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Colby Buzzell is the author of My War: Killing Time in Iraq, Lost In America: A Dead End Journey, and Thank You For Being Expendable & Other Experiences. Buzzell served as an infantryman in the United States Army during the Iraq War. Assigned to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team in 2003, Buzzell blogged from the front lines of Iraq as a replacement for his habitual journaling back in the states. In 2004 Buzzell was profiled in Esquire's "Best and Brightest" issue. In 2007, Buzzell received the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize for My War: Killing Time in Iraq. The Washington Post in 2007 referred to his article "Digging a Hole All the Way to America" as "A Tour de Force Travelogue," and his article "Down & Out In Fresno and San Francisco" was selected fo ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 2,078 ratings · 239 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	My War: Killing Time in Iraq 3.97 avg rating — 1,395 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War by Matt Gallagher (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roy Scranton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colum McCann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.94 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost in America: A Dead-End Journey 3.68 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thank You For Being Expendable: And Other Experiences 4.44 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My War: Kiling Time in Iraq 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boone: A Biography 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Buzzell, Colby My War: Killing Time in Iraq Paperback - February 2006 by Colby Buzzell (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The other day, we went somewhere, and did something.”
― Colby Buzzell, My War: Killing Time in Iraq

tags: army, humor, iraq, military, something, war

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“God works through people by stirring their hearts and sometimes people never know how they are helping others.”
― Colby Buzzell, My War: Killing Time in Iraq

tags: army, god, goodness, help, iraq, military, soldiers, war

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“The only lies that are true are the ones that you believe.”
― Colby Buzzell, My War: Killing Time in Iraq

tags: army, believe, lies, military, truth, war

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