Long stints in Iraq fracture families
MSNBC
11/26/06
As a gray dawn broke, hundreds of 3rd Infantry Division soldiers gathered on a Georgia marching ground this month and listened to a long list of names of fallen comrades. Taps rose mournfully above rows of young redbud trees planted for each of the division's 317 soldiers who have died in Iraq. Col. John Charlton, commander of the division's 1st Brigade, which next month begins its third Iraq tour in four years, stepped forward. 'Be thankful for your families, your health, and for every day that you're alive,' he advised...
https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15898612/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
11/26/06
As a gray dawn broke, hundreds of 3rd Infantry Division soldiers gathered on a Georgia marching ground this month and listened to a long list of names of fallen comrades. Taps rose mournfully above rows of young redbud trees planted for each of the division's 317 soldiers who have died in Iraq. Col. John Charlton, commander of the division's 1st Brigade, which next month begins its third Iraq tour in four years, stepped forward. 'Be thankful for your families, your health, and for every day that you're alive,' he advised...
https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15898612/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 27. Nov, 15:31
