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New York Reservists Go From Ground Zero to Iraq (Prepare for Blurry Screen)
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| July 5, 2005
| Staff Sgt. Julie Nicolov
Posted on 07/05/2005 3:51:47 PM PDT by SandRat
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posted on
07/05/2005 3:51:48 PM PDT
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SandRat
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; Diva Betsy Ross; ...
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posted on
07/05/2005 3:52:19 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
9-11 pissed off The United States more than they will ever know till they die.
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posted on
07/05/2005 3:57:48 PM PDT
by
handy old one
(It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle)
To: SandRat
As Admiral Yamamoto once said, could now be said by the Jihadists. "We have awakened a sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible resolve".
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posted on
07/05/2005 3:57:52 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: SandRat
I was really happy to see footage from 9/11, including the second plane hitting the towers, on Penn and Teller's Showtime show "Bull****!" last night during a show on conspiracy theories (dealing with nuts that think it was all a government conspiracy) to remind people about the reality of that day. I think the news blackout on those pictures is a form of propaganda that hopes that Americans will forget. I won't.
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:04:38 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Three guys walked into a bar. The fourth one ducked.)
To: SandRat
Thank you for the ping! You were right about the hanky alert!
NEVER FORGET!!!
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:05:13 PM PDT
by
luvie
(When we celebrate our freedom, our troops [must] understand that the American people support them.)
To: ducks1944; Ragtime Cowgirl; Alamo-Girl; TrueBeliever9; anniegetyourgun; maestro; TEXOKIE; ...
He bounced out of the gunners hatch of his armored humvee, removed his helmet to assess the desert landscape of Forward Operating Base Bernstein, Iraq, and made his observation. Man, I would love to plant some tomatoes out here, said U.S. Army Spc. James Letohic, scout, 42nd Infantry Division command group personal security detail. Theyd get as big as basketballs!
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:06:27 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: LUV W
Better hang on to the hanky because I've got more coming. Some happy like saving the small Afghan baby and some like this one.
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:09:10 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: El Gato
As Admiral Yamamoto once said, could now be said by the Jihadists. "We have awakened a sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible resolve".
Unfortunately, there are apparently two giants that have been awoken in the U.S. One giant wants to defeat the enemies of the United States. The other giant wants to defeat the United States.
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:11:04 PM PDT
by
Avenger
To: SandRat
Two things connect me to this guy...
Theyd run the sirens, thinking a building was going to fall, Gaudioso said. Youd have to drop whatever you were doing and run.
I worked GZ before the 42ID got there and he is right about the fear that Liberty Plaza was going to come down and the blasts on the sirens warning that they thought it was happening. The difference was that we were in the pit for much of the time and there was no way of running for cover. It took fifteen minutes to crawl, climb into the pit, and there was no easy way out. All we could do when the sirens blasted was hunker down and pray. We left late at night on the 13th as the ANG trucks were pulling in. It was still wild but we had nothing left to give by then.
Another eerie happening there was that whenever there was even the smallest sign of life from the rubble someone would blow a lifeguard whistle and all work on the pile would stop. Everyone would hold his breath as a FF near the point of contact would call out "Firefighter...what's your name!" then listen for an answer that never came. After a minute of calling without response the whistle would blow again and we'd get back to work.
The other connection...42ID HQ at FOB Danger in Tikrit flies a flag that I took to GZ and ran up the pole right before they deployed then donated to them.
Everytime this forum goes on one of its NY is hell junkets I think about these guys, the ones who showed up to dig in 2001 and the ones who left their families back here to go to Iraq in 2005. These people are the real NYers and real Americans.
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:17:26 PM PDT
by
wtc911
(Rocky Sullivan died a coward.)
To: wtc911
Glad I could find a story to let you know just how your fellow New Yorker's are doing.
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:21:43 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Thanks, I talk to a bunch of 42ID folks over there and the wife and I do what we can for the families in our area.
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:23:48 PM PDT
by
wtc911
(Rocky Sullivan died a coward.)
To: SandRat
I remember the cartoon where they showed the fireman handing the American flag to the soldier, Gaudioso said. The soldier was saying, Well take it from here. Theres no way you didnt want to be [in Iraq].
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:30:10 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
(Sure, give peace a chance - but si vis pacem, para bellum.)
To: SandRat
I remember the cartoon where they showed the fireman handing the American flag to the soldier, Gaudioso said. The soldier was saying, Well take it from here. Theres no way you didnt want to be [in Iraq].
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:30:38 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
(Sure, give peace a chance - but si vis pacem, para bellum.)
To: wtc911
Thank naturalman1975 for this.
I remember the cartoon where they showed the fireman handing the American flag to the soldier, Gaudioso said. The soldier was saying, Well take it from here. Theres no way you didnt want to be [in Iraq].
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:37:45 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:39:04 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: SandRat
Reminder -- various news reports beginning the morning of 9-11-01:
Various news videos from 9-11-01 posted on putfile.com
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posted on
07/05/2005 4:44:26 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: SandRat
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posted on
07/05/2005 5:18:50 PM PDT
by
easonc52
To: naturalman1975; SandRat
Yep, thanks for the picture.
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posted on
07/05/2005 5:20:48 PM PDT
by
wtc911
(Rocky Sullivan died a coward.)
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