Articles 3.30.2005
The Associated Press reports that the funeral services for Staff Sgt Jason Hendrix, of the 1-9th, will be heold on Saturday, 4.2.2005. SSG Hendrix was killed by a roadside bom in Ramadi on 2.16.2005. He will be buried in Tulsa, OK.
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The Army Times (via the Tucson Citizen) has an article on Spc Francisco Martinez, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 3.20.2005. The Army Times reporter was with Spc. Martinez on the day he died, and the article describes the harrowing event in detail. Spc. Martinez was shot in the side on a patrol and died at the aid station back at base. He was 20 years old.
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The Wayne Independent, PA, reprinted an eloquent letter from a 2nd BCT soldier in Ramadi. Sgt 1st Class John L. Williams, of the 44th Engineers, recounts the day in which a suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Ramadi on 3.7.2005, killing Sgt. Andrew L. Bossert and Pfc. Michael W. Franklin, and critically wounding another. SFC Williams describes in detail the events at the checkpoint throughout the day until the fateful event.
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The Buffalo News, NY, has an article on the reunion of a wounded 2/5 Marine with his unit. Cpl. Mark P'Brien was wounded in an ambush on 11.7.2004 and had a leg and an arm amputated. Cpl O'Brien flew from Walter Reed Hospital to be with his fellow Marines at Camp Pendleton upon their return. He says he is starting to run with the prosthetic leg, and tried skiing while on leave, but thinks he will have to give up playing the guitar. The article describes the emotional reunion with several of his fellow Marines, including those who treated him at the scene of the ambush.
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The Cortez Journal, CO, carries a picture from the Military Appreciation Day held at the Colorado Legislature on 3.29.2005. The picture shows a Representative greeting the parents of Spc George Geer, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 1.17.2005.
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A Marine Corps news article interviews a Marine who is a native of Mexico City. PFc Carl Name, of the 1/5 Marines, traveled to Texas and joined the Marines straight out of high school. He is a rifleman in Ramadi, regularly conducting patrols.
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A Marine Times article interviews Marine leaders who dismiss "a study by The New England Journal of Medicine that estimated 17 percent of Iraq combat veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder." Brig. Gen. Joseph Dunford, the assistant commander of 1st Marine Division, said only about 1000 of the Divisions 45,000 Marines filled out the survey, and most who participated were from the 2/5 Marines. Based on the number of Marines who have sought help, he claims the percentage is much lower, but doesn't given an exact number.
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Other articles from the region:
- LA Times (reg req'd): Chaotic Iraq Assembly Closes Doors to the Media
- NY Times (reg req'd): Delay Possible on Iraq Charter as Talks Falter
- Washington Post: Two Months In and Still Foundering
- USA Today: Tanks take a beating in Iraq
- USA Today: Electronic ears on alert for enemy gunshots
- Knight Ridder: White House to award first Medal of Honor for service in Iraq
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The Army Times (via the Tucson Citizen) has an article on Spc Francisco Martinez, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 3.20.2005. The Army Times reporter was with Spc. Martinez on the day he died, and the article describes the harrowing event in detail. Spc. Martinez was shot in the side on a patrol and died at the aid station back at base. He was 20 years old.
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The Wayne Independent, PA, reprinted an eloquent letter from a 2nd BCT soldier in Ramadi. Sgt 1st Class John L. Williams, of the 44th Engineers, recounts the day in which a suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Ramadi on 3.7.2005, killing Sgt. Andrew L. Bossert and Pfc. Michael W. Franklin, and critically wounding another. SFC Williams describes in detail the events at the checkpoint throughout the day until the fateful event.
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The Buffalo News, NY, has an article on the reunion of a wounded 2/5 Marine with his unit. Cpl. Mark P'Brien was wounded in an ambush on 11.7.2004 and had a leg and an arm amputated. Cpl O'Brien flew from Walter Reed Hospital to be with his fellow Marines at Camp Pendleton upon their return. He says he is starting to run with the prosthetic leg, and tried skiing while on leave, but thinks he will have to give up playing the guitar. The article describes the emotional reunion with several of his fellow Marines, including those who treated him at the scene of the ambush.
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The Cortez Journal, CO, carries a picture from the Military Appreciation Day held at the Colorado Legislature on 3.29.2005. The picture shows a Representative greeting the parents of Spc George Geer, of the 1-503rd, who was killed in Ramadi on 1.17.2005.
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A Marine Corps news article interviews a Marine who is a native of Mexico City. PFc Carl Name, of the 1/5 Marines, traveled to Texas and joined the Marines straight out of high school. He is a rifleman in Ramadi, regularly conducting patrols.
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A Marine Times article interviews Marine leaders who dismiss "a study by The New England Journal of Medicine that estimated 17 percent of Iraq combat veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder." Brig. Gen. Joseph Dunford, the assistant commander of 1st Marine Division, said only about 1000 of the Divisions 45,000 Marines filled out the survey, and most who participated were from the 2/5 Marines. Based on the number of Marines who have sought help, he claims the percentage is much lower, but doesn't given an exact number.
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Other articles from the region:
- LA Times (reg req'd): Chaotic Iraq Assembly Closes Doors to the Media
- NY Times (reg req'd): Delay Possible on Iraq Charter as Talks Falter
- Washington Post: Two Months In and Still Foundering
- USA Today: Tanks take a beating in Iraq
- USA Today: Electronic ears on alert for enemy gunshots
- Knight Ridder: White House to award first Medal of Honor for service in Iraq
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