A Port Angeles High School graduate and Seattle talk-radio personality serving in Iraq with the National Guard sustained minor injuries Friday in a mortar attack near Baghdad.
Bryan Suits, 39, was deployed to Baghdad in February, said his father, Bob Suits, who lives in Sequim.
“I’m just glad it wasn’t any worse,” a relieved yet worried Bob Suits said Saturday.
A second lieutenant with the Washington-based 81st Separate Armor Brigade, Bryan Suits has been stationed in the “green zone,” his father said — in the center of U.S. military operations.
He was knocked out after an 81-millimeter enemy mortar hit within 10 feet of him, causing a head concussion and a slight loss of hearing.
The lieutenant caught some shrapnel in his wrist.
He’s also suffering from short-term memory loss and ringing in his ears, but doctors have told him his memory and hearing will return to normal, The Associated Press reported.
“He called me yesterday morning to tell me more about it,” Bob Suits said.
“He’s still pretty well shook up.”