The Wax Bullet War by Sean Davis6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() His art gave him the mission he lacked once outside the combat zone, and although the trauma persisted, he “found a new purpose and something to live for.” He returned to his work as an artist and reduced his substance abuse. He is sent back to America “hell-broke and feeling ruined.” Once home, he found that “real life was harder than war,” and drugs and alcohol “seemed like a wonderful idea.” Suicidal and out of control, he eventually had success getting help at a VA hospital. They are asked to perform dangerous missions with lack of sleep, substandard equipment, little information, and inadequate planning.ĭuring one combat mission with particularly little information to go on, Sean’s Humvee is ambushed, injuring him and killing his closest friend. ![]() With forthrightness - and often humor - Davis describes the absurdities and horrors that he encountered. He wanted to do his part, and when he learned his platoon was to be deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he also saw it as a way to escape his problems so that his “life might make sense again.” 12, 2001, Davis joined the Oregon National Guard, reenlisting in response to 9/11. With his worthwhile new memoir, Sean Davis gives an honest portrayal of his life before, during, and after time spent in combat in Iraq. ![]()
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