7 more POWs coming home!

[FallenAngel]

The whole article is here:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030413/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_pows_38

but here's the gist:

"Iraqi troops released seven U.S. POWs — some wounded but in good condition — to Marines on Sunday
...
Capt. David Romley said Marines marching north toward Tikrit were met by Iraqi soldiers north of Samarra who approached the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Company and had the seven Americans with them.

Another spokesman for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Capt. Neil Murphy, said the Iraqi soldiers who had brought the Americans had been abandoned by their officers and "realizing that it was the right thing to do, they brought these guys back."

"We go to every effort to recover any of the Marines or any of our soldiers taken captive," Romley said.

Rumsfeld said Iraqis told U.S. troops that they would find the seven missing soldiers at a location about four or five miles south of Tikrit. "They said, 'You should go get them,' and they did," Rumsfeld said.

When Marine combat headquarters got news that the missing had been found, the troops applauded — rare in combat operations, Murphy said.

"You could feel the happiness and excitement in the combat operations center,"
"

All I can say is that I am pretty damn happy for those boys (and the girl too :) )

[Merik]

Those 2 Apache pilots are lucky as hell.I thought they were all dead.But those pilots should have never ran from the Apache and put up a fight.

[JohnJohn]

Merik, shut up.

You do what you need to do, you weren't in that situation, so shut up ;)

[Knave]

Staying with the aircraft and fighting against a foe than can mount vastly superior numbers would be exceedingly brave and would undoubtedly land a movie contract with their widows, it's not what they're trained to do.

SERE - Survival, Escape, Resistance, Evasion - is taught to most Air Force pilots... and one would assume, Army pilots as well. The basic lesson is that getting away from your downed aircraft (which is a magnet for enemy forces in the area) and staying hidden is key to getting home in one piece.

[JKD]

Merik, that's the dumbest thing I've ever read. I suppose you would prefer that those two guys were dead? :bash:

[GearGod]

That was pretty impressive. Marines kicked down the door and shouted "Stand up if your an American!" and the POWs stood up heh

[Chris1]

I'm glad that riley guy made it, he looked in total shock when they captured 'im and I wouldn't of made bets on his survival.

Merik
You've got a pistol
they've got a tank.
unfortunately you won't be able to challenge all of them to a duel one at a time (just as long as you go first)