Mar 30, 2021 · In an exclusive excerpt from her new book, the U.S. senator from Illinois recounts the dramatic downing of her helicopter in Iraq — and the early stages of recovery from her …

Duckworth is heavily decorated for her service in Iraq, with over 10 distinct military honors, most notably the Purple Heart, an award her Marine father had also received. [36] In 2010, she was …

Sep 12, 2018 · On November 12, 2004, then-36-year-old Captain Tammy Duckworth was flying a Black Hawk to her base in Iraq, some 50 miles north of Baghdad. The mission had been …

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War Veteran, Purple Heart recipient and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who was among the first …

Apr 19, 2021 · In this excerpt from her memoir, Senator Tammy Duckworth describes the moment in Iraq in 2004 when an RPG hit her helicopter.

Jan 14, 2025 · Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs in Iraq, tells TIME that PEte Hegseth is "unqualified" to be Donald Trump's Defense Secretary.

May 7, 2024 · In Iraq, Duckworth flew Operation Iraqi Freedom combat missions until her helicopter was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in the autumn of 2004. The explosion took …

May 2, 2019 · Duckworth — a former Army Lt. Col. and Blackhawk pilot, and current Democratic senator from Illinois — was shot down in Iraq in 2004. When she woke up, she’d lost both of …

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War Veteran, Purple Heart recipient and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who was among the first …

Mar 18, 2013 · Duckworth, the first female double amputee in the Iraq War, very nearly gave her life in a war she didn't believe the U.S. should be fighting, but she says she is proud to have …