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Finnigan, deployed with the Third Battalion of the Fifth Marine Regiment, left for Iraq in February with his application to HBS in the mail...
Mitchell argues that according to U.S. rules of engagement, the soldiers carried out their primary mission: "to eliminate the threat." Iraqis, however, are following a different set of compulsions. A few hours after the killing, Major Dean Shultis reported that his battalion had collected 69 prisoners of war over the previous 24 hours. He said he had tried to warn the Iraqis that approaching American checkpoints now was dangerous. They're not listening. "We're hungry," replied a prisoner. "And we're not going to stop coming...
...Africa Bureau Chief, currently traveling with the 1st Marine Division, there's a lot more hurrying up than waiting. a marine was shot and killed a few feet from Robinson last week during a fire fight in Kut. "That was the first time it happened to someone in our battalion," he says. "There were bullets whizzing across the hood of our humvee. I was, frankly, very scared." The stories, he says, almost write themselves. "You just have to survive to report them...
...deeply moved by "An American Family Goes to War" [COVER STORY, March 24]. I give married battalion commanders Laura and Jim Richardson a lot of credit for being able to go and serve in the Middle East even though their 14-year-old daughter Lauren is home in the U.S. I admire the Richardsons for their dedication to our country. And Lauren's courage touched my heart. I am just a few years older than Lauren, and I cannot fathom the emotions she is feeling. She must be a very brave young girl. The Richardson family must have a strong...
DIED. LUCIAN ADAMS, 80, World War II hero; in San Antonio, Texas. As a U.S. Army sergeant whose company had been wiped out in France, Adams single-handedly charged forward to kill nine Germans, eliminate three machine guns and reopen a severed supply line to an isolated American battalion--for which he won the Medal of Honor. Later, as a benefits counselor for the Veterans Administration, he never mentioned that he had been in combat...