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