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November 27, 2004
Letter from Fallujah, An Army Officer's First hand Account
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesLittle Green Footballs posted today on this Letter From Fallujah at 2Slick's Forum:
....... Mike was a baseball player at West Point. Now he's an Army officer serving in Task Force 2-7 CAV. His email came to me through the West Point distro list. It's long- but well worth a read:
Everyone,
Well Task Force 2-7 Cav made it back from Fallujah earlier than expected, mission accomplished. It feels so good to be back from a second successful mission that was as difficult as it was dangerous.
We left Camp Cooke on Nov 1 and staged at Camp Fallujah for about a week. While there, we got the good news that George Bush was re-elected and we had busy days and nights of planning and rehearsals for the big attack.
2 days before "D Day," a 122 mm rocket impacted 50 meters away from our tents that sent everyone to the floor. We staged there at a remote part of the post and it was obvious that a local national tipped off the "mujahadin" (Arabic name for the enemy) where we staged. From that attack, we lost one soldier and 4 more were wounded. That attack gave the rest of the Task Force enough anger to last the whole fight. Read the rest...
Thanks to 2Slick's Forum for bringing the letter home to all of us, and to littlegreenfootballs for helping to get the word out.
Posted by Hyscience at November 27, 2004 2:10 PM
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