To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
As the news broke, cheers and applause thundered through the marble corridors of the palace, now headquarters for the Fort Hood, Texas-based division. "It was an unbelievable feeling," said Sgt. Billy Atkinson from the 124th Signal Battalion "I couldn't believe it until I actually saw it on the news."
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A few members of the Fourth Infantry Division quit smiling long enough to talk to the press.
Perhaps someone from the pampered CPA will buy these deserving adults a beer. (^:
2 posted on
12/16/2003 3:18:21 PM PST by
Ragtime Cowgirl
( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
It was the height of irony...
I was thinking that same thing, after someone again posted the image of our Troops sitting around and actually in the chair in one of Sadaam's opulent palaces, last Spring.
Oh how the mighty have fallen!
Go Troops.
4 posted on
12/16/2003 3:30:17 PM PST by
Radix
(They say that in the Army, the coffees mighty fine, Looks like muddy water, tastes like turpentine)
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