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...Simon Robinson: One of my most vivid memories is singing Three Dog Night's Joy to the World with the U.S. Marines in the Amtrac I was traveling in during the terrible sandstorm that hit on Day Four. Later that night, huddled in the vehicle, I discovered I could sing at the top of my lungs, so sing I did; in particular, Throw Your Arms Around Me by Australian band Hunters and Collectors...
...which photographer Bob Nickelsberg and I (and our taxi driver) sang along with (rather tunelessly) as we finally headed out of Baghdad for Amman. Simon Robinson One of my most vivid memories is singing Three Dog Night's Joy to the World with the U.S. Marines in the Amtrac I was traveling in during the terrible sandstorm that hit on Day Four. Later that night, huddled in the vehicle, I discovered I could sing at the top of my lungs, so sing I did; in particular, Throw Your Arms Around Me by Australian band Hunters and Collectors...
...sides until they realize I cannot control them. "I can't move them," I say almost in a whisper. "I can't move them" ...Men are screaming all around me. "Oh God get me out of here!" "Please help!" they scream...We are moving slowly through the water, the Amtrac rocking back and forth. We cannot be brave anymore, there is no reason. It means nothing...
...with the past few weeks." Then the jeep entered a thick cloud of dust and the next thing Bell knew he was lying on the road and hearing a Navy corpsman say, "This guy is pretty bad." Whether the jeep had hit a mine or collided with an oncoming amtrac, no one knew. Bell had a broken arm as well as chest and leg injuries, Davies a severe concussion and McDonald two bad cuts. Lugged to the beach, Correspondent Bell dictated a story for LIFE to Photographer Carl Mydans before he was taken aboard a hospital ship...
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