A young soldier's personal account of the United States' involvement in Iraq.John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition--it had seemed a small sacrifice to give up one weekend a month and two weeks a year in exchange for a free education. But one semester short of graduating, and newly married, he was called to active duty-to serve in Kuwait, then on the front lines of the invasion of Iraq, and ultimately in Baghdad. While serving in Iraq, Crawford began writing short nonfiction stories, his account of what he and his fellow soldiers experienced in the war. At the urging of a journalist embedded with his unit, he began sending his pieces out of the country via an anonymous Internet e-mail account.
Crawford, formerly a soldier in the Florida Army National Guard, was a student in college when he got word, on his honeymoon, that his unit had been called up. He ended up taking part in the invasion of Iraq and stayed in the country for some time after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Crawford is candid about what he saw and experienced: the good, the horrible, the ridiculous, the honorable, and the despicable. This reminiscence is competently read by Patrick Lawlor. His voice has a youthful quality that fits well with the author's age. He has great energy and is able to capture the moods of any situation. M.T.F. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
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The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell
by John Crawford
