he went to the wounded, setting up a makeshift emergency room in the middle of the battlefield. For eleven days at the Forward Aid Station- and many days beyond- Jadick and his team worked tielessly and courageously around the clock to save their troops.Itis estimated that without Jadick at the front, the Marines would have lost an additional thirty men. Of the hundreds of men he treated, only one died after reaching a hospital."

yellowwing
04-27-08, 10:21 PM
Commander Richard Jadick being interviewed by Jon Stewart (http://www.spike.com/video/2829838/show/17676). Billed as the World Toughest Uroligist, no doubt!