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Surgeon Soldier in Iraq – Part 9: Motivations
Letter dated 8/31/11 Greetings from Leitner, Tumultuous last few weeks. My replacement was supposed to arrive during the first week of September. Not sure what happened, but he was a no show for his pre deployment training at Fort Benning. … Continue reading
Surgeon Soldier in Iraq – Part 6: VIP’s and the Countdown
Letter home from Major Eric Stark, in the OnSurg series describing his Iraq experience spanning from 2008 to 2011. Letter dated 4/3/2009: Greetings from B dad A little over a week left. We have been cruising along here in B … Continue reading
Surgeon Soldier in Iraq – Part 4: Improvise and Dialyse
Letters home from Major Eric Stark, in the OnSurg series describing his Iraq experience spanning from 2008 to 2011. Letter dated 2/23/2008 Greetings from B dad, Slow last few weeks. The burn season is definitely over. No new kiddie admissions for … Continue reading
Surgeon Soldier in Iraq – Part 2: Exsanguinating Hemorrhage
Letters home from Major Eric Stark, in the OnSurg series describing his Iraq experience spanning from 2008 to 2011. Letter dated 12/5/2008: Hello from B dad I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. For all the fisheaters like … Continue reading
Surgeon Soldier in Iraq – Part 1: Bomb Blasts and Blackhawks
Major Eric Stark completed general surgery residency in June of 2008. A few months later he was deployed to Iraq where he treated American and Iraqi war casualties and civilians with various surgical conditions. He shared his experience with friends … Continue reading
