[snippy_about_it]

Sorry. Would you believe me if I said it was too long? lol. Okay, how about a formatting error?

Actually I could have sworn I had a picture of the Marine throwing out the pitch in your previous post. He was among the wounded Tommy Franks paid a visit to in Kuwait. I knew it the moment I saw him because I had previously posted his picture with Franks.

I formatted the post and posted but then noticed the first names were completely different. I swear it's him but thought better of posting it with the different first names.

I think the first one of him with General Franks in the hospital is an error by Reuters in recording his name but can't confirm it yet. It was a good picture, he was smiling real big just like in his current picture, glad to have the General visit and the comparison was a joy to see.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! Boy make one itey-bitey mistake and no one lets you forget it.

You should have left the picture up. I saw it and that smile can't be mistaken, the only thing I see is that inthe Franks picture he's called Phillip Fakes and in the Baseball one he's called Adrian Fakes.

[snippy_about_it]

Okay. I got my confirmation through reading his hometown news service website and Reuters does have it wrong. I've corrected the caption. It's great to see him back in uniform and recovering.

General Tommy Franks, visits U.S. Marine Pfc. Adrian Fakes, a combat engineer with the 2nd Combat Engineer Brigade of Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 31, 2003 at the 47th Combat Support Hospital in the Kuwait desert. Fake, recovering from shrapnel wounds in a mission for Operation Iraqi Freedom, said it was overwhelming to meet the general. Picture taken March 31 By Reuters.

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U.S. Marine Pfc. Adrian Fakes from Elsberry, Mo., throws out the first pitch before the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday, April 18, 2003, in St. Louis. Fakes was injured while serving in Iraq.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam)