Articles 2.10.2005
The Delmarva News, MD carries an article on Lance Cpl. Richard Chad Clifton, of the 2/5 Marines, who was killed in the Anbar Province on 2.3.2005. According to his mother, Lance Cpl Clifton had been interested in the Marines for years. "Chad walked a path from the time he was small. We shouldn't be surprised at the ending. It was very clear-cut. He lived true to who he was. There was just something in that, that made us as parents step back and support that." Memorial services are scheduled this weekend, and Lance Cpl Clifton will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, 2.14.2005.
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The Ohio News Network and Cincinnati Post have articles on Spc James Miller IV, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 1.30.2005. Spc. Miller - who received a posthumous promotion - was laid to rest on 2.9.2005. Family and friends shared loving anecdotes on "Doc Miller's" youth and service.
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The Gaylord, MI, Herald Times and Traverse City, MI, Record Eagle have follow-up articles on wounded soldier Pfc. Derrick Harden, of the 1-503rd, who was critically wounded on 1.17.2005 from an I.E.D. He has been taken off of the critical list at Walter Reed Hospital. "He's doing a lot better," said his mother Debbie Murray, who described him Monday as joking around, restless and even bored. "Each day is an improvement." According to the article, he still "faces a long list of surgeries, occupational therapy and physical therapy ahead of him." Community members raised enough money to allow Pfc. Harden's mother to stay by his side for the next three months during treatment. The article provides an address for sending well-wishes.
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A Department of Defense news article reports on the Soldier and Family Assistance Center set up near the Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas. One of the soldiers quoted is Pfc. Daniel Almonaci (unit wasn't given), who was wounded by a suicide bomber in Ramadi in November (it was not specified if this was the 11.6.2005 attack that wounded 20 soldiers). Pfc. Almonaci "calls time spent at the center and through its activities a welcome respite from the four walls of his barracks or his medical treatments. "I come here to hang out," he said. "They have everything you could want here — TV, computers, snacks. It's a pretty good place.""
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The Grand Junction, CO, Sentinel has a story on the family of Staff Sgt. Michael Bear Shackelford, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 11.28.2005. The family expressed a natural shock and disbelief over a confirmed hoax and lie in their western Colorado community in which a woman claimed her husband was killed in Iraq while protecting an Iraqi girl, when in fact she didn't have a husband in Iraq (CNN.com also reports on the hoax). The woman had sought and received assistance from the aid group Homefront Heroes. SSG Shackelford's family expressed concern that this may damage the reputation of and contributions towards such aid groups. The Shackelford family had forwarded all memorial donations they received in SSG Shackelford's name to "Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado and The Stand in the Gap Project."
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Other articles from the region:
- Reuters: Iraq to Close Borders Next Week to Thwart Attacks
- Christian Science Monitor: Since election, Shiites build bridges to Iraq's minorities
- NY Times (reg req'd): Recount of Disputed Votes to Delay Results
- NY Times (reg req'd): Shiite Offers Secular Vision of Iraq Future.
- Reuters: US Sees Drop in Guard, Reserves in Iraq in 2006
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The Ohio News Network and Cincinnati Post have articles on Spc James Miller IV, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 1.30.2005. Spc. Miller - who received a posthumous promotion - was laid to rest on 2.9.2005. Family and friends shared loving anecdotes on "Doc Miller's" youth and service.
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The Gaylord, MI, Herald Times and Traverse City, MI, Record Eagle have follow-up articles on wounded soldier Pfc. Derrick Harden, of the 1-503rd, who was critically wounded on 1.17.2005 from an I.E.D. He has been taken off of the critical list at Walter Reed Hospital. "He's doing a lot better," said his mother Debbie Murray, who described him Monday as joking around, restless and even bored. "Each day is an improvement." According to the article, he still "faces a long list of surgeries, occupational therapy and physical therapy ahead of him." Community members raised enough money to allow Pfc. Harden's mother to stay by his side for the next three months during treatment. The article provides an address for sending well-wishes.
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A Department of Defense news article reports on the Soldier and Family Assistance Center set up near the Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas. One of the soldiers quoted is Pfc. Daniel Almonaci (unit wasn't given), who was wounded by a suicide bomber in Ramadi in November (it was not specified if this was the 11.6.2005 attack that wounded 20 soldiers). Pfc. Almonaci "calls time spent at the center and through its activities a welcome respite from the four walls of his barracks or his medical treatments. "I come here to hang out," he said. "They have everything you could want here — TV, computers, snacks. It's a pretty good place.""
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The Grand Junction, CO, Sentinel has a story on the family of Staff Sgt. Michael Bear Shackelford, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 11.28.2005. The family expressed a natural shock and disbelief over a confirmed hoax and lie in their western Colorado community in which a woman claimed her husband was killed in Iraq while protecting an Iraqi girl, when in fact she didn't have a husband in Iraq (CNN.com also reports on the hoax). The woman had sought and received assistance from the aid group Homefront Heroes. SSG Shackelford's family expressed concern that this may damage the reputation of and contributions towards such aid groups. The Shackelford family had forwarded all memorial donations they received in SSG Shackelford's name to "Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado and The Stand in the Gap Project."
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Other articles from the region:
- Reuters: Iraq to Close Borders Next Week to Thwart Attacks
- Christian Science Monitor: Since election, Shiites build bridges to Iraq's minorities
- NY Times (reg req'd): Recount of Disputed Votes to Delay Results
- NY Times (reg req'd): Shiite Offers Secular Vision of Iraq Future.
- Reuters: US Sees Drop in Guard, Reserves in Iraq in 2006
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