Made a Difference for That One: A Surgeon's Letters Home from Iraq by Meredith Coppola, Christopher P. Coppola
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: August 2005
- Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 148pp
- ISBN-13: 9780595366248
- ISBN: 0595366244
Synopsis
Made a Difference for That One is a perspective of the war in Iraq that has not emerged in the newspapers or on television. When Air Force pediatric surgeon Christopher Coppola was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he did not know what he would find in the war zone.
His letters to family and friends document his experiences over four months service at a military support hospital as well as his journey home. Each new day brought challenges to the skill of the dedicated surgical team saving the lives of our brave troops on the battlefield. This gritty, ground level account of both the suffering and heroism in the faces of the injured soldiers and civilians is a testament to the heart of our shared humanity.
A portion of the cost of this book is donated to the Fisher House TM Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that helps veterans and their families by providing a home away from home, allowing family members to be close to military members when they are hospitalized for treatment.
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Made a Difference for That One: A Surgeon's Letters Home from Iraqby Anonymous
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February 28, 2006: Anyone looking for a more personal perspective on what is going on in Iraq today should read this book. Despite what may appear haphazard on a larger scale, there are small stories of success that are very well and very personally captured in this book. I've given this book as a gift to several friends already.
Made a Difference for That One: A Surgeon's Letters Home from Iraqby Anonymous
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August 27, 2005: This book is a quick and exciting read. I read it in one sitting. It is the story of a military surgeon in Iraq, told in the letters he wrote home. It bounces back and forth between stories of treating injured soldiers and what they were doing for recreation over there. I couldn't believe the stuff they were doing like seeing movies in the war zone and checking out destroyed Migs. All in all, it's a side of the Iraq war that you won't see on Fox.
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