Articles 4.2.2005

NPR has an audio story with the Army Times Reporter, Gina Cavallaro, who was with Spc. Fancisco Martinez, of the 2-17th (attached to the 1-9th), on 3.20.2005, the day he died. There is a picture of the two of them on the web-site. In the audio piece, she reads aloud the tribute article she wrote for the Army Times after befriending Spc. Martinez, and adds a further description of talking with his father after returning from Iraq. She told him a humorous story of how Spc. Martinez and his buddies had figured out a new way to distribute toys to Iraqi children: catapulting them using the flexible antennas on the humvees.
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Other articles from the region:
- BBC: Sunnis urged to join Iraqi police
- LA Times (reg req'd): Europe's Boys of Jihad
- LA Times (reg req'd): Marines Take Up Fight on Postwar Stress
- LA Times (reg req'd): Sunni Clerics Reverse Position
- NY Times (reg req'd): Sunni Clerics Urge Followers to Join Iraq Army and Police
- Reuters: Amid War, U.S. Army, Marines Miss Recruiting Goals