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Camarillo doctor’s emails describe fight for lives in Iraq
Surgeon in combat
By Tom Kisken
Sunday, February 10, 2008

The bullet sneaked through a very small gap in the axillary (armpit) area of his body armor. A tiny hole,” he pecked out on a Dell laptop from an Army hospital in Mosul, Iraq. “He arrived unconscious with no vital signs. Everyone tried but his blood was somewhere else A sniper shot. An unlucky shot. A cheap shot. Shot through the heart and under the flag.

This is why I still wear a uniform.

*stands at the position of attention, offering crisp salute*

[h/t Michael Yon]