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Missing U.S. tanks were broken, stranded in desert (8 MIA Marines Found)
McClatchy News Service via Fresno Bee ^
| April 1, 2003, 5:43 AM
| Sharon Schmickle
Posted on 04/01/2003 12:33:43 PM PST by 11th_VA
Edited on 04/12/2004 2:10:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Britons rescue the two American crews after days of hobbling along.
CAMP VIPER, Iraq -- Learning Sunday that they had been considered missing in action was only the latest nightmare for eight Marines whose M1A1 Abrams tanks broke down in the Iraqi desert and lost contact with U.S. forces.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: campviper; embeddedreport; godblessourtroops; goodnews; iraq; iraqifreedom; marines; mia; rescue; war; warlist
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Alright !!!
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:33:44 PM PST
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
Good NEWS!
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:34:14 PM PST
by
A. Morgan
To: 11th_VA
Thank you, God, for watching over your flock....
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:35:20 PM PST
by
smiley
To: A. Morgan
Who-Hoo!
To: 11th_VA
Is this all true? I hope it's not a fool's joke.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:36:46 PM PST
by
Mihalis
To: 11th_VA
Awesome story.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:37:00 PM PST
by
MattinNJ
To: 11th_VA
Prayers of thanksgiving sent!
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:37:04 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Defend America against her most powerful enemy -- the Democrats.)
To: smiley
I'll bet they were glad to get the flock out of there!
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:38:19 PM PST
by
Delbert
To: 11th_VA
Fantastic news!
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:38:54 PM PST
by
KSCITYBOY
To: 11th_VA
Good news bump!
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:39:17 PM PST
by
k2blader
To: 11th_VA
So.....what. These things don't have funcional radios?
To: 11th_VA
How could they get left behind??? Didn't they have a GPS device and radio? We should have, at a minimum, sent a truck out to pick up the crew.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:40:27 PM PST
by
mikegi
To: 11th_VA
The next morning, the crew went to work with rope, wire and duct tape.And staples, paper clips and spit.
That's what separates our military from lesser nations. We have an ancestral gene that permits us to wing it when things get tough.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:40:31 PM PST
by
Publius
To: grobdriver
So.....what. These things don't have funcional radios? Used batteries up in their CD player???
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:41:03 PM PST
by
11th_VA
(Let's Roll)
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: 11th_VA
This is very most excellent. Thank you Lord and our Brit allies.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:41:15 PM PST
by
IoCaster
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: 11th_VA
Wonderful news..
To: 11th_VA
Wow. Praise God.
To: 11th_VA
Duct tape?
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:44:43 PM PST
by
Shermy
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