Letters from Iraq

About the Book

“Letters from Iraq” is written around letters sent home and documents written at the time that show the people and the day-to-day operations of a United States Army Corps of Engineer unit from September 11, 2001, until March 2006. It is a story of all the local Iraqis, foreign nationals, military personnel, and civilian volunteers who struggled in the heat and sun, mud and cold, to support the army and rebuild Iraq. History records the deeds, both good and bad, of the leaders, but for those who toiled in the hot sun, under constant threat of death, often only because they had to feed their families, there is no record. This is their story.

About the Author

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Victor Zillmer (retired) served for thirty years in both active and reserve duty, serving among other places—Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq, and New Orleans—after Hurricane Katrina. Starting service as a private in basic training, he rose through the ranks the hard way and was responsible for more than one thousand construction projects, including Saddam Hussein’s prison cell and the New Orleans surge barrier. LTC Zillmer has seen war and what it does to both the individuals and entire cultures. He now resides in Lindale, Texas, where he grows blackberries and writes novels.