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Drew Larson, Al Qaim, Iraq 2006 | Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, 2001-present
Army
82nd Medical Company (Air Ambulance)
Woodstock and Chicago, Illinois; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Lewis, Washington; Heidelberg, Germany; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Riley, Kansas; Iraq
Captain
IL
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Flying medical evacuation missions during two tours of duty in Iraq, Drew Larson came
to understand how speed does not kill, but it saves lives. Responding to a call and being
in the air within ten minutes is where the process started. Larson cannot recall a wounded
soldier dying before he and his crew delivered the patient for treatment, though he does
reveal what term the Marines use to refer to a comrade who loses the final battle before
he or she can be evacuated.
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