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No Place to Hide
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataWarren, W. Lee, 1969– No place to hide : a brain surgeon’s long journey home from the Iraq War / Major W. Lee Warren, MD U.S. Air Force (Ret.). pages cm ISBN 978-0-310-33803-1 (hardcover) 1. Warren, W. Lee, 1969– 2. Iraq War, 2003-2011—Medical care. 3. Iraq War, 2003-2011—Personal narratives, American. 4. Joint Base Balad (Balad, Iraq) 5. Surgeons—United States—Biography. I. Title.DS79.767.M43W37 2013956.7044'37092—dc23 [B] 2013033127All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible,
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Foreword by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) C. Bruce Green, MD
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Preface
..........................................................................11 1. Maintain Control, Lee .................................................13 2. Just a Little Bomb; Nobody Died .................................23 3. Everywhere I Looked, I Saw Dirt .................................33 4. No Skull Bone on Left, Handle Carefully ....................51 5. For the First Time in My Career, I Didn’t Know What to Do .................................................................63 6. I’m Not the Only One Getting Shot at Here ................71 7. I Can Still See His Face and Smell His Blood ..............81 8. Glasgow Coma Score of Seven .....................................93 9. “Daddy, Come Home Right Now!” ............................103 10. The Iraqi Toddler .......................................................115 11. This Kid’s Gonna Die, and It’s My Fault ....................125 12. A Very Odd Skull .......................................................131 13. “Get That Cat Outta Here!” .......................................137 14. The Night Vania’s Family Was Shot ...........................145 15. Plugged Rockets and Homemade Biological Weapons ....................................................................151