by Elissa M. Lonsdale
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Blood, Tears, and IV's, a memoir of a combat medic, explores the challenging and emotional experiences of one twenty-four-year-old combat medic serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based out of Vicenza, Italy. Sergeant Elissa Lonsdale, the author, was sent to Iraq on the Fourth of July, 2003. She knew the situation she was going into would be a difficult one. Based on her journal she kept while she was in Iraq, this book details her most memorable situations. Some are positive, and others were difficult to put into words. With a major part of the Army still deployed and continuing to deploy, Sergeant Lonsdale wanted to share her memories, as they will stick with her always. "You realize when you get back that there is no way to erase bad memories, only ways to try and make sense of them." Sergeant Lonsdale participated in the treatment of combat casualties, including soldiers, civilians and Iraqis. She recounts in this book her many strange date-related events, such as when her convoy was ambushed on her birthday; she lost a fellow medic to a stroke; another soldier and friend was electrocuted doing his job on Christmas Eve; many missions to villages surrounded by Iraqi children; rendering care to the sick and wounded; and the bond she formed with the medics she was deployed with. Sergeant Lonsdale is still serving on active duty in the Army and currently holds a position in an emergency room as a shift leader.
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Amazing Book, 2008-02-03
I had the honor of having SSG Lonsdale as my Drill Sergeant in AIT. Combat Medic school is to say the least intense. the entire time i must admit that i underestimated SSG Lonsdale. it wasn't until i read her book and actually had the chance to work with her one on one in San Antonio that i realized that she expected so much of us not because of some unrealistic desire to humiliate our group, but instead to prepare us for what she herself had experienced.
now I am in Iraq, treating iraqi children, praying every moment i'm on the road that an IED doesn't go off, and everytime one does i know that deep down inside i am ready to do my job. i owe SSG Lonsdale so much because of the training she gave me back in San Antonio, but more importantly at least a dozen soldier's and countless Iraqi's owe her inderectly for the professionalism she brings to her job. If any person out there, Military or civillian want's to truly understand the life and times of the modern day combat medic read this book. if you want to get a new perspective on war, read this book. even if you do not support the war i reccommend this book because it show's the humanity of our jobs as combat healer's.
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Real Account, 2007-05-26
I feel that this book was well written and gave a good look into the life a combat medic in the field. SSG (DS) Lonsdale relays real life stories that illustrate the good and bad of being downrange. It is a great read for the military enthusiast and future Combat Medic.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Great Book, 2006-12-09
Drill Sgt Lonsdale was my Drill Sgt in AIT at Ft Sam Huston Delta Co 232. She is a great Drill Sgt who always took care of her troops. Reading her book helped teach me to take my training serously.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Not Anti-War or Pro-War, Just A Real Soldier's Story, 2006-11-18
Do you really want to know what life is like for our troops in Iraq? If so you have to read this book.
Blood, Tears, and IV's was written by an US Army combat medic attached to the 173rd Airborne who spent a year in Iraq.
This book brought back memories of my experiences during and after the First Gulf War. Especially the attitudes of those who didn't go to Iraq.
I remember being told how lucky I was because I got to go to war. I thought at the time that these people just didn't get it.
Now I know it wasn't just me.
Sergeant Elisa Lonsdale gives an incredibly readable insight into her time in Iraq. If you are looking for a dry historical narrative you'll not find it here. Instead you'll find a soldier who bares her soul and shares her triumphs and her pain.
In parts of this book it was impossible not to cry with her...
What I like most is Sergeant Lonsdale's ability to share her inner most self without becoming a victim.
This book offers the average American a peek at the sacrifice, bravery and compassion of the American soldier.
If you care about our troops you need to read this book.
Great job Elisa!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Outstanding Account!, 2006-04-18
SGT Lonsdale captures the feel we had for Kirkuk perfectly, from the point of view of Charlie Med. July 4th was not the best way day to deploy (especially with HeinekenFest occuring that upcoming weekend), but SGT Lonsdale, I, and twelve or so others from our unit touched down that day. Many things I had forgotten were brought back in detail upon reading her account, not the least of which were details surrounding Ivory's and Ski's deaths.
Other units, particularly Division-size elements, typically get the recognition and the glory; the 501st FSC (now the 173rd SB) accomplished monumental tasks that dwarfed those assigned to larger and better-equipped units. SGT Lonsdale covers several memorable events, and tells them in a poignant way, remembering details most (like myself) would not.
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