On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story
by Cdr. Richard Jadick, Thomas Hayden
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Author: Cdr. Richard Jadick, Thomas HaydenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2008-03-04
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: NAL Trade
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Book Review: A real story and insight into military medicine
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, I bought the book with the expectation that it would reveal the military medical side of things in a combat arena. The book totally delivers on that. You get a real blow-by-blow account of both the combat, and the resulting trauma, that a surgeon and his team have to deal with, simply to save the life of the soldiers. Along with new methods and techniques that are employed, that save lives that in the past would have been untreatable.
I was hoping the book would have some dramatic scenes in it, but the combat speaks for itself, and Cdr. Richard Jadick writes, as if he is writing for other military personnel. Justifying his plan to put the aid stations as close to the action as he dared. This results in a somewhat serious book that some might find a bit dry, but it is the target audience he has aimed it at, the soldiers and his peers. It is not written with dramatics in mind and re-living the losses.
He speaks about some of the fun times, and some of the not-so-fun times, and of the incident that prompted him to want to go to Iraq. All in all a really great book that will last through time, and about a surgeon who would do anything for the soldiers under his care, but consider the audience it has been written for.
Summary of On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story
At age thirty-eight, Navy Dr. Richard Jadick was too old to be called up to the front lines-but not too old to volunteer. This is the inspiring story of one man's decision to enter into the fray-and a compelling account of courage under fire. Both wrenching and uplifting, On Call in Hell is a portrayal of brothers-in-arms that few will be able to forget. Awarded a Bronze Star with a Combat V for valor, Jadick has become a modern American legend-and a true American hero.Military Books
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