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Working with the Wounded: Tired, But not Numb

by Ian Black, NPR
December 26, 2006

Commentator Ian Black, who is Chief of Anesthesia at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, says he is tired of seeing wounded Americans and Iraqis. Reflecting on Christmas, Black says that he hopes at the end of the day, it will be the people -- not the injuries -- that he will remember.

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  • All Things Considered, December 26, 2006
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