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<p>Chapter 5: Looking for weapons of mass destruction... Having it out with the sergeant major... Moving toward the bridge, the last obstacle before Baghdad... RPGs go off like bottle rockets... The Dyala Canal... Iraqis fight back... Incoming artillery kills two Marines... Bloodlust... Dead bodies and discarded AKs... Civilians die... A newly made orphan.</p>

A Marine Comes HomeBy Dorothy RabinowitzThe Wall Street Journal | May 2, 2003 The battle of Iraq may be over but the warriors for peace struggle on. Theirs is not an easy road, particularly, we hear, in the entertainment industry, which is packed with notables fresh from their vocal campaign against the war, the president, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney -- objects of scorn in all the best circles, from Paris to California.Now, it appears, some celebrities worry about damage to their careers. The Dixie Chicks have taken a hit. Sean Penn thinks his views have cost him jobs. Tina...

<p>The battle of Iraq may be over but the warriors for peace struggle on. Theirs is not an easy road, particularly, we hear, in the entertainment industry, which is packed with notables fresh from their vocal campaign against the war, the president, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney--objects of scorn in all the best circles, from Paris to California.</p>

<p>The battle of Iraq may be over but the warriors for peace struggle on. Theirs is not an easy road, particularly, we hear, in the entertainment industry, which is packed with notables fresh from their vocal campaign against the war, the president, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney--objects of scorn in all the best circles, from Paris to California.</p>

The Vermont Press in Honoring Vermont's Fallen Patriot Mark Evnin By: Robert Skinner Politicsvt.com The ultimate show of patriotism is putting one's life at risk then losing that life in defending America against its enemies. At this moment in the Middle East, and around the world, many Vermont patriots are in harm's way sacrificing on many levels to make safe our security and our freedoms. Sadly, two Vermonters, 21 year old USMC Cpl. Mark Evnin and 40 year old army petty officer Erik Halvorsen, just made the "ultimate sacrifice" for America. Mark and Erik died in combat against a brutal...

<p>Mark Evnin was remembered Monday as a proud Marine, as a loving son, grandson and cousin, as a caring and principled young man.</p> <p>He was "looney," he was "crafty," he could drive a person crazy. He was devoted to his family. He believed in fighting for his country.</p>

First Jewish casualty in Iraq War, the grandson of a rabbi, remembered as being ‘macho yet soft-hearted.’ Mark Asher Evnin wanted to improve himself, and the world, too. At 18, after graduating from Vermont’s South Burlington High School in 32 years, the well-liked student athlete and only child of Mindy Evnin joined the Marines. So while his friends were taking freshman college courses, Mark was in basic training — much to his mother’s chagrin. “My son, a Jewish Marine, how bizarre,” Evnin told The Jewish Week Tuesday. “We come from a professional Jewish family, rabbis, cantors and biochemists.” Indeed, Mark’s...

Apr. 10, 2003 Jewish marine killed in Iraqi combat By ABIGAIL RADOSZKOWICZ Marine sniper scout Mark Evnin, 21, became the first known Jewish fatality of the Iraq war when he was shot in the stomach during a firefight in the town of Kut by Iraqi machine-gun fire on April 3. San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Koopman, who rode with Evnin, reported that Evnin's role was to spot Iraqi snipers and to drive a sharpshooter, a sergeant major, and the journalist as they headed toward Baghdad. Evnin was hit while shooting back after the convoy come under fire. His wounds at...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.

<p>Friday, the day after Mark Evnin of South Burlington died in a firefight in Iraq, the platoon commander told a reporter: "Mark did what Marines do. He died fighting for his country."</p> <p>The reporter, John Koopman of the San Francisco Chronicle, was 15 feet away when Evnin was mortally wounded. In a satellite phone interview Saturday, Koopman said he thought Evnin's wound, though serious, wasn't life-threatening.</p>

Marine Corporal Mark Evnin, 21 of South Burlington, died after a fire fight in Iraq. His family was informed late Thursday. Today the community mourns. Fielding some tough phone calls, Principal Pat Burke of South Burlington High School both comforts and is comforted by friends in this tight knit community. Mark Evnin was a graduate of the class of 2000. He was shot and killed while serving his country as a scout sniper. Evnin grew up in South Burlington, so the school community is mourning the loss of one of its own. On the football field he was #72, a...