Here's a picture of the young man.
prisoner6
Posted on 12/08/2006 6:26:36 AM PST by prisoner6
S.I. fiancee dies during 2nd tour in Iraq
BY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
NYDailyNews
The first blow was delivered to the fiancee of a Staten Island soldier by a man in uniform - word that her beloved was killed in combat in Iraq.
The second was delivered two hours later by a FedEx truck - a package from Sgt. Yevgeniy Ryndych with an engagement ring inside.
This story of love, war and cruel fate was described by Ryndych's grieving brother last night after the military confirmed that the 24-year-old soldier was felled Wednesday by a homemade bomb while on foot patrol with his unit in Ramadi.
Fighting back tears, his face tight with grief, Ivan Ryndych said his brother's beloved was named Kim, but he couldn't bring himself to talk about her - or what their life together might have been.
But his eyes flashed with anger when he realized he lost his brother on the same day a historic report damning President Bush's failing Iraq strategy came out.
"It won't change anything," said Ivan Ryndych, 20 today.
While weeping friends and relative gathered at the family's tidy home on a cul-de-sac, the Stars and Stripes flew at half-staff outside and loud wails could be heard coming from inside.
Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in 1998, the Ryndyches moved to Staten Island from Brooklyn a year ago. Their living room was filled with photographs of their son in uniform. He also had a younger sister.
Yevgeniy Ryndych joined the Army less than a month after the World Trade Center attacks, trained as an infantryman, and had a reputation as a crack shot.
"My brother wanted to go into the Army since forever," Ivan Ryndych said. "He wasn't the sporty type. He sat home and read books all the time and played army and strategy-type video games."
A graduate of Lafayette High School, Yevgeniy Ryndych loved Leo Tolstoy's novels and history books, his brother said. But he loved the Army even more.
Yevgeniy Ryndych was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colo. He did his first tour in Iraq in 2004, and when he returned to Colorado he signed up to be a Green Beret.
But when his unit was called back for a second tour, he interrupted his training and returned to Iraq in October with his buddies. "I don't want to leave them behind," he told his brother.
His unit was sent to help Marines battling for control of Al Anbar Province.
Ivan Ryndych said family members visited his brother in Colorado Springs over the summer and met his fiancee. He said he never dreamed it would be the last time he'd see him alive.
Yevgeniy Ryndych is the 175th Fort Carson soldier killed in Iraq, the military said.
Here's a picture of the young man.
prisoner6
prisoner6
There are no words for a tragic story like this. America's finest sacrifice all to protect our country while we have Liberals trying to give America away to our terrorist enemies.
May this brave soldier walk with God.
Equally tragic is how the person writing this story in the midst of all this has to work in a dig at the President. And further tragic is the contined lie of the msm that we are losing this war.
Dear Lowlifes, Keep your opinions to yourself when writing about such a tragedy.
Prayers.
"It won't change anything," said Ivan Ryndych, 20 today.
The implication to me is that he is bitter that President Bush won't change... that doesn't square with this:
STATEN ISLAND SOLDIER DIES A HERO - & BRO SAYS: WE'VE GOT TO STAY
But I'm sure the reporter had no agenda...
In another story his brother says the US should stay and complete the mission:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750394/posts
A crystal clear example of the ongoing DISINFORMATION campaign by the media.
Painful loss. I'm glad others picked up on the implication by the article that the brother was a Sheehan-acolyte antiwar/antiBush and posted links to the contrary.
RIP soldier
"But his eyes flashed with anger when he realized he lost his brother on the same day a historic report damning President Bush's failing Iraq strategy came out."
I couldn't read any further than that.
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