Oct 01, 2005 14:04
HADITHA DAM, Iraq - Cpl. David Kreuter had a new baby boy he'd seen only in photos. Lance Cpl. Michael Cifuentes was counting the days to his wedding. Lance Cpl. Nicholas Bloem had just celebrated his 20th birthday.
Travis Williams remembers them all - all 11 men in his Marine squad - all now dead. Two months ago they shared a cramped room stacked with bunk beds at this base in northwest Iraq, where the Euphrates River rushes by. Now the room has been stripped of several beds, brutal testament that Lance Cpl. Williams' closest friends are gone.
PART OF A YAHOO ARTICLE I READ TODAY.. THATS CRAZY.. BUT ANYWAY WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN OPINIONS OF Y THE US SHOULD STILL BE OVER THERE AND NOT.. JUST THOUGHT I DROP THAT IN THERE