In November 2004, Winds authored "The Battle of Fallujah: A Comprehensive Briefing (v3.6)" to monitor one of the 2nd Iraq War's decisive battles. Staff Sgt. David Bellavia and the "Ramrods" of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment didn't need to read it. They were there, and among other things, his actions over that period earned him a recommendation for the Congressional Medal of Honor. Not bad for a theater major who joined the army because he was sued by Steven Sondheim.

No, really.

Bellavia's book "House to House" describes his experiences in detail, and Chicago's Pritzker Military Library recently hosted and videotaped a, well... "one man theater show" isn't a bad way to describe it, actually. He has a very sane and real take on a lot of things, and he describes the visceral and mental reality of that combat in a way that isn't going to come across in the award citations.