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  • Fort Drum Soldiers Search For Sgt. Maupin (only American soldier listed as captured in Iraq)

    11/02/2005 1:05:46 PM PST · by Former Military Chick · 26 replies · 1,207+ views
    Syracuse Post-Standard ^ | October 31, 2005 | Hart Seely
    They kept low to the ground, their backs hunched, inching over the terrain. Some crept on hands and knees. They sifted sand in their fingers, overturned rocks and probed the scraggly bushes that survive in a desert. The sun battered them. Out here, they seemed to move as slowly as the hours. They sought a scrap of clothing or a fragment of bone. Some really weren't sure what to look for, but kept to the search, clinging to the faith that, somehow, when they saw it, they'd know it. So it went Saturday, in the ceaseless search for Sgt. Keith...
  • Family ships PCs to soldiers in Iraq -- Parents of MIA Sgt. Matt Maupin (Sheehan should take note)

    08/12/2005 5:29:09 PM PDT · by Former Military Chick · 43 replies · 938+ views
    2005 The Cincinnati Post ^ | 08-11-2005 | Mark Hansel
    Even though the Maupin family has not been able to speak to their son in 16 months, they are taking steps to make sure others with family members in the U.S. military overseas can keep in touch. Keith and Carolyn Maupin of Batavia, through their Yellow Ribbon Support Center, are shipping computer equipment to soldiers stationed in Iraq. The Maupins' son, Army Spc. Keith "Matt" Maupin, has not been heard from since April 2004, after his convoy was attacked outside of Baghdad. A grainy video released later, claimed by an insurgent group to depict his execution, was ruled inconclusive by...