This collection of accounts of American men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan reveals their personal experiences as military combat personnel. Their stories are told through interviews, information from questionnaires and official military documents.

Harry Spiller is the author of 18 books and numerous magazine articles. He served for 10 years in the U.S. Marine Corps with two tours in Vietnam. He also served as sheriff of Williamson County, Illinois, and retired as an associate professor of criminal justice from John A. Logan College. He lives in Marion, Illinois.

Harry Spiller
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 200
Bibliographic Info: 34 photos, appendices, index
Copyright Date: 2014
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4869-2
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0275-2
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi
Introduction 1
1. Sergeant Lindsay Griffith 5
2. Corporal Jesse R. Hines 8
3. Corporal Neal Brown 13
4. Staff Sergeant Stacey Miesaloski 25
5. Lance Corporal Dustin Whitehead 29
6. Specialist Daniel E. Baker 36
7. Sergeant Joseph Napiorkowski 43
8. Warrant Officer Tim Baker 46
9. Major Greg Settle 51
10. Sergeant First Class Gregory L. Strong 56
11. Sergeant Chase Salmela 62
12. Staff Sergeant Scott Edwards 70
13. Sergeant Michael S. Mormino 74
14. Staff Sergeant Christopher Niemeyer 81
15. Sergeant First Class Heath Clark 85
16. Staff Sergeant Jason Thompson 92
17. Specialist Mark Ferrell 99
18. Sergeant Alicia Edwards 102
19. Corporal Levi Wampler 109
20. Staff Sergeant Patrick Tullis 119
21. Private First Class Nicholas Jennings 125
22. Private First Class Joseph Underhile 133
Appendix A—Afghanistan: U.S. Combat Chronology 147
Appendix B—Iraq: U.S. Combat Chronology 168
Appendix C—Statistical Tables 178
Index 183