1st Lt. Mack Middendorf of Tampa, Fla. and Spc.
Willhelmina Bolen of Gidings, Texas, look on as
Iraqi police officers are measured for new uniforms
in Khaldiyah, Iraq, on Saturday, June 7, 2003.
Posted on 06/11/2003 4:43:56 PM PDT by demlosers
Edited on 07/07/2004 4:48:47 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
KHALDIYAH, Iraq (June 8, 10:04 a.m. ADT) - In the modest police station, U.S. soldiers took measurements for Iraqi officers' new uniforms. At the hospital, a military doctor asked staffers what they needed. A commander told the mayor that, when the shooting stops, his troops will leave and normal life will return. But if another U.S. soldier gets killed, Lt. Col. Philip DeCamp, commander of the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment warned, "I'm going to sweep through, and it's not going to be fun."
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