Paul Rieckhoff: Coming Home from War is No 4th of July Picnic

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July 4, 2009

I’ll never forget my Independence Day at war. On July 4, 2003, I was in Baghdad, preparing to return home with my infantry platoon after six months fighting Saddam’s Army and an insurgency that was just beginning to exact its toll on coalition forces . On that day, however, my expectations were thwarted, as my men and I were notified that our combat tour would be extended indefinitely. So instead of enjoying fireworks stateside, my unit watched AK tracer trails zip across the sky, walked patr
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