The Hotwash Presents: Former Prisoner of War, Tommy Hamill

The Hotwash with CJ

Thomas Hamill is an American civilian contractor who was employed by Haliburton as a truck convey commander to deliver fuel to U.S. Forces at Baghdad International Airport. in 9 April 2004 "Good Friday" Tommy was conducting a convey with an armed escort of U.S. Forces when the convey was attacked by heavy enemy fire and a well emplaced ambush. Five of Tommy's drivers and two Soldiers were killed in the firefight/ambush. During the ensuing firefight, Tommy made a valiant attempt to communicate his position via his laptop, prior to sending his message for help he was struck in the right arm by enemy fire. The training Tommy received prior to deployment kicked in and he remembered he needed to get low to the ground and look for cover. Tommy had used two socks to try and dress his gunshot wound which was still bleeding heavily and made crawling almost impossible. A small Iraqi boy pointed towards him and gave away his location and he was quickly captured by one of the insurgents.