Summary of James Patterson & Matt Eversmann's Walk in My Combat Boots

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#1 In 2004, I was part of the US Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq with my platoon. We drove a jerry-rigged Humvee in a convoy to Camp Anaconda, northwest of Baghdad. It took us two days to get there.

#2 Camp Anaconda, where I am stationed, becomes the most dangerous place in Iraq. The hospital, one of the largest in Iraq, overflows with casualties, mostly young Marines.

#3 I will spend half of my time in Iraq outside the wire. I will suffer permanent brain injury from having gotten blown up several times. I will never have a single regret. I will think of Armando Hernandez and Anthony Dixon and the young Marine screaming to cut his hand off so he can go back out and fight with his brothers and sisters.

#4 I am a Ranger, and I have been deployed six times. My missions involve looking for and capturing high-value Iraqi targets. I have to be strong and focused so I can return home to my family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669389736

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Insights on James Patterson & Matt Eversmann's Walk in My Combat Boots

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 2004, I was part of the US Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq with my platoon. We drove a jerry-rigged Humvee in a convoy to Camp Anaconda, northwest of Baghdad. It took us two days to get there.

#2

Camp Anaconda, where I am stationed, becomes the most dangerous place in Iraq. The hospital, one of the largest in Iraq, overflows with casualties, mostly young Marines.

#3

I will spend half of my time in Iraq outside the wire. I will suffer permanent brain injury from having gotten blown up several times. I will never have a single regret. I will think of Armando Hernandez and Anthony Dixon and the young Marine screaming to cut his hand off so he can go back out and fight with his brothers and sisters.

#4

I am a Ranger, and I have been deployed six times. My missions involve looking for and capturing high-value Iraqi targets. I have to be strong and focused so I can return home to my family.

#5

I was with a private, walking point on a trench line running from one fighting position to another, when he said he had seen some movement down the trench. I heard machine-gun fire, and as I turned to run back to cover, I heard my squad leader scream and turn to run back to the trench line.

#6

I was a flight nurse in the West Virginia Air National Guard. In August of 1998, I attended basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. I was a senior airman but the youngest of the group. We were flying to Baghdad, which was the safest and most secure place for us to land.

#7

The crew was given three critical care patients who were going to die at Ramstein Air Force Base. They needed to fly them to Bethesda, Maryland, so they could be treated by the best doctors.

#8

The back half of the plane is filled