Tom Middleton, author of Saber’s Edge, talks about his book and the Iraq War
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- Production Date: 10/07/2009
- Catalog Number: 8310
- Series: none
- Length: 01:25:33
- Town: Essex Junction
- Geography: International
- Event Type: General
- Content Type: Other
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Tom Middleton, Suburban Essex Dad to combat medic, author of Saber's Edge -a middle-aged Vt firefighter called to fight in the worst place on earth, Ramadi, Iraq. Story of the Green Mountain Boys of Task Force Saber: of comradeship and communion amid fierce street-fighting in a crucial theater of the Iraq War. Saber's Edge is the story of a middle-aged Vermont firefighter called upon to fight in the worst place on earth - Ramadi, Iraq. Saber's Edge is also the story of the Green Mountain Boys of Task Force Saber: of comradeship and communion amid fierce street-fighting in a crucial theater of the Iraq War (the eventual site of the "Al Anbar Awakening"). The author went from being a suburban dad to a combat medic traveling between platoons, engaged in some of the fiercest fighting of the war. For more information about the Brownell Library.
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