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Two Americans Die in Iraq By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2004 -- Two Americans were killed in Iraq today, one day after Secretary of State Colin Powell said the insurrection in the country "is getting worse." Two 1st Infantry Division soldiers died in two separate incidents near Balad, officials said. The first was the result of a traffic accident. A patrol vehicle swerved to miss a truck. It overturned, and two soldiers were injured. They were evacuated, and one died later. The second soldier was killed when anti-Iraqi forces attacked his patrol as it was...

Army widow copes with grief, enlistsBy Shawn Ledington September 23, 2004 YORK, Pa. (Army News Service, Sept. 23, 2004) -- Many times in her 16-month marriage to Spc. Nicholas Zangara, Mell Zangara would climb into his military uniform and prance around their apartment as though she was on a catwalk. "Don't I look hot, baby?" she'd ask him. "Wouldn't you like to see me come home to you in this?" Nicky would give her that look, the one that told her to give him a break. "You're not joining the Army," he'd say. New Beginnings Before marrying Nicky in...

    Red Team Remembers Fallen Soldier   by Staff Sgt. Tony Sailer, 122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 1CD BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of Red Team Soldiers gathered mid-morning to pay respects to one of their fallen brothers during a memorial service here, April 14. Private 1st Class Adolfo Carballo, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, died April 10 when he was struck by a rocket propelled grenade during a patrol in south Baghdad. Four days later, Soldiers of his unit joined with other 5th BCT troops to celebrate his...