Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Sept 22, 2012 15:31:41 GMT -5
I have just excerpted portions of this story of a Doctor who suffers from PTSD. If you are interested in her compelling story much more is available here
On the stage, seated with a small group of wounded warriors sharing stories of grievous injuries and inspirational recoveries, is an attractive young woman with short and spiked blond hair.
When it's her turn to speak, she does so confidently and with a pleasing southern drawl. Tara Dixon introduces herself as an Army Reserve major and a board-certified trauma surgeon with special training to care for burn victims.......
That confident tone begins to retreat as Dixon moves on to "some things that I wasn't expecting." For the enemy in Iraq, this is "not a Geneva Convention war." Red crosses on medical tents are targets for mortar rounds and therefore must be removed. "We got bombed a lot," Dixon says.......
Then there is the unfathomable practice of the enemy to use children to get inside a base, perhaps to gain intelligence or just to reach allied forces with a bomb strapped to their chests.
"They knew that we had a soft spot for the locals…so we would occasionally see these two-month olds, or two-year olds, brought to us after either being dunked in boiling water or hands and feet burned. And that twists in your head," says Dixon softly. "You're like, ‘This poor little kid was tortured because his daddy wanted to kill me.' "........
On the stage, seated with a small group of wounded warriors sharing stories of grievous injuries and inspirational recoveries, is an attractive young woman with short and spiked blond hair.
When it's her turn to speak, she does so confidently and with a pleasing southern drawl. Tara Dixon introduces herself as an Army Reserve major and a board-certified trauma surgeon with special training to care for burn victims.......
That confident tone begins to retreat as Dixon moves on to "some things that I wasn't expecting." For the enemy in Iraq, this is "not a Geneva Convention war." Red crosses on medical tents are targets for mortar rounds and therefore must be removed. "We got bombed a lot," Dixon says.......
Then there is the unfathomable practice of the enemy to use children to get inside a base, perhaps to gain intelligence or just to reach allied forces with a bomb strapped to their chests.
"They knew that we had a soft spot for the locals…so we would occasionally see these two-month olds, or two-year olds, brought to us after either being dunked in boiling water or hands and feet burned. And that twists in your head," says Dixon softly. "You're like, ‘This poor little kid was tortured because his daddy wanted to kill me.' "........