Thursday, February 24, 2005
Soldier Stuff
Odds and Ends from the world of our fighting men and women....
- I have heard one again from my friend Jared in Iraq. This time in pictures, not words. Check out these pictures of him, his men, and their mission. Then be proud, very proud of all of it.
- Then there is this bit from "The American Thinker." It makes you proud to be an American proud of our armed forces
- Finally, there is this story from the Washington Post. It's working in Iraq, better than we could hope for. You have to be proud of our people, not just for what they do, but for what they create.
What happened then, however, has transformed the relationship between the Iraqi soldiers and the skeptical Americans who train them. Using a tool they welded themselves that day at a cost of about $40, the Iraqis dredged the canal through the cold afternoon until the tan boot of Spec. Dakotah Gooding, 21, of Des Moines, appeared at the surface. The Iraqis then jumped into the water to pull him out, and went back again and again until they had recovered the last American. Then they stood atop the canal, shivering in the dark.
"When I saw those Iraqis in the water, fighting to save their American brothers, I saw a glimpse of the future of this country," said Col. Mark McKnight, commander of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, which had overall responsibility for the unit in the accident, his eyes tearing.
