When U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq two years ago, soldiers weren’t the only ones who put their lives on the line. So did the several hundred “embedded journalists” who brought the drama of war directly to American televisions and newspapers.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporter Katherine Skiba was one of those “embeds.” She was the only female civilian among the 2,300 soldiers of the 101st Airborne’s 159th Aviation Brigade, whose pilots flew Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters into the heat of battle. Skiba has captured her experience in her new book, “Sister In The Band of Brothers.”

In this radio diary, she reads an excerpt from the book and discusses the challenges she faced as a female reporter trying gaining acceptance by the pilots of the 159th Aviation Brigade.

Guests:

Katherine Skiba, reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.