Perfectly Wounded: A Memoir About What Happens After a Miracle

This is an outstanding memoir which covers Mike Day’s life from his early childhood up to more recent times.. It is an all encompassing book about trials, tribulations, and overcoming so many obstacles throughout the course of both his career in the USN and after he was shot.

Perfectly Wounded…just imagine being shot 27 times and also having a grenade tossed at you…all in the space of a few minutes…And, the miracle of surviving that many shots…The explanation in the memoir gives the reader how this was possible from the medical point of view Incredible to say the very least.

It covers his early life, and traumatic to say the least, and also his boot camp , BUDs training, his tours of duty with several SEAL teams, and other duty stations while on active duty. Lots of territory within these pages and the BUDs training is explained in great detail, as well.

His wife, Brenda was indeed such a wonderful part of his life after being severely injured.. Try to imagine, checking yourself out of Bethesda after 16 days and going home…the estimate was a stay of 3 months. Talk about intestinal fortitude…

As he explains in his memoir, the greatest accomplishment in his life was after he was discharged from the USN. He worked at Special Operations Command as a case manager and was involved with battling the bureaucracy at the VA. This job was more like that of a social worker which involved case coalition with those wounded and were recovering…The story of Holly, the Independent Duty Corpsman, will tear at your heartstrings.

He has a nonprofit organization which helps wounded warriors. It is stressed in his memoir that PTSD and depression should not be treated as stigmas.

Just an all encompassing read which covers so many details of his life…All of which contributed to make him the man that he has become.

I am both honored and proud to call Mike Day my Brother as a Chief Petty Officer. Most humbling to me…

BZ and Hooyah. Thank you for writing this most personal account of your life.

Most highly recommended.

A MUST READ. This is a memoir that goes beyond war one that shares a story of awe-inspiring resiliency, courage, healing, and love on a thousand levels. A deeply heartrending story, punctuated with moments of sheer terror, one that defines the ethos of every warrior who has fought for their country.

Major Scott A. Huesing, USMC (Ret), Bestselling Author
Echo in Ramadi | The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraqs Deadliest City

This book is an incredible read! After the first few pages and I was completely hooked. I read the whole book in one sitting…I just couldn’t put it down. It’s raw, real, and you honestly cannot wait to turn the next page. I couldn’t get enough of Mike’s story. I wish the book wouldn’t end. I could keep on reading.

As a fanatical admirer of Navy SEALs and their UNBELIEVABLE devotion to duty and to their SEAL Teammates, I try to read everything I can get my hands on written either by or about SEALs and I’ve read a bunch. However, I somehow missed this one. This guy was involved in a ferocious firefight in Iraq when he was shot an astonishing 27 times. He lost consciousness, but when he awoke, he somehow saw to the safety of the rest of his team and still managed to walk to the Medevac helicopter that flew him out. After that, he was in a desperate fight to stay alive, including flatlining several times before the chopper landed. This book is an absolute MUST READ!

This is an amazing story . Mike Day has survived trials and trauma most of us can not comprehend yet through it all he never gave up and continued to serve his fellow man. I’d highly recommend this book for anyone suffering from the aftermath of trauma .

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