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A three-part Los Angeles Times series following the lives of soldiers wounded in Iraq

By David Zucchino
Photographs by Rick Loomis

PART ONE

Bringing Back the Wounded With Heart, Soul and Surgery
Injured troops are swept up in a lifesaving process unmatched in past wars — reaching hospitals in minutes and the U.S. in days. But their agony doesn't end on the battlefield.

GALLERY: VOICES FROM THE FRONT

I think maybe I just need a couple of days without getting blown up.

— Army Spc. Corbin Foster

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GRAPHICS

• Improved care

• Wounded in Iraq

• In harm's way

• How they were hurt

• Treatment in Iraq

• The road back

PART TWO Journey Through Trauma Troops who survive the critical 'golden hour' after being seriously wounded can owe their lives to a fast-acting medical team.	LAST OF THREE PARTS Battle on the Home Front When wounded U.S. troops return from Iraq, nearly everything has changed. Except, for many, the drive to keep on fighting.
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Published April 2-4, 2006