I read that when Kimberly Dozier was brought to the Army Hospital in Baghdad, she had lost so much blood they made an appeal over the hospital PA system for donors -- and soldiers there lined up to donate.
I found the following as a PS to some field notes about an interview Dozier did with a top US general in April.
"One important post-script. We are careful to maintain our distance from the military — separation of the fifth estate and all that. But when some two-dozen injured Marines came in from a mortar attack outside the base, medics came running past my camera crew (waiting outside the briefing) screaming for type A+ blood.
Veteran cameraman Paul Douglas grabbed his camera, and looked around for the wounded, the ambulances — and his soundman. Soundman Adam Haylett moved even faster. He'd dashed after the medics, to give a pint or so of his A+ blood. So if you meet a U.S. Marine who has developed a new taste for sweet, overly milky tea, and English ale, you'll know why.
(Note that this is not the sound man who was killed.)
Here's a link to the rest of her notes.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1541574.shtml
Seems to be at least some mutual respect between military and media.
Hybrid Mode
