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Every battle has its "signature wounds", traumas inflicted by frightening new weapons and practices the U.S. navy has never faced before. Blistered flesh from mustard gas in World Battle I. Petroleum uses up from coal and oil igniting on the surface of the Pacific in World Battle II. And today, lost feet, hands, & most devastating of most, genitals, consequently of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in today's battle in Afghanistan. Men's Health contributing editor Bob Drury, a experienced reporter of both the Afghan and Iraq wars, offers his most hard-hitting and important dispatch yet - the unforgettable accounts of U.S. troops who have suffered these very personal wounds. Their powerful stories of battlefield survival are simply a prologue to the unimaginable battles they face once they're stateside. That is essential hearing for truly understanding what our fighting with each other forces put on the series - and lose - each day.
