Articles 1.11.2005

KLAS TV and KVBC TV in Las Vegas have article and video reports on Pfc. Daniel Guastaferro, of the 1-503rd, who died in Ramadi on 1.7.2005. Pfc. Guastaferro attended high school in the area, and worked for a time at Madame Tussaud's wax museum. According to friends, he had hoped to return to Las Vegas and become a Metro Police Officer.
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The Desert Strike FRG site has 4 more pictures of 2nd BCT soldiers being awarded Purple Hearts. Cpl. Kurt Krause and Staff Sgt. John Breeding, of the 1-9th Infantry, were wounded in a 9.7.2004 roadside bomb explosion. Pfc. Eddy Szymoniak, of the 1-506th, was wounded in a 9.13.2004 roadside bomb attack. Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Stemen, of the 1-506th, was also wounded in a 9.13.2004 roadside bomb attack. Spc. Brock Eckstein , of the 1-506th, was wounded on 10.3.2004 in a roadside bomb attack. All of the awards were given by 2nd BCT Commander Col. Gary S. Patton.
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Other articles from the region:
- Associated Press: Many Fallujah residents angry over destruction from U.S.-led
- Newhouse News Service : Election workers labor to outfox insurgents in bid to attract voters
- Associated Press: Some Iraq Areas May Be Too Unsafe to Vote
- LA Times (reg req'd): Ex-Baathists Play Crucial Insurgent Role, U.S. Says
- Washington Post: Iraqi Security Forces: Hunters and Hunted
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraqi police take brunt of attacks