[FreedomPoster]

Oh, and to bring this to the topic of the OP, one of his troop’s first kinetic actions in the battle was the sniping of an Iraqi bunker - with a 120mm HEAT round from McMaster’s command track!

This is a man who led from the front.

[Delta 21]

.....asked on the radio, "what kind of contact can we expect?"

I replied, "enemy contact."

He said "Roger, that's the best kind" and the Troop rolled forward through the blowing sand.

[archy]

This is a man who led from the front.

Irish Guards Commander Tim Collins addresses his men before they enter Iraq.

There were some damned fine men and women in that bunch then, from the man at the top to the bottom. There still are; they took him at his word, and they lived up to it.