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![There were IEDs [Improvised Explosive Devices] everywhere. They have the big enough to take out a tank. I’ve seen soda cans that had IEDs in them. That’s not a big boom but it can do some damage. I’ve seen them put them in dogs, animals on the side of the road, tires, inside of the curb. They will rip the curb off, stick them in there, and then re-cement it. – Kenneth T.](img/vets/images-deployment-freequote-kennetht.jpg)
![Probably the worst part of the job was vehicle recovery. We’d have to pick up these vehicles like Humvees that had been hit by IEDs and VBIEDS [Vehicle Borne IEDs] and put them on the back of the trucks. And most of time they’d be covered up already but on occasion they’d still be hot from the explosion, too hot to touch, and you can smell the burning flesh on the seats and everything. I can still smell it to this day, just talking about it. - Ray F.](img/vets/images-deployment-wrecked-vehicles.jpg)
![I felt bad for a lot of [the kids]. They sleep on the floor, and I was afraid they didn’t have enough food. - Thomas C.](img/vets/images-deployment-soldier-candy.jpg)
