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An American combat hospital mobilized in Iraq faces a daily drama of wartime treatment.
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Tug of War
Tug of War With their allegiance to both the Hippocratic oath and military guidelines sometimes in conflict, how do combat doctors decide whom to treat?

The Producer's Story
The Producer's Story Go behind the scenes in the making of "Life and Death in the War Zone" with filmmaker Dimitri Doganis.

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Personnel Profiles Five members of the 21st Combat Support Hospital relate their often trying experiences since filming ended in May 2003.


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Images From the Field
Images From the Field View a gallery of production stills shot during the filming in Colorado, Kuwait, and Iraq.

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Through Time 
Military Medicine Through Time In this interactive, try to identify what you're seeing in medically related photos from the Civil War to the Iraq War.


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