Limb Land: Letters, Life, and Death from the Bowels of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

by Gibbons, Lee L.

• ISBN13: 9781450249232
• ISBN10: 145024923X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-28
• Publisher: Textstream

Summary

Limb Landtells true stories of the lives of American soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Besides fighting in a war zone, our military personnel are battling life issues, some extremely overwhelming. A wounded soldier begs his nurse to retrieve his severed leg, so he can "see it off" properly. A son fights on foreign soil while his father battles cancer back home. A partially literate mother learns to read at her son's urging and coaching through his letters from Iraq-and then he sends her the instructions for his funeral should they ever be needed.Our heroic soldiers also face serious home-related issues while they are so far from home, defending our freedom; a child's paternity or a missing person cannot be easily dealt with from so far away. Then there's the tender love of a wife who firmly stands by her wounded husband, while another wife coldly walks away, leaving her husband contemplating suicide. Adding to the devastating American losses are those losses experienced by innocent Iraqi citizens. An Iraqi mother poignantly eulogizes her own son with simple but loving words.Limb Landtakes an emotional journey to a place of newfound compassion for our military, their families, and everyone personally affected by war.