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by S. M. Boney IV (Author)
A True Story from the Iraq War 2004 -
"Mortar rounds landed all around; the blasts shook the building, engulfing the room with dust and smoke. I thought the building was going to fall in on us as they came pounding in. Bullets kept hitting the wall between us, making Rodriguez and me jump back. We were trapped; there was no place to go." -Ch.17, Combat Medic
Being a Medic in the Infantry isn't for the faint of heart. Gunfights and medivacs are daily activities. Every decision means life or death in the heat of combat. Follow along as Corporal Boney recalls his combat tour with the U.S. Army's 1st Calvary Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Experience one of the toughest guerrilla warfare fights the military has seen in the Battle of Najaf as this Medic gives detailed description of the intense gunfights his team endured in Wadi-Us-Salaam, the largest cemetery in the world at approximately seven square miles.
Author Biography
Samuel Murray Boney IV (1983-present) was born and raised in St.Paul, MN. After years of battling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from The Iraq war, he has decided to share his struggle in his book Combat Medic: A soldier's story of the Iraq war and PTSD in hopes to educate the world on the invisible war veterans face at home. Please visit his website at www.combatmedic.org
