The Last Deployment
How a Gay, Hammer-Swinging Twentysomething Survived a Year in Iraq
by Bronson Lemer
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The Last Deployment
After serving five and a half years as a carpenter in a North Dakota Guard engineer unit, Bronson Lemer was ready to leave the military behind in 2003. As he describes in The Last Deployment, he was instead sent on a year-long tour of duty to Iraq—just six months shy of completing his commitment to the army.
He learns that his father’s lifelong example of silent strength has taught him much about being a man, and these lessons help him survive in a devastating war zone, as well as conceal his sexuality, as he is required to do by the U.S. military.
This is a provocative and moving tale of one soldier’s struggle to reconcile military brotherhood with self-acceptance. Lemer brilliantly captures the bizarre nuances of a soldier’s daily life: growing a mustache to disguise his fear, wearing pantyhose to battle sand fleas and exchanging barbs with Iraqis while driving through Baghdad. Most strikingly, he describes the reality faced by the gay servicemen and servicewomen who have had to hide their true identities while serving a country that basically disowns them. Often funny, sometimes anguished, The Last Deployment paints a deeply personal portrait of war in the twenty-first century.
Softcover : 240 pages
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press ( June 08, 2011 )
Item #: 13-414876
ISBN: 9780299282141
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.6inches
Product Weight: 8.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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