Additional Articles from recent months
Here are some articles from the past few months featuring 2nd BCT units that apparently never made it into the main news search engines:
The Suwannee Democrat, FL, has a 12.9.2004 feature on a 2nd BCT soldier wounded in action. Sgt. Mike Morabito, who's unit was not given (but is presumably the 1-503rd), was injured on 11.6.2004 in Ramadi when a suicide car bomber driving an Iraqi police car rammed a 7-ton truck near Combat Outpost (CBS News reported on the incident on 11.6.2004). In the article, Sgt. Morabito gives a harrowing full account of the suicide attack. He gives particular praise to the driver as a hero: "Cpl Schmill, our driver, maintained control of the truck after the detonation although he lost an eye, part of his hand and had his leg shattered." No one died in the incident, but most of the 19 wounded soldiers are still receiving treatment at a military hospital in Texas.
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The London Times, UK, has a 12.8.2004 article interviewing the 2nd BCT Brigade Chaplain, Maj. Eric Albertson. The article explores the duties and struggles of the 6 members of the Army Chaplain Corp with the 2nd BCT. The article also describes the religious composition of the 2nd BCT: "Of the 2nd Brigade’s 5,500 men, 25 per cent are Catholic, 65 per cent Protestant and 10 per cent “others”, including Jews and Muslims."
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An AFP article from 11.2.2004 details the difficult challenges of the 2/5 Marines in Ramadi. Several marines are quoted in the article.
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An Associated Press article from 10.30.2004 discusses the deployment extensions of various units. The included picture is of several 2nd ID soldiers arriving at Combat Outpost in Ramadi (a picture of troops I don't recall seeing elsewhere).
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The US Army web-site has a single photo of a 1-503rd soldier conducting house sweeps in Ramadi. There is also a picture from a 1-9th soldier, which was previously posted on the Desert Strike FRG page. More general pictures from the web-site: 1) search on Ramadi, 2) search on Fallujah.
The Suwannee Democrat, FL, has a 12.9.2004 feature on a 2nd BCT soldier wounded in action. Sgt. Mike Morabito, who's unit was not given (but is presumably the 1-503rd), was injured on 11.6.2004 in Ramadi when a suicide car bomber driving an Iraqi police car rammed a 7-ton truck near Combat Outpost (CBS News reported on the incident on 11.6.2004). In the article, Sgt. Morabito gives a harrowing full account of the suicide attack. He gives particular praise to the driver as a hero: "Cpl Schmill, our driver, maintained control of the truck after the detonation although he lost an eye, part of his hand and had his leg shattered." No one died in the incident, but most of the 19 wounded soldiers are still receiving treatment at a military hospital in Texas.
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The London Times, UK, has a 12.8.2004 article interviewing the 2nd BCT Brigade Chaplain, Maj. Eric Albertson. The article explores the duties and struggles of the 6 members of the Army Chaplain Corp with the 2nd BCT. The article also describes the religious composition of the 2nd BCT: "Of the 2nd Brigade’s 5,500 men, 25 per cent are Catholic, 65 per cent Protestant and 10 per cent “others”, including Jews and Muslims."
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An AFP article from 11.2.2004 details the difficult challenges of the 2/5 Marines in Ramadi. Several marines are quoted in the article.
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An Associated Press article from 10.30.2004 discusses the deployment extensions of various units. The included picture is of several 2nd ID soldiers arriving at Combat Outpost in Ramadi (a picture of troops I don't recall seeing elsewhere).
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The US Army web-site has a single photo of a 1-503rd soldier conducting house sweeps in Ramadi. There is also a picture from a 1-9th soldier, which was previously posted on the Desert Strike FRG page. More general pictures from the web-site: 1) search on Ramadi, 2) search on Fallujah.
posted by Ryan Kirk @ 9:30 AM
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