Posted on 08/27/2005 12:40:05 PM PDT by saquin
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Army Lt. Col. Michael Erik Kurilla had just been shot three times and his thigh bone had snapped. He kept firing -- and shouting orders at the soldiers behind him.
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His family is expecting him to recover fully.
"He's doing good," said Tommy Raye, 42, a brother-in-law from Bogart, Ga. "I mean, that guy's a warrior, dude."
Raye described Kurilla as "extremely bright, on the scary side of the spectrum." He said he was not surprised when he saw the photographs.
"There's no surprise when he's out front," Raye said. "That's just who he is. Some guys are born leaders. This guy's a born leader. ... He's smart, tough and compassionate, all rolled into one. He is the guy you're happy is on your side, straight up."
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On the blog, Kurilla is said to be hesitant to allow anyone but soldiers to travel with his unit. But Yon has ingratiated himself enough to ride along.
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Kurilla, who's stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., went to Iraq in October. He graduated from West Point in 1988 and is a veteran of the U.S. invasion of Panama, the first Persian Gulf War, and has served in Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo.
He did not want the hospital to release any information regarding his medical condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Raye said that Kurilla's wife wasn't interested in being interviewed but that "she's doing great."
Kurilla, who grew up in Minnesota, has two daughters under the age of 6, Raye said, and his mother still lives in Minnesota. She could not be reached for comment on Friday.
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Semper Fi' Colonel, a job well done!
I wonder if he's be interested in becoming a General? Black Jack Pershing died.
When General Pershing encountered Muslim terrorists in the Phillipines before WW I, he tied them to a tree, dipped his firing squad's bullets in pig blood (preventing their going to Allah heaven), shot them and buried the pigs' carcasses with theirs.
There were no more incidents of Muslim terrorism for several decades after that.
http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/2005/08/gates-of-fire.html
YES. MUST READ!
I just finished reading Michael Yon's latest update. For a writer he's one tough American. I'm proud we have him imbeded. But, damn, let the man protect himself.
That's an undocumented urban legend. There's more here:
Yon's been a Green Beret. Yes, he's tough.
I added a link to Yon's blog on my own blog. I'm glad to pass on to others information that's not slanted by the MSM.
Round of Applause for both Kurilla and Yon.
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