A LIFETIME AT WAR
LIFE AFTER BEING SEVERELY WOUNDED IN COMBAT, NEVER ENDING DUNG
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Some days are easier than others, but every day is a fight! My battles will be life-long. Every day will present challenges and obstacles for my “Combat Wounded” and disabled body and mind to get through. Every day a conscience decision will have to be made, to fight or give in. I choose to fight! Don’t get me wrong, there are days that I get tired, frustrated, angry, and depressed and do not feel like fighting. I hate that everything has to be a fight. It is mentally and physically exhausting! However, I know that in order to have a life full of more happiness than pain, fight I must! It is said that “time heals all wounds (UNK).” I am not naïve enough to believe that! Nor do I believe it is a statement of fact that will be true for you. This “War after the War,” that we (the severely wounded) are now fighting, we will battle for the rest of our lives! This war will not have an end date. I take that back. It will have an end date. That date will be listed on our death certificates. Yes, we will battle with our severe injuries and handicaps every day, for the rest of our lives.
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Master Sergeant Gordon L. Ewell is a combat engineer and expert in the tactics and techniques the enemy used in Iraq to assemble, disguise, and detonate deadly improvised explosive devices (IEDs). He became part of the first special two-solider team whose mission was to find and render safe the IEDs, before they could unleash their deadly force upon other soldiers, convoys, civilians, and local civilian commuters during the War in Iraq. He performed fifty-nine dangerous missions, coauthored a first-of-its-kind manual used for the training of special teams that would have the mission of finding IEDs, was “blown-up” six different times, and saved countless lives. He received the Bronze Star Medal for “demonstrating personal courage and conviction on multiple occasions by continually performing his duties while under enemy attack,” and the Purple Heart Medal for “wounds received while engaged in combat” during the war. Though permanently disabled, he continues to fight. A Lifetime at War is more than just an incredible and inspiring personal account of his road to recovery. Once again Ewell is using his expertise and experience—this time to help wounded warriors navigate the hell of recovery. He helps us all to understand that while the War in Iraq may have ended on December 15, 2011, for the thousands of soldiers severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, their war will never end.
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Master Sergeant Gordon L. Ewell currently resides in Eagle Mountain, Utah. He enjoys being a father and watching his babies grow.