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Nothing concentrates the military mind so much as the discovery that you have walked into an ambush. -- Thomas Packenham |
 War Stories: IraqWar Stories published under this topic are as follows:
It was 3:00 A.M.. Although the sun’s rays had retreated hours before, its hot breath refused to dissipate from the steppes of Kuwait’s Ad Dibdibah plain. The heat attacked us from all sides. Airborne sandy powder hung above us and dimmed lights as if in a London fog.
Note: by Richard L. Klingler, MD LTC MC USAR, U.S. Army 310th MP Battalion 10739 Reads
When the Iraq War started, I was assigned to a logistics unit at Fort Drum, serving as a battalion operations officer. From as early as September 2002, in light of the new crisis with Saddam, I knew we might deploy. After months of speculation, those deployment orders officially were published in February 2003.
Note: by Captain Andrew DeKever 11250 Reads
I write this right now in my journal several hundred miles inside of Iraq. At the crack of dawn this morning we left Kuwait to enter Iraq, where we will be doing combat operations for the next calendar year. This will be my first and hopefully last combat deployment. Crossing the Kuwaiti/Iraqi border this morning was an experience; it was like crossing the DMZ or something.
Note: by Spc. Colby Buzzell, 11B, US Army 11225 Reads
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1859: The Piedmontese army crosses the Sesia River and defeats the Austrians at Palestro. 1862: Union General Henry Halleck enters Corinth, Mississippi. 1868: Memorial Day begins when two women place flowers on both Confederate and Union graves. 1912: U.S. Marines are sent to Nicaragua to protect American interests. 1913: The First Balkan War ends. 1921: The U.S. Navy transfers the Teapot Dome oil reserves to the Department of the Interior. 1942: A thousand-plane raid on the German city of Cologne is launched by Great Britain. Almost 1,500 tons of bombs rain down in 90 minutes, delivering a devastating blow to the Germans medieval city as well as its morale. 1951: Eighth Army regained the Kansas Line. 1952: Far East Air Forces had flown 200,000 sorties in the Korean War during some 330 consecutive days of combat operations. |
