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Iraq death spurs push for Humvee armor
Boston Globe ^
| 3/8/2004
| By Ross Kerber,
Posted on 03/08/2004 10:13:09 AM PST by Xipe
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:11:46 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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In the days before his death, Private First Class John D. Hart called his father to tell him how unsafe he felt riding around Iraq in a Humvee that lacked bulletproof shielding or even metal doors.
It would be the last conversation Brian T. Hart would have with his 20-year-old son. On Oct. 18 near Kirkuk, Saddam Hussein loyalists ambushed his son's Army convoy, killing two. A hail of bullets felled the Bedford High School graduate while he fought from his Humvee.
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: armor; death; humvee; iraq; uparmoredhumvee; wheeledarmor
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To: Pharmboy
It is always better to fire from defilade, have supporting arms etc. Always avoid the silver bullet even with heavy armor. What is amazing is the low casualties the US suffered in the last campaign with so many anti-armor weapons out there and with us meched up.
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03/09/2004 7:22:14 PM PST
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xone
To: dirtboy
Just like
this is a coincidence.
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03/14/2004 1:08:44 AM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
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