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  • The New Band of Brothers With the 1-506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in Ramadi

    06/17/2006 5:29:22 PM PDT · by Cannoneer No. 4 · 17 replies · 878+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | June 19, 2006 | Michael Fumento
    Ramadi, Iraq Terrorist-infested Ramadi in the wild west of Iraq is for U.S. troops the meanest place in the country, "the graveyard of the Americans" as graffiti around town boast. There is no better place to observe American troops and the fledgling Iraqi army in combat. That's why I came. When military public affairs asked where I wanted to be embedded, I told them, "the redder, the better" (red means hostile). So they packed me off to Camp Corregidor in eastern Ramadi with the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). The 506th's official motto is "Currahee,"...