Ta Teacher's Tale of Tragedy ; As a War-Zone Medic, Trainee Teacher Amy Mcarthur Dealt with the Worst Atrocities of War On a Daily Basis. She Tells Louise Vennells How She Was Thrust Into an Environment Where Bullets Flew All Around and Makeshift Bombs Stole Dozens of Lives

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SHE is just 23, but already Lance Corporal Amy McArthur has twice witnessed the unimaginable horrors of life in the depths of a war zone.

Amputations, children with bullet wounds and dying friends were just some of the traumas the youngster dealt with almost every day while serving as a Territorial Army medic in Afghanistan's tumultuous Helmand province.

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Ta Teacher's Tale of Tragedy ; As a War-Zone Medic, Trainee Teacher Amy Mcarthur Dealt with the Worst Atrocities of War On a Daily Basis. She Tells Louise Vennells How She Was Thrust Into an Environment Where Bullets Flew All Around and Makeshift Bombs Stole Dozens of Lives

She is now readjusting to life back in Yeovil - a world away from the conflict zone where she regularly heard homemade explosive devices rip the limbs from troops and Afghan civilians.

Her three month tour, ...

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