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Life at the front: GIs savor the good life
The New York Slimes (via the International Herald Tribune) ^ | August 13, 2005 | Kirk Semple

Posted on 08/13/2005 9:50:45 PM PDT by Bubbasucks

Good troops story, even if it is from the New York Slimes.

Life at the front: GIs savor the good life By Kirk Semple The New York Times

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2005

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq First Lieutenant Taysha Deaton of the Louisiana National Guard went to war anticipating a gritty yearlong deployment of sand, heat and duress, but ended up spending nights in a king-size bed beneath imported sheets and a down comforter.

She bought the bed from a departing soldier to replace the twin-size metal frame that came with her air-conditioned trailer on this base in western Baghdad. She also acquired a refrigerator, television, cell phone, microwave oven, boom box and DVD player and signed up for an Internet connection.

The rest is at http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/soldiers.php

(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: base; camp; campliberty; deaton; iraq; louisiana; militarywomen; oif; rush; soldiers

1 posted on 08/13/2005 9:50:47 PM PDT by Bubbasucks
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To: Bubbasucks

God bless our troops. I wish them the best life possible while engaged with terrorists from hell in hell.


2 posted on 08/14/2005 12:41:27 AM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Recall Barbara Boxer)
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