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Matt Gallagher is the author of the Iraq memoir "Kaboom" and coeditor of, and contributor to, the short fiction collection "Fire & Forget: Short Stories from the Long War." A former U.S. Army captain, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Review, and The Atlantic, among other places. He holds an MFA in fiction from Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn. His novel "Youngblood" is forthcoming from Atria/Simon & Schuster.
Deployments
(1 year, 3 months)Dec 2007 - Feb 2009
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Dec. 2007 through August 2008 - scout platoon leader, Bravo Troop, 2-14 Cavalry, 2-25 SBCT, Saba al-Bor, Iraq
August 2008 through Feb. 2009 - lethal targeting officer, Alpha Company, 1-27 Infantry, 2-25 SBCT, Husayniyah, Iraq
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