Todd in Baghdad with the North Dakota National Guard during the Iraq War

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Todd served at Camp Slayer in Baghdad with the 164th Engineer Battalion, Headquarters Company, of the North Dakota Army National Guard in 2007 and 2008.

Recorded in 2011 in Todd’s home in North Dakota while looking at Baghdad on Google Maps and at his photos, with the television in the background.

Todd’s recollections are filled with charm and dark humor, wonder and sudden horror.

Todd in Baghdad with the North Dakota National Guard during the Iraq War

Sections:

1. Stray Bullet

2. We Didn’t Have a Bunker, We Didn’t Have S***

3. Victory Over America Palace

4. One Night with the Wrecker

5. Work Area

6. All Demolished

7. Patriot Missile Launcher

8. They Were Trying to Hit That but They Could Never Hit It

9. What Kind of a D*** Tree Is This?

10. Quick Response Force

11. Weird Bunch of Boys

12. Our Flags

13. Blimp

14. Orange Sandstorms

15. Crammed in There

16. Little Fox

17. Towers and a Firefight

18. Destroyed Vehicles

19. Up-armored Humvees

20. Totally Destroyed the S*** but What Are You Going to Do?

21. Civilian Peterbilt

22. Convoys

23. Trouble

24. They’d Get Nailed

25. They Had It Rough but They Had It Made

26. Firing Range in Kuwait

27. Camels

28. Flying in a Tanker

29. Loaded to the Max