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A gutsy G.I. rescues sitting-duck platoon
The New York Daily News ^
| 5/16/04
| Michael Daly
Posted on 05/18/2004 6:02:24 AM PDT by Gothmog
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A Post for American heroes
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:02:24 AM PDT
by
Gothmog
To: Gothmog
Walking tall, Machine-gun man.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:06:40 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(Not Scottish. 3/4Welsh, 1/8Cherokee, 1/8Swiss. We're Archers and Infantry. Too short for Cavalry)
To: Diva Betsy Ross
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:10:34 AM PDT
by
Gothmog
(The 2004 election won't be about what one did in the military, but on how one would use it)
To: CholeraJoe
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:10:53 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Gothmog
But John Kerry has more medals than this guy -- nyah! nyah! nyah!
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:11:22 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
To: CholeraJoe
Why do our guys not have the proper vehicles?
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:12:08 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Gothmog
But note that they turned this great story about a true hero into a anti Dubya article.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:13:22 AM PDT
by
GailA
(Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty)
To: Gothmog
Sgt.York would've been proud!
Glenns Falls, NY bump for another Adirondack Ridge-runner!
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:15:18 AM PDT
by
Dubh_Ghlase
("Every man dies, but not every man truly lives...." Braveheart)
To: Gothmog
Some excellent reporting from NY Daily News.
To: *bang_list
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:17:37 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
To: Gothmog
I WISH they would do more of this... and just take NO prisoners!!!!
"a young soldier who killed 20 or more Iraqi insurgents when his patrol was ambushed on Easter Sunday. Spec. Timmy Haag"
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:18:31 AM PDT
by
buffyt
(Kerry is a Flop Flipper, he Flips Flop, all the Flop that he Flips, is well Flipped Flop!)
To: Gothmog
It is a wonderful story of courage and bravery, and a shame that such brave guys don't have the right equipment at the right time.
God Bless them all.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:19:15 AM PDT
by
chatham
To: GailA
Yeah, I'll bet this was a tough one for the daily news to print. Had to dig deep for some negative spin.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:20:35 AM PDT
by
Gothmog
(The 2004 election won't be about what one did in the military, but on how one would use it)
To: GailA
Eight years of cuts by Clinton and 17 years of "No Votes" for Military by Kerry have taken their toll.
How's that?
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:24:37 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I know it doesn't make sense, I said it.)
To: Gothmog
Given fatwas, why do any articles AND ESPECIALLY FR POSTS use LAST NAMES assisting sleeper jihadies' future revenge killings?
We all must read their Koran and Haddith. Treachery and murder is commanded in muslims' "holy" scriptures - Re: Pearl and Berg.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:25:36 AM PDT
by
SevenDaysInMay
(Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
To: Rebelbase
I read a comment on this from a commander somewhere talking about the lack of armored humvees saying that they were never intended to be "on the front lines". And that since in this war everywhere is a front line many vehicles are having to attempt things they were never meant for.
One would surely hope the problem is being addressed.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:26:01 AM PDT
by
Lost Highway
(The things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Eight years of cuts by Clinton and 17 years of "No Votes" for Military by Kerry have taken their toll.
Understood. So when is the present administration planning to propose a serious buildup of the existing military? We are at war aren't we?
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:31:06 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: ARCADIA
Let me add a big Well Done for Timmy Haag. We are all proud of you.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:33:29 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: Rebelbase
Think a bit 108th LIGHT Infantry....ground pounders LI units dont have organic armored vehicles CONGRESS would have to appropriate the funds and redesignate the units to Mechanized Infantry. Bradleys don't grow on trees and you just can't run down to the Bradley sales store.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:43:11 AM PDT
by
USVet6792Retired
(An Armed Society is a Polite Society)
To: Gothmog
The whining is uncalled for. They have 3 tons of armor they can add to their trucks which would still allow for 2 tons of cargo. That's enough 1/8" steel plating to protect them from SAF. An uparmored Humvee wouldn't have protected them from an RPG and would have been destroyed by the IEDs their truck was hit by -only with them inside of it. If they can't get steel plating they can grab any metal shipping container, cut it off at chest height or cut firing holes in it and mount it to the bed of the truck, with sandbags on the inside. Imo an armored 5-ton or HEMTT is safer than anything but a Stryker due to the height of the cargo beds above the ground. Many of the 5-tons I've seen on convoy security are armored as described above. Of course this article wouldn't have been complete (or wouldn't have been published) without the obligatory anti-military, anti-administration slant.
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posted on
05/18/2004 6:43:14 AM PDT
by
Justa
(Politically Correct is morally wrong.)
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