Posted on 04/29/2008 3:25:22 PM PDT by Hazwaste
Samarra, Iraq THE DAY OF AUGUST 26, 2007, began like any other for the soldiers of Charlie Company, 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (from the 82nd Airborne Division) -- with a mission in the city. Over a year into its deployment to Samarra, Iraq, and now working on the three-month extension announced by Secretary of Defense Gates in the spring, the company knew the city like the back of its collective hands and had its operational routine down to a science, whatever the mission it might be tasked with.
On this morning, that mission was to establish a defensive perimeter around a block in central Samarra, so that Charlie Company's 3rd ("Blue") Platoon, led by Lieutenant Scott Young, could search a shop where it had information that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were being manufactured.
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Lucky for those goat-raping SOBs, they didn’t find twelve men up on the roof. They were fought to a standstill by two of the best soldiers in the world. Head to head, these animals don’t seem to fare very well against our guys.
My son spent 15 months in the sandbox (18 gold stars on the Battalion flag they brought home)and my nephew is there now. Unbelievable fighting men, all.
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