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Joined: 25 Oct 2004
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Location: Boulder, Colorado
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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:33 am Post subject: Camp Falcon, Green Zone(Truth Tour update by Michael Graham) |
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CAMP FALCON, THE GREEN ZONE, BAGHDAD: Sorry about the lack of postings since my arrival here in Iraq early Monday morning, but internet access has been somewhat limited. Sheesh! You'd think there's a war on or something...
I have a hundred stories to tell, all of them amazing in their own way, but I don't have time now to tell them all. So let me tell you just one, from earlier this morning:
Melanie Morgan of KSFO in San Francisco and I went on patrol this morning on Route Irish, aka "The Highway of Death" with Delta 3-7 of the 3rd ID. One of the soldiers we travelled with was a 20-year-old PFC who had recently received his SECOND Purple Heart. He told us the story of his two injuries to his legs and torso, both sustained in separate IED attacks on his HumVee.
Later in the conversation I was talking to some of his fellow members of Delta Company and asked them if the mission here in Iraq is "worth it." For a few moments some of the other soldiers groused and kidded around about how tough things are in Iraq and how goofy the Iraqi people can appear at times, then I heard one quiet voice, kind of low, say "It's worth it, definitely. I like my job."
It was the kid with the two Purple Hearts.
However proud you are of these young men and women, it isn't enough. However impressed you are, you should be more. These people are amazing, and I'm proud to be here in Iraq with them.
More to come, stay tuned.
http://www.wmal.com/showdj.asp?DJID=25410
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