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10-24-2003, 09:38 AM
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MORTAR PATROL Sgt. Garth Talbott clears a school yard of shells in the town of Najaf last April. The mortars, he says, were used by the Iraqi Army, but made in America. (Courtesy Of Peter Sleeth of The Oregonian)
http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2003-10-16/news.asp
Sgt. Garth Talbott (82nd Airborne) is quoted extensively in an article in News & Review, link above.
Two good quotes from the article:
"promised that no combat troops would be deployed more than six months. I guess he wasn't including the 3rd Infantry or the 82nd Airborne."
He tells of soldiers whose identification cards have expired because they "weren't even supposed to be in the Army anymore." "
"If we're going to fight for a cause that isn't known, get fired on by our own weapons, and get screwed out of our benefits, then at least for God's sake give us something concrete to say we fought for--even if it's as trivial as being able to fill our gas tanks for 98 cents a gallon."
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MORTAR PATROL Sgt. Garth Talbott clears a school yard of shells in the town of Najaf last April. The mortars, he says, were used by the Iraqi Army, but made in America. (Courtesy Of Peter Sleeth of The Oregonian)
http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2003-10-16/news.asp
Sgt. Garth Talbott (82nd Airborne) is quoted extensively in an article in News & Review, link above.
Two good quotes from the article:
"promised that no combat troops would be deployed more than six months. I guess he wasn't including the 3rd Infantry or the 82nd Airborne."
He tells of soldiers whose identification cards have expired because they "weren't even supposed to be in the Army anymore." "
"If we're going to fight for a cause that isn't known, get fired on by our own weapons, and get screwed out of our benefits, then at least for God's sake give us something concrete to say we fought for--even if it's as trivial as being able to fill our gas tanks for 98 cents a gallon."
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