Posted on 11/07/2004 3:42:14 PM PST by Niks
NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq -- As U.S. forces prepared for what is expected to be the biggest Marine-led urban assault since Vietnam (search), U.S. commanders pumped up troop spirits Sunday, saying they were no different from the storied heroes of Iwo Jima and Korea.
Standing before some 2,500 Marines who stood or kneeled at his feet, Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler, the commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, told them that they would be at the front of the charge.
"This is America's fight," Sattler said. "What we've added to it is our Iraqi partners. They want to go in and liberate Fallujah. They feel this town's being held hostage by mugs, thugs, murderers and terrorists."
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Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, the top enlisted Marine in Iraq (news - web sites), told troops Sunday the coming battle of Fallujah would be "no different" than the historic fights at Inchon in Korea, the flag-raising victory at Iwo Jima, or the bloody assault to remove North Vietnamese troops who occupied the ancient citadel of Hue in the 1968 Tet Offensive.
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At the front of the charge???? I dont think so.
Godspeed USMC!
Sounds like another DNC convention.
AKA by the MSM as insurgents, guerillas, freedom fighters, et al...
God bless and watch over our troops.
God bless and protect our troops, may angels guard and guide them.
God Bless all the troops, American and Iraqi. Give them hell!
Amen!
Anybody got a copy of Patton's pre D-Day speech?
hear hear! So impressed with these young men.
The best combat speech ever was given by USMC legend Chesty Puller to his Marines in Korea when they were threatened by a Chinese horde. "Don't forget that you're First Marines!" Chesty told them, "Not all the Communists in Hell can overrun you!"
Dear God, please protect our heroes...
Conquer we must for our cause is just.
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2004 -- Two American soldiers were
killed today and several others wounded during two
separate attacks on convoys in and near Baghdad.
At around 11 a.m. today, a soldier with 81st Brigade
Combat Team was killed and another wounded during an attack
on a U.S. convoy west of Baghdad.
Two hours later, a Task Force Baghdad soldier was killed
after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was
detonated near a convoy in western Baghdad.
The soldier died after being evacuated to military
treatment facility. Four others were wounded in this incident.
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