Combat and Other Shenanigans: Tales of the Absurd from a Deployment to Iraq

by Piers Platt

Overview

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War is hell…but sometimes it’s also funny as hell.

Combat and Other Shenanigans is Lieutenant Piers Platt’s firsthand account of his year as a cavalry platoon leader in Iraq. Wry, action-packed, and poignant, Combat and Other Shenanigans is the absurd-but-true story of the antics the world’s finest soldiers get up to when no one high-ranking is watching.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046271409
Publisher:	Piers Platt
Publication date:	02/27/2014
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	300 KB

About the Author

Piers Platt grew up in Boston, but spent most of his childhood in various boarding schools, including getting trained as a classical singer at a choir school for boys. He joined the Army in 2002, and spent four years on active duty, including a year-long deployment to Iraq in 2004 as a tank and scout platoon leader.

He now works as a marketing strategy consultant in New York city, when he's not spending time with his lovely wife and daughter.