Ryan conklin biography

writing for this book began within weeks after Conklin's homecoming, and with that, the power of this soldier's voice, thoughts, anger, naivety, and innocence have been preserved so richly that had he waited one year or one decade to write this, the experience would lose authenticity.

In September , soldiers from the Army’s st Airborne Division deployed to Iraq in what would be the division’s second deployment to the country since the invasion.

Twenty-year-old Specialist Ryan A. Conklin was one of these soldiers who wore the famed Screaming Eagle patch into combat. As an infantryman with the division’s 3rd Brigade, th (Rakkasan) Infantry Regiment, this became Conklin’s first deployment and a life-altering experience.

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Within the Rakkasan Regiment, Conklin belonged to Angel Company from the 3rd Battalion (Iron Rakkasans).

Nicknamed the “Angels From Hell,” Con