UCSD Student and Marine Lance Corporal Jonathan Wong offers a detailed and nuanced account of his tour of duty in Iraq with tales of the battles of Baghdad and Tikrit, severe food shortages, boredom, loneliness, courage and remorse over the actions of fellow soldiers at Abu Ghraib in this compelling interview with Abe Shragge, a historian of war and society at UCSD and curator of the San Diego Veterans Museum and Memorial Center.
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