Zeese: What are some of the lies and betrayals that killed your children?
Sheehan: They were sent to invade and occupy a country that posed no threat to the United States. They were used recklessly and ignorantly by their commander-in-chief, who should exercise more caution when he misuses our young people. They were all lied to by their recruiters, who will tell young people anything to get them to enlist, then deliver nothing. They were all killed performing duties that they were inadequately or not trained for at all. Evan Ashcraft was suffering from dysentery before he died. He lost 25 pounds because of dirty drinking water and bad food. Sometimes they are rationed to one bottle [of water] a day. Many times they have been killed guarding private contractor convoys, people who make many times more money than they do.
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She said she doesn’t want to “just complain,” so offered other suggestions to get involved: to write to or try to speak personally to political representatives was particularly important. She said having an audience recently with California Senator Barbara Boxer, who had been against the war from the beginning, has probably made a difference in the senator’s recent increased level of statements against the war. Sheehan urged everyone to become more aware of what is really going on in Iraq, to read articles on websites like CommonDreams.org and Truthout.org. She said she hears from soldiers as to what is really going on, “and they are not building schools and sewer systems as the government is telling us. They are just out there killing and trying not to be killed.”
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Cindy Sheehan: Evan Ashcraft was suffering from dysentery before he died. He lost 25 pounds because of dirty drinking water and bad food. Sometimes they are rationed to one bottle [of water] a day. 
Army Sgt. Evan Asa Ashcraft , 24, an infantryman with the 101st Airborne Division, was one of three soldiers killed in Iraq on July 24 when the convoy in which he was traveling came under attack from gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades. Ashcraft's division led the fiery assault in northern Iraq that killed Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai Hussein.
While his country will remember him as a hero, his family remembers him as a man of exceptional character. He was an accomplished student and musician, and aspired to complete his college education upon completing his military career.
"He was a person who really wanted to help other people, to protect them," says his wife, Ashley.
The Evan Ashcraft Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established by his family to distribute college scholarships for United States military personnel living or deceased who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or for their dependents. Those who wish to contribute to this fund can do so above.
For his exemplary military service and the valor he exhibited in rescuing two soldiers from a disabled vehicle in April, he has been awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star medals. Evan Ashcraft was buried with full military honors in Chatsworth on Saturday, August 2, 2003.