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Doonesbury.com's The sandbox : dispatches from troops in Iraq and Afghanistan / introduction by G.B. Trudeau ; edited by David Stanford.
- Title
- Doonesbury.com's The sandbox : dispatches from troops in Iraq and Afghanistan / introduction by G.B. Trudeau ; edited by David Stanford.
- Publication
- Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Pub., c2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DS79.76 .D665 2007 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 309 p : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Presents almost one hundred selections from the blog The Sandbox, posted by American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, in which they comment on their daily lives and their missions.
- Subjects
- Biographies
- Since 2000
- Iraq War > (2003-2011)
- Afghan War > (2001-2021)
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Personal narratives, American
- Sources
- Personal narratives > American
- Military history
- Blogs
- United States > History, Military > 21st century > Sources
- United States > Armed Forces > Biography
- Soldiers > United States > Blogs
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Blogs
- Military history
- Personal narratives – American
- Sources
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The search / 1st Lt. Adam Tiffen -- Alarm clock / Sgt. Roy Batty -- Mail becomes paramount / Capt. Lee Kelley -- Cranky old people / Doc in the Box -- Forgotten / FC1 (SW) Anthony McCloskey (Tadpole) -- My first adventure / Maj. Dave Tukdarian (Yambo) -- A hard place to be / SSG. Glenn Yeager -- Not my grandfather's war / Sgt. Steven Kane -- Here in Baghdad / Sgt. Aitch -- The "Who has it worse" game / C. Maloney -- Hamid / Capt. Doug Traversa -- The coolest place to be / Sgt. Roy Batty -- I dream of djinni / Capt. Matt Smenos -- Ambush / 1st Lt. Adam Tiffen -- A taste / 1st Lt. Will Mangham -- Another task force mission / 1st. Sgt. Troy Steward (Bouhammer) -- Mahn / Capt. Matt Smenos -- Robbie / Sgt. Roy Batty -- In the checkout line / Kellie Coy -- Combat / Army Girl -- What it's all about / FC1 (SW) Anthony McCloskey (Tadpole) -- A different perspective / American Soldier -- On our own / Capt. Eric Coulson (Badger 6) -- Rest in peace / 1st Lt. Stefan C. Ralph (GruntMP) -- Our wounded warriors / RN Clara Hart -- Jingle trucks / Capt. Doug Traversa -- Writing letters / Capt. Lee Kelley -- Boredome / Sgt. Brandon White -- Mortar mornings / SPC Michael O'Mahoney -- My fork / Ch. (Capt.) Brad P. Lewis -- Be afraid / Capt. Doug Traversa -- Personal effects / Capt. David Dixon -- Road work / Capt. Eric Coulson (Badger 6) -- Don't touch that / Rob -- Odd dreams / FC1 (SW) Anthony McCloskey (Tadpole) -- When Matt gets home / Capt. Matt Smenos -- VBIEDs along the Tigris / Sgt. Roy Batty -- A surreal day / SPC Gordon Alanko (Teflon Don) -- Man food / C. Maloney
- Muddy Christmas / SPC Ian Wolfe -- On Christmas Eve / Capt. Doug Traversa -- Picture us smiling / Capt. Lee Kelley -- The holidays in Iraq / SPC Jami Gibbs -- The enemy / 1st Lt. Adam Tiffen -- Mountain fury / 1st Sgt. Troy Steward (Bouhammer) -- Sunset / Capt. Lee Kelley -- The dog / Sgt. Roy Batty -- Pieces in the snow / Capt. Benjamin Tupper -- Two very different conflicts / 1st Lt. Stefan C. Ralph (GruntMP) -- First aid classes / SPC Ian Wolfe -- Doha / Capt. Matt Smenos -- Sounds of war / Capt. Eric Coulson (Badger 6) -- Not sure how to respond / Capt. brian Castner -- Hope and despair / Capt. Doug Traversa -- Things I've done / C. Maloney -- A glimpse / Sgt. Brandon White -- Countersniper mission / Rob -- Decency and honor / Capt. Benjamin Tupper -- Got them IP blues / Sgt. Roy Batty -- Signs / Capt. Matt Smenos -- It's not all bad / FC1 (SW) Anthony McCloskey (Tadpole) -- Time is king / Capt. Lee Kelley -- Getting shot at / 1st Lt. Beau Cleland --^
- It was Memorial Day / Sgt. Zachary Scott-Singley -- Busting at the seams / Capt. Matt Smenos -- Family bonds / Capt. Doug Templeton -- Tomato plants / SPC Jami Gibbs -- Children / Capt. Doug Traversa -- The drug front / Sgt. Brandon White -- Alive in your mind / Capt. Benjamin Tupper -- The little things / Maj. Michael Irwin -- The reality of war / Sgt. Brandon White -- The roadblock / 1st Lt. AdamTiffen -- Why I'm in / Army Girl -- When this thing is over / Capt. Lee Kelley -- The keep / Sgt. Roy Batty -- On the home front / Sharon Swanke -- A clear shot / Capt. Benjamin Tupper -- February 27th / American Soldier -- War cocaine / SPC Gordon Alanko (Teflon Don) -- Lost innocence / 1st Sgt. Troy Steward (Bouhammer) -- The chasm / C. Maloney -- Coping / SPC J.R. Salzman -- Calling Dr. Ruth / Capt. Doug Traversa -- Time / Capt. Mike Toomer -- The root(s) of all evil / Maj. Michael Irwin -- Driving in Afghanistan / Capt. Doug Templeton -- Back to work / RN Clara Hart --^
- A lift to the airport / Capt. Eric Coulson (Badger 6) -- Walking on history / SPC Gordon Alanko (Teflon Don) -- Cleanliness and godliness / Capt. Doug Traversa -- On being home / Sgt. Derek McGee.
- ISBN
- 9780740769450 (pbk.)
- 0740769456 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2007021334
- OCLC
- 136781326
- SCSB-12107137
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library