Posted on 06/11/2004 10:22:02 PM PDT by Flavius
Edited on 06/11/2004 10:25:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
BAGHDAD On June 6, Lieutenant Eduardo Plascencia of Alpha Company, 2-5 1st Cavalry Division, was on an assignment to improve relations between U.S. forces and local Iraqis in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum. Though his mission was civil affairs, he wasted no time on pleasantries.
As a convoy of armored vehicles bristling with machine guns idled nearby, the lieutenant grabbed a yellow bag packed with food and detergent from his Humvee and ran to a nearby house. He thrust the bag into the hands of a pleasantly surprised housewife, sprinted back and roared off with the convoy.
Plascencia was in a hurry partly because the barrel of his gun was still warm from a firefight just minutes earlier. But, more pressing, he explained, "If we stay anywhere more than five minutes, they start shooting at us."
On his previous humanitarian stop, the lieutenant, a 14-year army veteran from Las Cruces, New Mexico, was inquiring about conditions at a local power station when there was a flash from a nearby rooftop. There was a whoosh as a rocket-propelled grenade screamed over a cluster of troops keeping an uneasy watch and exploded 30 meters, 100 feet, away. As they scrambled for cover, Plascencia raised his M-4 rifle and began firing at the attackers. Then he gathered his troops, made a run for the armored vehicles and escaped into the afternoon traffic.
poor us we are fighting the amazing super armies...
sorry just posting maybe someone is interested
whow dont read that this is the link...
http://www.iht.com/articles/524591.html
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