January 28, 2012 - It was the second-longest war in U.S. history.
And a Cottonwood man was among those who rolled into the country when the war began, while a Redding man was in the last convoy to roll out when it ended.
After almost nine years, the Iraq War, which saw more than 1 million service members serve, came to a formal and quiet end last month having claimed the lives of nearly 4,500 Americans and leaving more than 32,200 wounded.
Ten north state men lost their lives in the Iraq War, while America's longest war — the continuing war in Afghanistan — has killed an additional 11.
Those who fought and served in Iraq, as well as those still deployed in Afghanistan, say those two wars have changed their lives.
"Killing anyone changes you," said 29-year-old Jason Arnaud of Redding, an Army veteran who served in the Iraq War as a gunner.
Arnaud, who still struggles with his emotional demons because of that war, said he wanted to disappear from society when he got back from the war several years ago. read more>>>
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