Re: my nephew

Veronna,
thanks for your concern. Unfortunately, extra armor doesn't always do
the trick. 6 more soldiers were killed in Baghdad yesterday. I am
praying that Sam was not one of them. He is an MP and there is an extra
bounty for killing MPs compared to regular soldiers, amounting to
something like $20,000. Still, I'm glad for any bit of protection that
can be provided.


Kitty

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> A special thank you to your nephew and all the brave men and women serving 
> in our armed forces. We pray for all to stay out of harm's way. I spoke to 
> my Congresswoman, Jo Ann Davis, today and she told me that every service 
> person has body armor and that armor for all vehicles has been purchased and 
> is either already there and being installed or shortly will be. Thank God 
> your nephew's unit had it when they needed it. Verona 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" 
> To: "Agardenchat" 
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 8:57 PM 
> Subject: [CHAT] my nephew 
> 
> 
> >I just got an update from my sister about my nephew Sam. He was interviewed 
> > for an article in the Dallas News. There's also a photo. (great to see 
> > his 
> > face again!!) You can't read the article unless you log in which I'm sure 
> > most of you wouldn't want to do. The article is about a wrecker crew in 
> > Iraq and how they have to go out at all hours to..." A military police 
> > unit 
> > was blasted by a roadside bomb on patrol in northwest Baghdad. American 
> > soldiers are standing on a blockaded street in the dark, waiting for a 
> > wrecker to retrieve their battered Humvee." 
> > 
> > The only part about Sam is that his is the debilitated humvee they are 
> > picking up: 
> > 
> > "Mr. Compton hops out of the truck and directs the driver of a 40-foot 
> > Landoll flatbed up to the Humvee, whose extra-armored steel doors are 
> > pocked 
> > with ball bearings and shrapnel. The tires are shredded, and the thick 
> > side 
> > windows shattered. 
> > 
> > The Humvee's driver, Spc. Sam Stahlhut, 20, of Fort Wayne, Ind., limps 
> > around the wreck, amazed that everyone on the 21st Military Police Company 
> > patrol walked away from the attack. 
> > 
> > "That ball of fire came right at my face. I guess the extra armor really 
> > works," he said. "This is my fourth IED (improvised explosive device)." 
> > 
> > Full article -with Sam's smiling face!! - 
> > 
> > 
> http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/dmn/stories/101104dnintwreckers 
> .4cc6.html 
> > 
> > Kitty 
> > 
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