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U.S. troops parachute into northern Iraq - CNN
Reuters
| 3/26/03
Posted on 03/26/2003 2:26:36 PM PST by kattracks
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To: Lunatic Fringe
They were the only airborne unit to make a combat jump in Vietnam. If you see a nam vet with a gold star on his jump wings you know what he did.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:35:09 PM PST
by
leadpenny
(OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM)
To: Dog Gone
Maybe the airfield didn't belong to the Kurds..
This will give Baghdad heartburn......a force and airfield in north
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:35:16 PM PST
by
Dog
To: kattracks
...to clear the way for armored tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles. Key Phrase. Get ready for a big surprise up North.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:35:38 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Sua Sponte)
To: kattracks
We are going to fly tanks in?
To: Calpernia; hchutch
FYI.
45
posted on
03/26/2003 2:35:53 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: JohnHuang2
You are getting the whining/gloom and doomers down pretty good with this:
But, but, but, but, but -- I thought coalition forces were losing, per Reuters/AP/UPI/AFP/ABC News/CBS News/NBC News/CNN/MSNBC, etc?
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:35:56 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind!")
To: Aaron0617
About 1,000 U.S. troops have parachuted into northern Iraq and seized an airfield in Kurdish-controlled territoryIf its Kurdish controlled why are they saying 'seized'?
....the 173rd airborne brigade and seized the airfield to clear the way for armored tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles.
How are the tanks going to get there?
To: Lunatic Fringe
They are very real.
To: JayP56
Jump right out and count to four...
Regards from a cherry jumper (11/76)!
To: dd5339
Wouldn't this be the largest combat air drop since WWII? Not hardly. The 173rd made a drop in Vietnam (the only large parachute drop of that war.) The 82nd parachuted into Panama.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:37:14 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(OO-OOH Can't anybody see? We've got a war to fight.)
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
Exactly.
Airfields are good "landing zones" for airborne drops.
51
posted on
03/26/2003 2:37:20 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(... and for more news as it happens, stay tuned to your FReeper station.)
To: dd5339
re: Semper Fi,
This is the Airborne!
Semper Gumby!
52
posted on
03/26/2003 2:38:08 PM PST
by
MindBender26
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To: Howlin
Re: #38 -- Bingo
To: Night Hides Not
If my 'chute don't open wide....
54
posted on
03/26/2003 2:38:46 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(... and for more news as it happens, stay tuned to your FReeper station.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
173rd Airborne (my old outfit) was the first major Army unit in Viet Nam.
After Viet Nam they were deactivated for awhile, but then reactivated and are based in Italy.
How I wish I was with them.
Oh, they also made the only combat jump in Viet Nam.
To: leadpenny
Were these guys known as "the hurd ?"
To: JayP56
To: JayP56
No, they are not part of the 82nd or 101st, they are a separate unit.
To: MindBender26
Were they not the first in?
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:40:05 PM PST
by
Stentor
To: CIB-173RDABN
Thanks. I wanted someone to verify my comment 41. I was supporting them in Dak To.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:40:09 PM PST
by
leadpenny
(OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM)
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