SSgt Wuterich Tells His Story in Court Today (Last Haditha Marine-Trial-Day Eleven)

Puckett and Faraj PC ^ | 1-20-2012 | Neal Puckett and Haytham Faraj

[smoothsailing]

It;s very pretty looking. Of course, it’s in the 20’s with snow and ice here in PA, so palm trees are easy to look at! :)

[freema]

smoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooth <3

[smoothsailing]

[Lancey Howard]

I was surfing around seeing if there were any updates on LCpl James Crossan and PFC Salvador Guzman and came across this old blog story. It's over five years old, but I don't recall seeing it before. It's basically a summary of a radio interview. I thought it was interesting:

Marine Survivor of Haditha IED Attack

By the way, there seems to be some confusion about the name of the third Marine who was in that humvee. Is it "Guzman" or "Rodriquez"? The photo gallery below identifies the Marine as "Rodriquez", but other stories and references identify the Marine as "Guzman".

[Marine_Uncle]

RE: "I'm sure the defense have transcripts of their prior testimony and they sure never hurt these Marines then, most just looked inept."
I wouldn't be one to bet a bottle of beer over that one. I be buying the house a round.

[jazusamo]

That King5 reporter, Deborah Feldman did a great job of slanting the info in the interview to satisfy the leftists in the Seattle area. Sounds like she’d just seen some clips of John Murtha shooting his mouth off about the cold blooded killers.

BTW, it looks like Debbie still works for King5 in liberal land.

[RedRover]

Thanks for pointing that out, Lancey. That's my error.

LCpl Terrazas was in the same Humvee with LCpls Guzman and Crossan. All three were casualties.

Rodriguez wasn't wounded that day: he was in the Humvee with Cpl Salinas and LCpl Sharratt.

Thanks again. I'll make the correction.

[RedRover]

I know I will stay there the next time I seek accommodations in Oceanside! And it’s just 15 minutes from the gate at Pendleton and a Taco Bell is even closer!

[Lancey Howard]

I checked over at photographer Lucian Read's site and the photo is the correct one for Guzman.

[Lancey Howard]

Oh, and I think Guzman may have been a PFC, not a Lance, at the time of the ambush.

[smoothsailing]

LCPL Tatum, in his statement to NCIS agent Marshall, March 18, 2006, refers to

“the fourth HMMWV (highback) had LCPL TERRAZAS as the driver, LCPL CROSSON as the A-Driver, and LCPL Guzman as the gunner.”

http://warchronicle.com/DefendOurMarines/Documents/LCplTatumNCIS.pdf

[RedRover]

Thanks to the magic of the Internet, the photo has been corrected (thanks again Lancey!).

I found one source (the one that smooth cites) that has Guzman as a LCpl and two that had him as a PFC. So I went with PFC.

[smoothsailing]

I found one source (the one that smooth cites) that has Guzman as a LCpl and two that had him as a PFC. So I went with PFC.

[RedRover]

Ha! Sometimes it’s as good as it gets.

[RedRover]

I meant the photo you posted on FR is now correct on FR, in case that wasn’t clear!

[Lancey Howard]

Yes, I noticed that. Good work.
Thanks!

FRegards,
LH

[RedRover]

Big developments, story soon.

[RedRover]

It’s over.

The general court martial of SSgt Frank D. Wuterich ended Monday morning with a plea deal.

Military Judge Lt. Col. David Jones told the court that the 31 year old father of 3 has agreed to accept a prosecution negotiated agreement to a guilty plea of negligent dereliction of duty.

More soon...

[xzins]

I’m saddened by it, but I’m not in his shoes.

I wonder which area Wuterich is accepting that he negligently did not do his duty: white car, houses, rooms, all of it, some of it???

I hope it’s to something that carries no penalty.

I would have let my attorneys present their case.

[jazusamo]

I’m saddened also but as you say, we’re not in his shoes. I fully support his decision and hope for a just sentence with no confinement.

According to NC Times:

“Negligent dereliction of duty is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 90 days in custody and a reduction or forfeiture of pay. It was not immediately known when a sentencing decision would be announced.”