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COMBAT:How Green Berets Overcame the Odds at an Iraq Alamo
NY Times ^ | September 22, 2003 | THOM SHANKER

Posted on 09/22/2003 9:10:38 PM PDT by Pharmboy

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I figgered you Freepers would like to read this story.

Note: the picture did not come from the Times; the pictures that accompanied the print article were not posted online, so I improvised.

1 posted on 09/22/2003 9:10:39 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy; snippy_about_it; PhilDragoo
Thanks Pharmboy
2 posted on 09/22/2003 9:13:42 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Click...click...click...damn, out of taglines!)
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To: Sparta; thefactor
Lemme see here: check those coordinates and KA-PING!
3 posted on 09/22/2003 9:16:11 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Dems lie 'cause they have to...)
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To: Pharmboy
bump
4 posted on 09/22/2003 9:17:42 PM PDT by jrawk
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To: SAMWolf
My pleasure, Sam.

Amazing story by itself, but for the Times to publish a piece like this is DOUBLY amazing...

5 posted on 09/22/2003 9:21:13 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Dems lie 'cause they have to...)
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To: Pharmboy
There can't be too many "Javelin Aces" in the US military!
6 posted on 09/22/2003 9:26:33 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Pharmboy
Sadly too true. To see stories like these in any paper seems to be a small miracle,
7 posted on 09/22/2003 9:28:09 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Click...click...click...damn, out of taglines!)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Pingpingping!
8 posted on 09/22/2003 9:34:46 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [ ... great story! ...])
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To: Pharmboy
bump
9 posted on 09/22/2003 9:35:41 PM PDT by RippleFire
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To: Pharmboy
Proud to say I know, or used to at least, quite a few folks who worked on the developement of the Javelin. Back when it was a Texas Instruments built weapon. Now its Raytheon, AKA RatCo. The Targeting Pod that the F-18 carries for targeting laser guided (and other) bombs is also a TI/RatCo product.


10 posted on 09/22/2003 10:02:10 PM PDT by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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11 posted on 09/22/2003 10:34:04 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: Pharmboy
Green Berets serving in the highest traditions of the Army. I'm proud of them.
12 posted on 09/22/2003 10:37:35 PM PDT by OldCorps
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To: Pharmboy
bump for later reading.
13 posted on 09/22/2003 10:48:54 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig ("I've got a feeling you've got a heart like mine. Let's stomp some rat ba!!$, you can let it shine.")
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To: OldCorps
Bump for bravery.
14 posted on 09/22/2003 11:09:02 PM PDT by MEG33
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To: Pharmboy
Did I miss something re: the Alamo?

I thought the good guys all died there. February 23 to March 6, 1836.
Oh well, I guess my education must pale in comparison to a 'journalist' who works at the NY Times.

Great story though.
15 posted on 09/22/2003 11:49:14 PM PDT by FormerlyAnotherLurker
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To: Pharmboy
BRING 'EM ON!
16 posted on 09/22/2003 11:50:57 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Democrats have stunted brain development!)
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To: Pharmboy
Hey ma, I know what I want for Christmas...
17 posted on 09/23/2003 12:27:19 AM PDT by Free Vulcan
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To: Pharmboy
Yup. The makings of a quagmire.

Enforcers. Flowing white robes. Flowing black robes... sounds familiar. Enforcers. Federal judges, enforcers.

Now our politicians are debating our ultimate retreat so Mecca's islamfascists can remain safe and rich while our Constitutional Republic fails from home grown fascist 5th columnists fragging our own Judeo-Christian heritage of liberty in our sovereign nation.

Thank God, Viet Nam and subsequent missions have given our three generations of citizen soldiers the insight to help prepare us in this global and neighborhood total war.
18 posted on 09/23/2003 12:50:34 AM PDT by SevenDaysInMay (Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
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To: Pharmboy; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
Great post. Thanks, Pharmboy.

"We all made a mental promise," Staff Sgt. Jeffrey M. Adamec recalled of that battle on Day 18 of the war. "Nobody had to yell out commands. Everybody just knew. We were not going to move back from that point. We were not going to give up that ground. We called that spot `the Alamo' "

Brave American heroes, mega-ping!

If you want on or off my PRO-coalition ping list, please Freepmail me. Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days. (Most days are good days). All links are added to my homepage, link above.

19 posted on 09/23/2003 5:22:38 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("I was taught to love America." ~ Freeper 'Bullish', '60s LA public school.)
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To: PhilDragoo
Wonderful. I love it and I love our Troops!!!
20 posted on 09/23/2003 5:27:40 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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