DOGWOOD: A National Guard's Unit in Iraq

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Traces the experience of the 150th Combat Engineers of the Mississippi National Guard in their 2005 tour of duty in Iraq, centered on the forward operating base Dogwood. Comprising youth hoping to attain a way out of grinding poverty, women seeking to break barriers, and patriots answering their nation's call after 9/11, the 150th represented nearly all of what America had to offer in 2005.Set within the context of a changing military, an evolving strategic situation, and an unpopular war, Dogwood is an unflinching history which lays bare the harsh reality of combat through countless firsthand accounts. Contains 16 pages of full-color plates.