Groundbreaking Care for Soliders in Iraq

During the Vietnam War, 75 percent of wounded soldiers survived; today that number is 87 percent, thanks to innovations in body armor and surgical care. Photographer Lynsey Addario captures the immediacy of battlefield surgery in Balad, Iraq, 50 miles north of Baghdad—for both traumatized soldiers and the frantic medics who provide care.

Lynsey Addario / VII Network