Articles 25.2005
The 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association Site has links to additional recent articles on wounded soldiers in the 1-506th.
The Tampa Bay ABC affiliate has a 2.3.2005 story and video segment on Spc. Eric Jordan, who received a Purple Heart on 2.4.2005 after being wounded in November. While on a night mission, his vehicle hit an I.E.D. and flipped into a ravine. A weapon in the vehicle struck him in the chest, crushing both lungs and breaking his back. Spc. Jordan is presently in Tampa undergoing treatment. Presently in a wheelchair, he expressed in the video segment that he intends to walk again some day.
The government site for U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) has a press release on the Purple Heart ceremony for Cpt. William Jones, who suffered bullet wounds to both of his legs in a November firefight in Khalidiyah. Cpt. Jones, a Baltimore native, request that Senator Mikulski present his Purple Heart Award.
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Articles on Operation River Blitz:
A CENTCOM News Release reports that the 5th day of Operation River Blitz involved "raiding a mosque, detaining 17 suspected insurgents and seizing several weapons caches." In total, 104 suspected insurgents have been detained since Sunday. The article also reports that "North of Ar Ramadi, a local civilian directed a U.S. Marine combat patrol to an improvised-explosive device, which consisted of four 105 mm artillery rounds that were daisy-chained together in a brown bag hidden underneath a pile of leaves at approximately 10:00 a.m. At approximately 11:15 a.m. in the central portion of the city, insurgents shot an Iraqi citizen in the abdomen when they fired a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire at U.S. Marines. The Marines provided medical treatment to the injured civilian after immediately returning fire at the insurgents, who fled the area."A civilian also guided Marines to a weapons cache in Fallujah.
The Marine Times reports that Iraqi National Guardsmen detained 6 people in a raid on a mosque in Haqlaniyah.
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Other articles from the region:
- USA Today: Pentagon reports fewer U.S. casualties
The Tampa Bay ABC affiliate has a 2.3.2005 story and video segment on Spc. Eric Jordan, who received a Purple Heart on 2.4.2005 after being wounded in November. While on a night mission, his vehicle hit an I.E.D. and flipped into a ravine. A weapon in the vehicle struck him in the chest, crushing both lungs and breaking his back. Spc. Jordan is presently in Tampa undergoing treatment. Presently in a wheelchair, he expressed in the video segment that he intends to walk again some day.
The government site for U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) has a press release on the Purple Heart ceremony for Cpt. William Jones, who suffered bullet wounds to both of his legs in a November firefight in Khalidiyah. Cpt. Jones, a Baltimore native, request that Senator Mikulski present his Purple Heart Award.
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Articles on Operation River Blitz:
A CENTCOM News Release reports that the 5th day of Operation River Blitz involved "raiding a mosque, detaining 17 suspected insurgents and seizing several weapons caches." In total, 104 suspected insurgents have been detained since Sunday. The article also reports that "North of Ar Ramadi, a local civilian directed a U.S. Marine combat patrol to an improvised-explosive device, which consisted of four 105 mm artillery rounds that were daisy-chained together in a brown bag hidden underneath a pile of leaves at approximately 10:00 a.m. At approximately 11:15 a.m. in the central portion of the city, insurgents shot an Iraqi citizen in the abdomen when they fired a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire at U.S. Marines. The Marines provided medical treatment to the injured civilian after immediately returning fire at the insurgents, who fled the area."A civilian also guided Marines to a weapons cache in Fallujah.
The Marine Times reports that Iraqi National Guardsmen detained 6 people in a raid on a mosque in Haqlaniyah.
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Other articles from the region:
- USA Today: Pentagon reports fewer U.S. casualties
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