May 18, our medical teams worked through one of the most difficult days I can remember.
Forty-one men from the Herons were brought into our receiving area.
During an attack near the airfield, a medical evacuation helicopter remained on the landing pad with eight injured soldiers aboard. SupportVeterans
I hurried outside with two medics to help bring them to safety.
I suffered a shoulder injury during the emergency, but once it was bandaged, I returned to work.
We continued treating patients through the night.
All forty-one Herons who reached our