Saber's Edge: A Combat Medic in Ramadi, Iraq

The National Guardsman, the citizen soldier called upon to fight for this nation in a time of war, is one of the least understood-and perhaps one of the most compelling-figures of the Iraq War. Saber's Edge is the story of a middle-aged Vermont firefighter called upon to be a soldier in the worst place on earth-Ramadi, Iraq. In a few short weeks Thomas A. Middleton went from being a suburban dad to a combat medic traveling between platoons, filling in for other medics and engaging in some of …