Articles 5.27.2005
The Philadelphia Inquirer has a Memorial Day weekend tribute to a fallen 2/5 Marine. Cpl Marc Ryan was killed on 11.15.2005 in Ramadi along with his company commander Capt. Patrick Marc M. Rapicault. His family describes their memories of Cpl Ryan, and their pride in his service. Following 9/11, hewas deployed to Afganistan, and then Ramadi in 2004. An estimated 5000 people in his home-town attended his funeral in November.
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The Monroe News, MI, reports that the parents of fallen 2nd BCT soldier Pfc. Dennis J. Miller will be the parade marshalls for their local Memorial Day parade. Pfc Miller, of the 2-72nd Armor, was killed on 11.10.2004 in Ramadi.
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Fox News Correspondant Oliver North has a commentary article discussing his opinions of the US media on this Memorial Day weekend after spending 3 weeks in Iraq. Three of his examples of "successes" in Iraq lacking media coverage include 2nd BCT Soldiers and Marines:
- "The soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 503rd Infantry deployed to Iraq from Korea. Many of them will be away from their families for more than two years. Though living conditions at Corregidor Combat Outpost are as "Spartan" as any I have seen since Khe Sanh or Con Thien in Vietnam, they go out every day with Iraqi troops and commandos to hunt down elusive terrorists in the capital city of Iraq's largest province. They are ignored by the press."
- "Many of the Marines and Navy Medical CORPSMEN in the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines are back in Iraq for their third seven-month combat deployment. Yet, I detected no carping or complaining as they carried out 'round-the-clock raids and patrols, manned checkpoints and stood watch side-by-side with Iraqi troops in the heart of the Sunni triangle. This isn't considered to be "news"?"
- "Civil Affairs teams of U.S. soldiers, medics, Marines, Navy Corpsmen and Sea Bees provided $500 million in medical supplies, improved a rural medical clinic serving 40,000 Iraqis, helped jump-start small businesses in Fallujah and built sanitation facilities for a 275-student elementary school. Our press treated it like a state secret."
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Other articles from the region:
- Christian Science Monitor: Pressure builds on Iraq's insurgents
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraq's tensions spill onto campus
- LA Times (reg req'd): For the Wounded, No Miracle Is Small
- LA Times (reg req'd): Iraq to Launch Anti-Insurgent Operation Across Baghdad
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The Monroe News, MI, reports that the parents of fallen 2nd BCT soldier Pfc. Dennis J. Miller will be the parade marshalls for their local Memorial Day parade. Pfc Miller, of the 2-72nd Armor, was killed on 11.10.2004 in Ramadi.
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Fox News Correspondant Oliver North has a commentary article discussing his opinions of the US media on this Memorial Day weekend after spending 3 weeks in Iraq. Three of his examples of "successes" in Iraq lacking media coverage include 2nd BCT Soldiers and Marines:
- "The soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 503rd Infantry deployed to Iraq from Korea. Many of them will be away from their families for more than two years. Though living conditions at Corregidor Combat Outpost are as "Spartan" as any I have seen since Khe Sanh or Con Thien in Vietnam, they go out every day with Iraqi troops and commandos to hunt down elusive terrorists in the capital city of Iraq's largest province. They are ignored by the press."
- "Many of the Marines and Navy Medical CORPSMEN in the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines are back in Iraq for their third seven-month combat deployment. Yet, I detected no carping or complaining as they carried out 'round-the-clock raids and patrols, manned checkpoints and stood watch side-by-side with Iraqi troops in the heart of the Sunni triangle. This isn't considered to be "news"?"
- "Civil Affairs teams of U.S. soldiers, medics, Marines, Navy Corpsmen and Sea Bees provided $500 million in medical supplies, improved a rural medical clinic serving 40,000 Iraqis, helped jump-start small businesses in Fallujah and built sanitation facilities for a 275-student elementary school. Our press treated it like a state secret."
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Other articles from the region:
- Christian Science Monitor: Pressure builds on Iraq's insurgents
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraq's tensions spill onto campus
- LA Times (reg req'd): For the Wounded, No Miracle Is Small
- LA Times (reg req'd): Iraq to Launch Anti-Insurgent Operation Across Baghdad
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