"(The DEVIL BUNNIES are coming to get us all! Run for your lives!)"
Never fear, Darks - Marines do not cower in fear, even of DEVIL BUNNIES - and there is LOTS of backup on this Military Monday Thread - LOL
A few OOOOHRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHS !!!!
followed by "Bunnies-Be-Gone,"
and The Situation will have been resolved..:))
May 24, 2004
Camp Lejeune-based Marine dies in Iraq
BOSTON - A Marine corporal has died in Iraq less than two weeks from his 26th birthday.
Cpl. Andrew Zabierek, 25, died Friday south of Baghdad while serving in the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, according to a statement released Saturday by U.S. Congressman Marty Meehan. The 2nd Marine Division is based at Camp Lejeune.
Cpl. Zabierek, who arrived in Iraq in March, was patrolling the Al Anbar province of the country when he was struck by a vehicle, possibly driven by an Iraqi resident, Rep. Meehan told The Sun.
His father, Stephen Zabierek, told the newspaper he expected to learn more details on Tuesday.
Cpl. Zabierek, a Clemson University graduate, worked for American Express Financial Advisors in Waltham before volunteering for military service after the Sept. 11 attacks.
"Andrew could have been an officer, but he chose to start out as an enlisted soldier," Mr. Zabierek said. "His point was, how do you lead a grunt if you don’t know what a grunt goes through every day?"
Mr. Zabierek said his son had a difficult life in the Middle East, but he enjoyed talking to Iraqi children and said they would flock around him and ask questions about America and his family.
Cpl. Zabierek’s grandfather was a World War II bombardier, and his father served four years in the U.S. Navy in the early 1970s. His younger brother, Mark Zabierek, is a second lieutenant and intelligence officer for the U.S. Air Force in Texas.
Cpl. Zabierek, of Chelmsford, Mass., was almost halfway through his four-year commitment to the Marines, The Sun reported.
"I am deeply saddened by the loss of Andrew. He was a brave young man," Rep. Meehan said. "Andrew answered his call to duty and made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of the United States, Iraq, and the world. We owe him all a debt of gratitude."
LOL!
Thanks!