Wendy Barranco, Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom fought off sexual harassment and sexual assault by officers as she worked to save lives in a field hospital in the Tikrit, Iraq combat zone.  Following her return she became active in Iraq Veterans Against the War (now About Face: Veterans Against the War) and in other community social justice efforts.


2005, Tikrit, Iraq: "I didn't really have time to be scared."


2005, Tikrit, Iraq: "I'm already in a fucking war zone...now I have to deal with your ass too?"


2006-09: Iraq Veterans Against the War "got me on a path of peace, of healing, of questioning..."