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Ryan sat in his classroom speechless. He had no idea what is going on. All he knew was that his country was being attacked.
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In responce of 9/11, Ryan felt like he needed to do something about it. He soon joins the military to take action of what was done to his country.
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One year from April 2004 the American press had its first taste of the war. Iraqi prisoners were shown in leashes half naked or fully naked.
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War is beautiful and scare. This is the scary part of war and the people know the other end of war.
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Ryan is able to go on a two week "leave". He goes on the leave to visit Heather and celebrate their unoffical anniversary.
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Ryan deciedes to marry Heather at a young age so that she can get any unfortinate news from the army. This way so that she will know if Ryan will return or not.
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Ryan and his platoon is sent to the battle front to remove any IEDs laying around . One of the most boringest jobs , but also most dangerous job.
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One of the soldiers have fallen. After ten months without any deaths this happened all of a sudden. Ryan regrets not knowing or remembering Sergeant Conklin.
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Whos doesn't love Christmas? This year is a little different however. This year it feels like a Docters office.
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Heather and Ryan buy their first house. They can finally start their lives again.
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Ryan has his book Ghost of War publish finally having his experiences in Iraq shared with other people. It tells of a life of Ryan Smithson himself and his hero journey in Iraq.
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After many months without telling anyone of his experiances in Iraq, he breaks open. He share his story finally to his family including his wife.
