Ruff's war : a Navy nurse on the frontline in Iraq / Cheryl Lynn Ruff with K. Sue Roper.

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2005], ©2005.

xii, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Prologue: 3 April 2003 -- Early inspirations -- It's not just a job, it's an adventure -- Being all that I could be -- Anchors aweigh -- Deployment -- Our new home -- Gearing up for war -- A battle with mother nature -- Settling back in -- Growing weary -- Heightened alert and final preparations -- War is declared -- Moving north into Iraq -- Camp Anderson: the other side of hell -- Saving lives -- Caring for Jeff -- We are "devil docs" -- Surviving in the wake of death -- Camp Chesty -- "Nesting" in Camp Chesty -- Stuck in Iraq -- Back to the beginning -- Welcome to the "Holiday Inn" -- There's no place like home -- Epilogue.