[libbylu]

Maybe he is the one who killed two marines....ordering them across the river with their back packs and full gear, and they drowned. i imagine it would take them a week to investigate and remove him. if so this is very good.

[libbylu]

I hope he is the commander who ordered marines to cross a rive with full gear, and two drowned.

[fightinJAG]

And if press reports were correct, there wasn't much to investigate. They conducted the river crossing WITHOUT stringing a safety line first. Unless it was the most pressing combat situation, and there was no other option except crossing without a line, that was unforgivable stupidity and showed a lack of military discipline.

The cardinal sin of a commander is to fail to take care of his troops.

[mabelkitty]

My husband picked up on this right away. I didn't get it at the time, but I bet you and he are rigth.

Or, as hubby said, he has issue with the tank going over the bridge after the driver was shot. He said no way this happened.

Or, the Marines who were killed attempting to rescue the 507th.

[Minty]

I knew I had read that somewhere and was troubled aboutit thinking, "who was the idiot". I mean one sends a son or daughter to fight but not to die in such an idiotic way. If someone has to be removed lets hope they took care of that.

[idkfa]

Not the same guy...

http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c2229999/20889381.html


Tales From The Home Front
By Register News Services

04/01/2003

DAVENPORT

Marines to investigate soldiers' drownings

Two senior Marine officers will investigate the deaths of two soldiers who drowned while trying to cross a canal in southeast Iraq, a spokesman said.

Sgt. Bradley Korthaus, 28, of Davenport and Cpl. Evan James, 20, of La Harpe, Ill., died last Monday after disappearing in the Saddam Canal.

The men were part of a group of four Marines who were going to set up a defensive position to protect a water-supply area near the canal, said 1st Sgt. Michael Berg, a Marine spokesman from Peoria, Ill., where the 6th Engineer Support Battalion Company is based.

Two lieutenant colonels have been assigned to investigate, Berg said Saturday.

Korthaus" fiancee, Barbi Schneckloth, 30, of Davenport has questioned the company leader's handling of the canal crossing. She said she received a letter from Korthaus earlier saying the company's morale was suffering due to the career ambitions of its commander, Maj. Michael McCarthy.

Berg said he hasn't heard reports from the troops that morale is as poor as Schneckloth said Korthaus described.

Marilyn Korthaus of Davenport said she will let the Marines determine what happened to her son.
"We are not going to pursue anything," she said. "The Marine Corps will investigate and fix any problems."

Korthaus' funeral will be at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Monday. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon at the church. Burial will be at the National Cemetery at the Rock Island Arsenal.