That says the original circumstances of the injury were traumatising- wounded in action then. So where does an army doctor get himself a suntan and wounded in action these days? Afghanistan or Iraq.
It is a good book. I'm almost finished. The book is about a boy who grows up in Afghanistan during the 1980s. It's called the Kite Runner because the main character takes part in a kite flying competition.
He also says it no longer makes sense for thousands of U.S. troops to be concentrated in that one country, but the top U.S. general says the withdraw brings the potential for bad possible outcomes in Afghanistan.