Wheels On Fire: My Year of Driving (and surviving) in Iraq
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555716563 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Naked Pagan said Not 'Rumors of War'. This book is not 'Rumors of War'. It is not 'We Were Soldiers Once', nor is it 'All Quiet on the Western Front'The story is the first person account of a National Guard solider during OIF II told in emails and personal recollections. To be honest, are some poignant moments. Her operations during the `Easter Offensive' did get my attention, her experience attending the funeral of a solider during . "A Woman Soldier's Look at the War in Iraq" according to K. Lucas. My fourteen-year-old daughter and I pick a book each month to both read and discuss. This month it was "Wheels on Fire." I was fortunate to hear Michelle speak and was amazed at how matter-of-fact she was about her experiences.The book is like that too. Her honesty and candor is probably what makes it worth reading. I am a librarian so am probably more critical than most readers.I think this is a. Great read! phyllis brown Very interesting and informative. I would recommend this book to any one with friends or family serving in Iraq. Having a son who served there I now understand a little better how his day in-day out life might have gone while there. Great story!!! P Brown
A woman in combat, truck driver, Purple Heart recipient, leader of men: roles she never thought she'd be living when she joined the National Guard as a seventeen year old looking for direction.For 365 days, Michelle saw the Iraq War up close, experiencing the terror, the camaraderie and the frustration of being so far away from home for so long.Funny and poignant, Wheels On Fire is one woman's personal experience of war, mosquitoes, bad food, incompetent leadership and camel spiders.Includes more than 50 photos and excerpts from her in-country email correspondence with her hometown newspaper--emails that appeared regularly and made her a local celebrity and hero.. From February 2004-2005, Staff Sergeant Michelle Zaremba led supply convoys through the streets of Baghdad