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(More customer reviews)The focus is not on combat and war, but rather a rare insight into the sacrifices of National Guard citizen soldiers. This informative, well-researched book follows the lives of 5 individuals and their families just before, during, and after their mobilization to active military service in Iraq. Although the book does describe some combat-related action and the human tragedy of war, the focus is on individual personalities and differing backgrounds of the soldiers including their subsequent readjustments after being released from active duty. This easy-reading book walks the reader through some of the complexities of the military including how mobilization, the Army bureaucracy, and combat affected the soldiers, their families, and their friends.
The general public should read this enjoyable book for an understanding of how individual citizen-soldiers and their families sacrifice in answering the call to duty in a story that touches the heart. In the case of one citizen-soldier, Ray Johnson, this was his second war for the 58 year-old Vietnam veteran - that is real patriotism!
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