Photo Essay: Fallujah

News.Com.AU ^ | staff

[3rd of the 12 CAV]

http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/ItisPeke/VDay.html

A moving piece.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Late night prayer bump for our troops .... may our Lord protect and keep them.

[gortklattu]

The first time I heard that song was at Ronald Reagan's funeral. I still have tears when I listen to it.

[occutegirl]

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[geopyg]

I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from whence shall my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. the Lord will guard your going out and coming in from this time forth and forever.

Psalm 121

[geopyg]

A thousand may fall at your side.

And ten thousand at your right hand.

But it will not approach you.

You will only look on with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked. For you have made the Lord, my refuge, even the most High, your dwelling place. No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent.

Psalm 91, 7-10

[Axenolith]

Did that little flag on his arm give him away? ;-)

[endthematrix]

Re: what's up with that?

I'm sure that it was Iraqis or highly unlikely a SF detachment.

[jellybean]

Joseph Kilna McKenzie - Sgt. McKenzie

Original Scottish Version

Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun

When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid

Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

Ains a year say a prayer faur me
Close yir een an remember me

Nair mair shall a see the sun
For a fell tae a Germans gun

Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun

Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun

Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun

English Translation

Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone

When they come I will stand my ground
Stand my ground I'll not be afraid

Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears

Once a year say a prayer for me
Close your eyes and remember me

Never more shall I see the sun
For I fell to a Germans gun

Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone

Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone

Where before many more have gone

In memory of Sgt. Charles Stuart MacKenzie
Seaforth Highlanders
Who along with many others gave up his life
So that we can live free
We will remember them

[MassLengthTime]

www.anysoldier.com

This is a website that lists servicemen that are serving as conduits for packages to men and women in their units. Go to the "Where To Send" page and you can browse by unit and by country, amongst other sort options. There are some great letters and pictures there. We have about a dozen people we've sent stuff to and now correspond regularly with several of them.

A great site doing great work for our great and mighty servicemen.

[Jackknife]

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[condi2008]

Flying High, Ja I recognize that haunting number! When you said "distinctly military", I was thinking 'marching music'. I've never picked up on the words to Flying High, and even wondered if it were Vietnamese, maybe because of that "buzzing" drone of a feeling it has for me. Like I said, haunting. Thanks for the link.

[mad_as_he$$]

I can take a guess. Having been of the receiving end of AK I can tell you it has a very unique sounds - which I never forget. When someone shoots one at the local range I almost dive for cover. So you are a bad guy in a building in Fallujah. Suddenly your building is attacked by guys shooting your type of weapon at YOU. 1/2 second confusion and you are dead courtesy Marines or my guess SF. Probably Seals and D boys. Many SF carry an assortment of weapons. Although in urban fighting I want an M-4. Screw the MP-5.

[surfatsixty]

Could someon ID this weapon for me?

Insurgents load a rocket-propelled grenade into a launch tube during an attack on U.S. forces in Fallujah, Iraq , Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. American troops fought their way into the western outskirts of Fallujah on Monday, seizing a hospital and two bridges over the Euphrates River in the first stage of a major assault on the insurgent stronghold. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) AP - Nov 08 6:47 AM

[occutegirl]

Photos have been updated.

http://www.news.com.au/common/photogallery/0,7579,1^17^23489,00.html

[AGreatPer]

Tears in my eyes. God Bless our troops and the allies.

Wonderful pictures.

[AGreatPer]

"Meanwhile, civilians are leaving Fallujah. These men were headed for Baghdad yesterday, their ute loaded with household appliances"

Upon further thought, I have a major problem with picture #7. They could be the bastards that beheaded the innocents.

What is missing? Gees, Women. Where are there girl friends, their wives? No, I'm not buying this. These bastards are sneeking out from under our nose.