After the September 11 attacks, John Connly Walsh wanted to serve his country. So, in 2005, at the age of 73, he packed his bags and headed to the Green Zone in Iraq. He worked on reconstruction projects for an American company, but more importantly, he became a witness toÑand chronicler ofÑhistory.
The Downrange Dispatches is a collection of WalshÕs letters home to family and friends. It is a unique look at the story of postwar, pre-surge Iraq told not by the media that covered it, but by an American citizenÑand his Iraqi translators, drivers, and friendsÑwho lived it.